New racking system

vijesh

vijesh

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Hi today i went to play at a new pool hall they had a new racking system made of plastic and some were made of paper, its is like a small arrow with small diamond shaped holes in them, and when the balls are set up u get a complete frozen rack any one seen it..... its fantastic do you get them for sale in the US, I have pictures of it pls open the attachment
 

Attachments

  • photo.jpg
    photo.jpg
    29.7 KB · Views: 646
There is no rack involved in racking the balls, all you got to do is place the ballas in the small holes that u see and u will get a perfect rack
 
vijesh said:
Hi today i went to play at a new pool hall they had a new racking system made of plastic and some were made of paper, ...
Click to expand...
The idea of a racking template has been around for a long time -- at least since 1980. Here is a PDF that will let you print out a template for nine ball:

http://www.sfbilliards.com/template.pdf

which was described briefly in 2001:

http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/2001-07.pdf

The template comes in different sizes because balls wear down and a template that works for 2.2500" balls will not work for balls with a few years of use.

Many tournaments in Europe take this one step further: the template is used to tap shallow craters into the cloth and then the template is removed. If the table is tapped properly, there are no long racking arguments.

This technique of tapping is standard for trick shot shooters who want to set up shots quickly during an exhibition -- they "tap" the shots in ahead of time and then seemingly just throw the balls onto the table and the shots are automatic.

"tapping" has been discussed before. A commercial template that is left on the table during the break is new (although the free one above is clearly not new).
 
Ive yet to them in person,,
but Id like to try them on my home table,,
Thx for the template link "Bob Jewett".......
 
Bob Jewett said:
... Here is a PDF that will let you print out a template for nine ball: ...
Click to expand...
Two items that I think were not mentioned in PDF: The template will be more durable if you print it onto clear plastic but be sure it's the right kind of plastic if you're using a laser printer. When printing, you may need to select "100%" or "no scaling" so that the image will print at the right size. It doesn't hurt to measure the image after printing -- 2.2500 inches is 57.15mm.
 
been used at the Philippine 10-ball champs and discussed here. Also search for some posts before that one. You see there is less optimism about this gimmick.
 
NewStroke said:
Bob,

Do you just leave this template on the table for the entire game?

Thanks

Dan
Click to expand...
When I used one on the table (as opposed to using it to tap the table), I removed it as soon as possible. I suppose a rule would be that removal should be delayed if the situation of the balls on top of it is critical. Sometimes the break moves the template a lot.
 
Vahmurka said:
been used at the Philippine 10-ball champs and discussed here. Also search for some posts before that one. You see there is less optimism about this gimmick.
Click to expand...
They should have removed the template after the break. A template like that should cost no more than $0.05 in quantity, and could be taken off in parts if necessary.

The current racking situation for nine ball is broken. If the rack is tight, as the rules require, the wing ball will go in. If the wing ball does not go in, the player was probably cheated by the rack.

At 10 ball, the racking problem is not so clear.
 
Those are becoming popular in Japan, many places are moving away from the little paper stickers in favor of plastic racking templates. Actual triangles aren't really used very often, if ever.
 
Masayoshi said:
Those are becoming popular in Japan, many places are moving away from the little paper stickers in favor of plastic racking templates. Actual triangles aren't really used very often, if ever.
Click to expand...
Does this mean that they used the donut-shaped paper reinforcements instead of the triangle?
 
Bob Jewett:
That certainly looks like paper reinforcements. Notice that the wing ball always goes in and the nine ball barely moves. Those are two signs that the rack is tight.
Click to expand...
victorcubed:
Care to elaborate? I thought they just punched tiny holes on the slate prior to felting?
Click to expand...

The white dots are self-adhesive paper hole reinforcers (normally used to keep the holes in three-ring-punched notebook paper from tearing).

Notice that the near side wing ball goes in all three times and the head ball goes into the far side pocket twice while the 9 ball barely moves any time. I think this much predictability in the break is undesirable.

Putting holes in the slate sounds like insanity.

pj
chgo
 
Bob Jewett said:
They should have removed the template after the break.
Click to expand...
yeah, but occasionally one or two balls interfere with that template. One of the reasons to dislike it. People should use good old wooden rack instead of smth else. JMHO
 
Vahmurka said:
yeah, but occasionally one or two balls interfere with that template. One of the reasons to dislike it. People should use good old wooden rack instead of smth else. JMHO
Click to expand...
Standard wooden racks usually produce bad racks and in some situations can lead to five minutes of racking per rack.

It is usually possible (and easy) to remove the template even when balls stop on it.
 
Patrick Johnson said:
... Notice that the near side wing ball goes in all three times and the head ball goes into the far side pocket twice while the 9 ball barely moves any time. I think this much predictability in the break is undesirable. ...
Click to expand...
I don't disagree with you, but what is the alternative? A rack of random looseness? A rack manipulated by the breaker or his opponent?

The break at nine ball is broken.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top