Texas Carom Club said:

how much is the 16 point flame blank?

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$670, also also added the price for blanks from the last photo. please send me PM for any questions

For the purposes of posterity I will post my findings on this matter.

Research and the trusted opinion of a person I respect as one of the most knowledgeable about Adam cues indicates these two shafts are original.

As some might remember, I collect National and Early Gandy cues which have the reputation for aluminum inserts. These shafts with aluminum inserts are a carry-over from from Richard Helmstetter's time with National. There are not many found anymore considering they were only produced in 1970 and many shafts have been warped, replaced, or are otherwise not original.

Finding one of these Adam Rambow cues is really cool, in leather even better, more rare. Two original shafts with aluminum inserts? Spectacular.

The butt and shafts are straight.

Upon further reflection I realized I have another early Adam with an interesting shaft insert, but it came with only one shaft. It has a sort of "heli-coil" insert. It is an Adam RA-10 Le Mans, also from the Adam first catalog of 12 cues.








If you look carefully at about 4 o'clock you can see the leading edge of the heli-coil style insert in both the above and below pictures.

Still available!

When Barley's Billiards opened in the mid 90s in Atlanta they had 2 piece plain McDermotts in different colors.

My original pool joint, Fox Pool Room in Girard, Illinois, had old crap left over from World War One. The owner would retip these old cues, but never finish them. just glue a new tip on, crooked, off-center, however. Fifteen foot ceilings with tin panels, the walls were painted.....I kid you not....very light pink.

WinterArcher said:

Just went to the WPA website and the new rules are NOT posted there. The PDFs are still for 2016...

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The WPA has lots of bureaucracy and things take time, but the files should be updated very soon (hopefully by next week). The changes were approved by the WPA in March! In the mean time, her are the pre-release versions of the files:

bbb said:

Of course Mark is a great instructor and it’s hard to not agree with anything that he says
But would he ever say that using gearing sidespin (English,) for example, to minimize cut induced throw should never be used to help you make a ball?
That’s one example I could think of where I would use English to help me make a ball
Jmho
Icbw

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There my be times you need to use spin to pocket a ball, for example when there is a ball obstructing your path and you cant hit the OB thin enough. On the other hand who has not seen someone using spin on a straight in shot even when the QB doesn't hit a rail after contact? What is the purpose? I'm guessing its shots like that that Mark was referencing.

Earl had allot of cash/property at one time.
But Frank McGowan one of the great 14.1 players from the Mosconi era.
He got with a businessman and designed and laid out all the Corner Pockets of America Pool Rooms.
Wheelchair accessible.
Burger/grille at the bar, and all non table seating raised above playing area and behind Plexiglas skirting.

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gbs52 said:

I don’t like them either. Play like garbage! I paid a lot of money for a garbage playing table. I think it mainly the extremely deep pocket shelves.

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Diamonds play tough but fair, the days of Gold Crowns with 5"+ pockets are long gone. 4 1/2" pockets are pretty much the standard on quality tables. If you are just playing for enjoyment and not planning to play in tournaments you can have a mechanic open up your pockets, I think its easier than tightening big pockets and I don't think you will need to replace the cushions but I could be wrong about that. It may also diminish the value of your table as most buyers would expect 4 1/2" corners.

These are the pockets on my Gold Crown I.

Korsakoff said:

I actually prefer mine on the floor. It's in the corner of the room near the foot rail. It's easy to gather balls and place in for cleaning, and it's easy to get them out and place on the table. It's low, so it doesn't interfere with movement around the table. There is a plug to the right just out of the picture; the cord is hidden here.

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This is the ball cleaner integrated into the room/playing area:

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Great looking setup, Ready for some one pocket.?

So many times we see inlays and crosses that are disproportionate in size. This is really well done. The thin crosses with the smaller dots and ringwork are super clean and classy. Nice work.

For many years I broke with the same cue I played with and it had a very soft tip on it.
I used a second ball break and always had good breaks and pocketed lots of balls and sometime the 8 ball in the side.
I don't need a rock hard tip for breaking as I like to have good control of the cue ball.

gbs52 said:

My new 9 foot Diamond has 4 1/2” pockets but shelf will completely hide a ball with lots of room to spare. I’m 72 and hate this table. Plays like crap. It does roll and banks good. You can’t touch a rail or it will spit ball back out even though it went in. I’m thinking of grinding an inch or so off somehow. I hope some will shed some light on this for a fix.

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Tighten up!

That torture device will never play easier than it does today, without mechanical intervention.

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