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3D Printed Taom square chalk holder

Poolplaya9
iusedtoberich said:
Update. I have finalized the design and will be offering the Taom chalk holders for sale. (I'll make another thread in the FS forum).

I've been using the final design for 6 months, and it's held up great. The square shape makes it much more comfortable to apply chalk for me. It feels like Masters now. Also, the chalk does not run away from you when dropped. I've even dropped it in Diamond ball return pockets before, and it has stayed at the bottom of the pocket rather than roll into the center of the table.

The material is now rubberized. It's called "TPU for AMS". It's only slightly soft, about the same as a car tire. This gives it a bit better grip in the hand, and a bit of compliance to make the tolerance to the chalk more forgivable. It still has the texture, which also works great for the grip. There is also texture in the inside that holds the chalk firmly. This material only comes in 7 colors. They are all shown below.

I can now do customizations. The customization can be any text, but must be one of the 7 colors. The text does lose some detail the smaller it is. Text only, no graphics.
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These are the 7 colors.
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The fit around the chalk is snug. A pen or key is used to push it out from the access hole.
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When the chalk gets worn down, a coin can be added behind it to keep it flush with the top of the holder. A quarter will fit. I have tested it with super thin chalk, and several coins, and it works great.
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If the chalk is brand new, the fit is a very nice snug fit. If the chalk is well used (and it's never been in a holder), the paper is usually damaged somewhat, and then the fit is tight. It will still go in with more pushing. Worse case, rip a tiny bit of the paper off or try to smooth it out before inserting.

Final CAD: (the clearance to the chalk is taken up by the texture which is applied in the printer software, not the CAD software)
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Prices:
$15 for a customized one
$7 for a plain one
$2 shipping USA48 for up to qty 2.

Thanks all for looking! PM me if interested.
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Those prices seem a little low to me just based on gut. Seems like a lot of effort on your end for those prices. I would also think that everybody who is going to buy them at those prices would just as easily buy them at say $10 and $20 plus $2 shipping anyway. Seems like a pretty cheap investment for something that would work so well and last so long, but I also have no idea what else is out there that is similar, and at what prices, which is of course a factor.
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Buddy on how he'd stack up with todays players. :-)

ShootingArts
hello said:
The Rifleman demolished by Filler and Gorst..?Blasphemy... ;) But I can't concur, especially as we don't know how well Buddy played when he was their age.
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Buddy in his prime looked like he was putting on an exhibition. The other guy was just watching Buddy attacking the table. I watched him gamble on nine foot Brunswicks.

middleofnowhere said:
I'll tell you a funny quote from a guy and I heard him say it personally. Sugar Shack Johnny, a well known stake horse and Tushog was on the road with a top player. This was in the '60s I think it might have been Marshall Carpenter. He said they ran into some unknown kid that busted them that played so good that it made you throw up. He was talking about Buddy Hall
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I made a few short trips on the road, usually alone. It was always at least a small thrill walking through the door of a strange place. You knew more than nine times out of ten you had the place covered. Once in awhile you ran into a Shortstop that played like a god on his home turf! It was fun walking through the door to face the unknown and usually profitable without letting the ponies run, might be through here again! Sometimes though you ran into somebody that knew every "feature" of an old table and you were in a fierce no holds barred battle with no guarantee of winning.

One reason I would bet the old players against the new if they were all thrown into the unknown, the old players have been there many times before! Our most recent players need a little more time to get used to something really strange. In one long race I would pick the old players. Give all players a year under new conditions and then I think the players, older or more recent, would rank basically the same as they do now.

Hu
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U.S. pool tournaments '80-'89

T411
maha said:
with older rules, no jumping, slow tables, and changing conditions you find the fields of winners much more diversified than nowadays.

just coincidence or are the top players so much better. or the playing conditions more conducive to the consistent.

Bob? what do you think?

and the rest of the forum.
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I think it comes down to a couple of things.

Back then, the tournament money wasn’t that big, so for a lot of players, the real action was in the gambling that went on around the event. The tournaments were almost a meeting place where the serious money games happened on the side.

The other thing is there were a lot of great players who never became household names that preferred the action scene, but they could play with anybody. That made the fields feel deeper and the results more spread out.
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