Really nice build. I like the shaft inserts. Good luck!

garczar said:

Seriously? Buddy told me yrs ago one of THE toughest things to do in pool is playing a guy in his home spot, on equipment that he's super used to and a friendly home crowd. Home field advantage exists for sure.

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I am a big believer in home field advantage which is one reason I went two or three years at a time without a gambling loss at my home field. The worse the playing conditions the bigger home field advantage is. I have mentioned many times bright light from the side in my home bar closest to my house. Didn't matter on most shots but it made balls appear the tiniest bit to the side of where they really were. When the tough shots came along that a person might miss anyway, that lighting came to my advantage. It wasn't anything huge but after playing there for weeks it was obvious that I didn't play as well there as other places. I started trying to figure out why. After I did I adjusted when my opponent didn't.

Playing on tables with decades old cloth torn and ripped was a major disadvantage on the road. The home town guy knew every inch of the table and used it to his advantage. Very loud hometown crowds could be rough when you were blindsided by thirty or forty people cheering your opponent on and jeering and hooting at your every miss also.

I played anyone even, on my homefield. That was plenty enough spot.

Hu

I’d be interested in your three cushion collection. If you wanna send me pictures of those books, I’ll let you know which ones I’m interested in thank you.


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I don't have a taig style lathe, but I did go with a DRO on my metal lathe I make cues on.

I looked into these cheap-o style DRO you linked and my biggest concern with them was the accuracy. On the listing, they claim accuracy to 0.002, in my opinion that's piss poor accuracy as far as machining cues goes, especially when you need joints and pins to be realistically below 0.001. So an accuracy of 0.002 doesn't come close to cutting it. And if you're going to double check with a caliper every single time you do something, why even bother with DRO?

I went with a cheaper chinese full size DRO head-unit, and slimline glass scales. It costed like $500 all said and done, but it's claimed accuracy is 0.0002, which is MILES more accurate than 0.002, and I've tested and confirmed my DRO is more accurate than my dial indicators.


So, my personal opinion is the DRO you linked is more of a toy if you're trying to do real precision machining. Either go with a cheaper, but more accurate chinese DRO, or just use graduation dials and calipers and save the headaches of toy-level technology. I am sure a lot of other people looked into these and came to the same conclusion, which is why you don't see them on everyone's lathe.

I read it again and still did not see where it said what it was made for. Either way you have a great cue. Gene was a great cuemaker. I was surprised he never started back up after the tornado..

Pretty neat, I want one, you going to sell these? How the hell did you attach the spring to the ball?

As far as cheating, some women consider it cheating if you play with your balls when they're not around.

Six-seven. I had it five to two and absolutely blew it.


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He's got a banger of an umbrella system. Those shots are the death of me and every system I've seen is a pain in the ass. This one is so simple.
The adjustments are made to the second rail, which I've never seen before. I've been shooting with this for a couple days and it's pretty simple and accurate. Made me so happy, just nailing umbrellas with this thing.

Oh btw, you can turn off the AI voice, it's just a setting. Not sure why it's set on some and not others. I love listening to Caudron, it's so relaxing. "So now...we are checking ze line..and it's working...and zo...we shoot...and we are 'appy"

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BrownDawg said:

Coin-op Gold Crown. 7ft, one piece slate, superspeed cushions. Originally came with a battery and sensors that detected and separated the cue ball. Never worked very well at all, but was also designed to return a oversized cue ball too so owners did that, but that sucked. Valley's magnetic cue ball system worked almost flawless and sealed Brunswicks fate in coin-op.

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This table was a result of a merger/aquisition between Brunswick and a bar box company sometime decades ago. I think the Gold Crown 2000 was only around a couple of years. Its very obscure, even pool nuts rarely know about it.

I thought maybe that's what the OP was looking at when he/seller mentioned coin-op, but his pictures clearly show a "real" Gold Crown.

I guess the Gold Crown Coin has a similar story in recent years. Made with a partnership with Global, but only a handful were ever made and installed in the past few years.

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The fact that it was a former coin-op table converted to free play may be a reason to keep looking. You could also try to hold out for a GC IV.

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I never saw a coin op GC. Sorry!

garczar said:

huh?? its a Gold Crown. No coin-op GC's.

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Coin-op Gold Crown. 7ft, one piece slate, superspeed cushions. Originally came with a battery and sensors that detected and separated the cue ball. Never worked very well at all, but was also designed to return a oversized cue ball too so owners did that, but that sucked. Valley's magnetic cue ball system worked almost flawless and sealed Brunswicks fate in coin-op.

Really good thread here. What we have seen is that some interpret pool as the serious tournament scene, others interpret it as the action scene, and yet others interpret it as the culture in the poolroom itself. In fact, in this respect, this thread has been what AZB is all about. Most of us who post here do so because we love the game. but each of us loves different things about it. Through the eyes of many of this forum's very finest posters, we have learned that whether pool is better today than in the golden age of pool comes down to what it is that you enjoy the most about the game.

I'd be surprised if this does not prove to be one of the very best threads of 2026.

Have a mint original GTF. Message me if you are interested.