Boy, if my back wasn't so sore and it wasn't right in the middle of high school basketball season.........

Thanks.

My experience with great players is you need more weight than the rail thinks.

Scott44 said:

Do you have one that you would recommend for basic work?

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Not for that amount of money.
A proper shaft lathe cost four times that.
A basic mini or midi wood lathe can be picked up on the used market for cheap, but with the tooling and other things that make tip/ferrule work possible tends to run the cost up.
One problem with mini lathes is that the bed length between centers often requires a bed extension.
Buying a dedicated shaft repair lathe would probably prove cheaper.

My match yesterday vs the 576, we have played a few times before in the last couple of years and went back and forth. Yesterday we played races to 7 for $200 on the 7' Diamond, 10 ball. He beat me 7-0! haha. I don't think I played bad, it's just I'd run the wrong group of balls before missing, and leave him a 3 or 4 ball out almost every rack. I told him after the set "Lucky for me I didn't say shutout pays double (I often do)".

The second set he was up 1-0, and I put my stick on the table to get involved in a side shit show side betting on the ghost vs a straight ticket. We left it at that. I had too much side bet that no way I could play anymore until the ghost set was over. That's a story for another time.

Now, I'm heading back to the pool hall to play a 517, 10 ball on the 7'. I'll be giving him a spot. We are going to try to stream it. If we do, I'll have a link in about an hour.