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Playing with no chance to win is nothing more than donation and I don’t quite understand why anyone would be interested in that. Now if he wants to play some Banks and give me 5-4 as well as giving me 3 to 1 odds on the money I could be persuaded to get in the box.

JAM said:

Sometimes folks enjoy stepping up to the plate for a chance to play a champion. Fedor would be the toughest of action for anyone, but it would be fun to play him some.

He seems to have lost a little sparkle since his parting of the ways with Kristina, but I admire the maturity that both of them have displayed, being in the public spotlight.

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Yeah, many play and pay the wager just to get the experience playing a world class player. Sometimes to experience the pressure of not able to give out many opportunities and also just to say that "I've done it, didn't get the t-shirt for my money".

Agreed also, that after they split with Kristina, Fedor hasn't been in his usual 100% focus flow. He genuinely seems to be a nice guy and perhaps needs someone to back him up emotionally. For many having a steady healthy relationship also provides the goodies on the table.

Sheldon said:

The nice thing about wood is that it allows you to fine tune the angles after installing. I'm not sure how easy that would be if you were using plastics.

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You can sand 3d printed plastics. Obviously some are easier than others. I actually thought about this after I mentioned trying petg. The up side of PETG is that is dimensionally accurate and is one of the most ductile printable plastics. So it won't shatter like others might. one down side of PETG is that it does tend to clog sand paper easily because 's not to the point where it's impossible or anything. I have my cushions off of my rails at the moment because I'm in the process of putting 3/8" neoprene 50a facings, rather than doing wood sub rail extensions. Was actually doing the tedious sanding of those facings when the 3d printing thing came to mind. I have one of the side rails that doesn't have rubber or facings on. I'm going to tack exact measurements and dimensions and give printing one a shot.

I'm thinking asa/abs are probably the best bet. Relatively easy to print and has high impact strength and high heat resistance. Carbon fiber infused nylon would for sure work. However it can be a pain to get dimensional accuracy and near impossible to sand. I'm in the process of modeling the subrail extensions as we speak. Going to print one in ASA and see how it goes.

I never measured but I would say my p3 definitely feels thinner then my sp or roadlines.

Ken_4fun said:

I just got this back from Scot at Proficient Billiards......As usual he did a great job. This model is my favorite Palmer, with the titlist points.

In the gold foil window it says "Teddy Bear Original by Palmer"

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Fantastic cue. Very nice work.