jbart65 said:

There are, to me, a surprising number of European players, mostly Eastern Europeans, with 700 Fargoes or better in the event. I expect a few notable upsets.

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PickeringRC said:

My installer has now been and gone and in appreciation for the feedback and in case it helps anyone in a similar situation, this was the outcome...

-We discovered the cushions installed had no branding anywhere, my installer is convinced they are a cheap no-name brand. I am currently trying to claim back from the manufacturer what I overpaid for the "Klamatch"
-Cloth was indeed upside down

DURING THE INSTALL:
-Saggy MDF cross members under the slate replaced with industrial steel with custom welded fixings to allow 18 point levelling
-10mm MDF added all around the table to allow stapling the cloth rather than having to use contact adhesive
-Cushions and rails redimensioned properly and facings where added to the cushions
-New CPBA Competition cloth installed, right way up this time!

RESULTS:
-Speed is significantly improved, as is spin control
-Cushions work well all be it not quite as bouncy as those on a proper pool table, but I am led to believe this could be due to the MDF rails
-All in all, I am pleased with the result, it is still not a pro-table but it is a much more playable table, that I really can play and practice on and not be completely out of tune when changing tables
-I can not recommend the table or its manufacturer as they have clearly shown they have no idea of what makes a decent table and just want to rip their customers off by oversharing extra's the they then don't even provide.

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GoldCrown said:

DinF...David in Florida. No insult intended...was referring to David in Florida. This a pool forum....known for light ball busting

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PickPocket said:

Hey AZB,

This is yet another, TIP advice request.

I've got both CF, LD & Regular Old School wood shafts, I've put various tips on them, and switch between playing with them all regularly. I've leaned towards the Kamui Tips for years now, but I have several that have other brands installed. (Ultraskin, Triangle, Pred Victory, G2. Kamikaze)

My Main LD Wood player = Tiger Sniper
CF#1 = Prev Victory (Med) - Not a fan, have one also on a wood shaft & just don't love either one.
CF#2 = Soon to be an Kamui Athlete.
Have a couple wood shafts with Kamui Blacks
Have 3-4 with variations of the Ultraskins.
and almost everything I only shoot with occasionally has a Triangle on it.

I like the Sniper, I like the Kamui's I think the Ultraskins are a good all-around tip, but I want to try something new, and after reading a lot of threads/posts & doing some youtube review watching, I was hoping to narrow down to installing (2) new tips on a couple of spare shafts.

What should I go with?
I've read some good things on the Caiden tips, HOW Titan etc...

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SlateMan said:

One of those sold last year in Chicago... https://www.estatesales.net/IL/Chicago/60656/607698

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Rusty in Montana said:

Yes I got to meet the great Johnny Trigg and got to taste some of his BBQ ! Yes it was heavenly and made it very difficult to finish my over night shift at work while all the BBQ pits were hard at work during a BBQ Cook Off at the Billings Fair years ago !

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DrCue'sProtege said:

What is it you want me to take a picture of?

Can you give me an example?

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MitchAlsup said:

I can see that for person who teaches pool regularly--$3000 is a reasonable expense for this kind of capability. The projector/camera does a good job in setting scenarios and illustrating the physics and mechanics of each shot in a visually understandable way--and they are to be congratulated. If their system can teach lagging, kicks, banks, caroms even more--especially 3-rail and 5-rail kicks, 1-rail caroms, banks with english or different OB speeds.

However, I teach novices at the local pool bar this kind of stuff in roughly 5 minutes; generally for free, and never for more than 1 drink.

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