I'm working on a more general purpose ball rack. Maybe 2 types. One that screws to the Dimaond table somewhere, and a second that sits on a shelf and can be moved wherever needed. My printer can only print 4 balls wide in one row. I'm thinking holding 8 total balls (2 rows) is enough for 99% of the games ever played. I made a handicap chart of all the games I've played over the years, and it seems only 10-6 and 13-5 would end up with a ball or 2 without a home, that might end up on the floor, or potentially stacked on top, but not too stable. Do you one hole players think 8 balls in the holder is enough? For the games that go to 9 (with no coin on the rail), such as 9-7, 8 would be enough because that 9th pocketed ball never actually goes inside the rack.





I printed this one last night that I had designed a couple years ago (but never printed). I'm going to take it to the pool room tonight to see how it fits on the diamond table in the black flat area between the ball return and the leg. It also sits on a shelf, but it wasn't intended that way. I'll see how stable it is in real use. The shelf version I'd intend to have a wider base.



This is one idea I'm sketching up, by pencil still, for a shelf version.

For both types, if I can get it to fit 8 balls total instead of 12, it will make it a lot easier to fit and print.

GoldCrown said:

Where did you see this.... best I saw is 50 for around $17. I think $1.50 is a Civil War price.

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The box is on ebay. The price label does not look terribly old....maybe it is a thrift store tag.

qolbrand said:

When i very first started playing this game, i would play a combination of 9.1 and take 5 over and over and over again. i think i’m probably due for another session of that

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i had a half hour to play today, so i squozed in some of this.

i missed many easy balls. but it was a fun change of pace.

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skogstokig said:

i like my horses, murphy going like a train after that tight L32 match, selby through very comfortably.

but i have a feeling that mark allen may "surprise", that this is his time. the way he played the last frames in L32 looked like a man on the mission. and he's lost weight, which shows motivation and character.

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From 5-0 Allen to 5-3, looks like it will be interesting tomorrow

Rusty in Montana said:

I miss having a Labrador / lab in the house ! It could be the challenge of training them to become a hunting partner and even more so a companion animal for all reasons !
I miss getting woke up by a cold damp nose nugging my hand or whatever other part of my that isn't covered by a blanket ha ha

Another thing I miss is the look of accomplishment when they make a retrieve for the first time on a difficult bird .
I could go on and on but all that will do is possibly bore you and make me want to go get another lab puppy !

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My most recent black lab, now 9 years old, became attached to youngest daughter when wife and I started traveling a lot and left them behind. When daughter moved out, I told her that I didn't mind her leaving the house, but she couldn't take my dog. Of course the dog went with her, and of course they're both happy. But I miss my dog!!

Now I get to dog-sit sometimes on weekends when daughter and son-in-law travel.