jeephawk said:

LOL, I just had my table "redone" in terms of position, leveling, new rails and cloth. I agree - mine can "age" naturally - no reason to help it along and have to replace cloth prematurely. It's kind of fun seeng what new and much different cloth is like to play on.

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Agreed. That’s part of the learning process for a pool player … adjusting to table conditions and seeing how they change over time.

boogieman said:

Eat fried chicken and rub the rails...

You could probably just rub them with your hands, not dirty hands but just natural hand oil should dirty them up a little if you do it consistently for a while.

You could also put some chalk on them and wipe it back clean, but I'd not want to do that to my own rails.

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LOL, I just had my table "redone" in terms of position, leveling, new rails and cloth. I agree - mine can "age" naturally - no reason to help it along and have to replace cloth prematurely. It's kind of fun seeng what new and much different cloth is like to play on, but I'd sure expect to see some signs of aging in five years.

Hello, HKC.

Absolutely, sir! I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments that an original box is always a valuable and important asset, and will definitely include photographs of them on the finished cards.

And don’t give up on owning rare sets, dear chap. Some of the most desirable examples occasionally pop up at bargain prices… you just need to get lucky once in a while by being in the right place at the right time. I certainly have had more than my fair share of good fortune.

Thank you!

middleofnowhere said:

I watch this video and it made me think. Pool players are mostly individuals and not really team players. It might account for why nobody really cares anything about the Mosconi cup.
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I watched it - the video has nothing to do with individual sports and their fans vs. team sports and their fans, or individual sports vs. team sports in general. He uses team sports for most of the discussion and pictures (there is one pic of a track guy), but it's having no interest in sports in general that is the point. Everything he says about the investment in interest in team sports is the same for people that get excited about any individual sport - it's the same kind of interest and identification with Tiger Woods vs. the Dallas Cowboys, the same kind of live through every shot and result vs. every play and result and so on and so on. People that love SVB and watch and identify with him are the same kinds of people he is talking about when he uses team sports as examples. He's talking about people that don't give a rat's behind about any sports. Totally different.

In general, sure, pool is an individual pursuit, just like bowling (lol, but the first time I see someone getting all tribal about Earl Anthony will be the first time), just like tennis, just like golf and so forth, nothing new. But golf has its dedicated and rabid fans in all sorts of ways apart from the Ryder Cup every two years (and European players are heavily invested in the team aspect and making the team - culture difference) but look at the President's Cup - a big bag of who cares vs. the enormous interest in the individual aspects of golf which also translates into the interest in the Ryder Cup.

Who says nobody really cares about the Mosconi Cup? Many do, just not a lot in general and I'd wager most of those fans are fans of or have interest in the sport of pool. If the USA was winning every year, haha, next level caring, IMO. But it's a blip on the radar screen of sports interest in general for sure.

seems most cue repair people could do that
seems like a straight forward job unless i am missing something
if you are near port st lucie send me a pm
when i used wood shafts my guy would routinely clean/polish/put tips on and get rid of small dents/dings