Proper way to orient bar rack?

Jen_Cen

Jen_Cen

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Does the flange go against the cloth or does it go up in the air?
 
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It goes which ever way you get a better rack :)

Some work better flange up, some flange down. I normally put it flange up, but you may want to get another oppinion as I dont rack very often:p:eek::grin-square:
 
But I wonder what the design intent is. Is the flange for aiding your fingers in lifting up the rack, or is it meant as a stabilizing surface against the cloth?
 
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Jen_Cen said:
But I wonder what the design intent is. Is the flange for aiding your fingers in lifting up the rack, or is it meant as a stabiilizing surface against the cloth?
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I noticed that it makes a tighter rack with the flange against the table.
 
Jen_Cen said:
But I wonder what the design intent is. Is the flange for aiding your fingers in lifting up the rack, or is it meant as a stabiilizing surface against the cloth?
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Neither. It's to keep the sides of the rack rigid and straight.
 
Jen_Cen excellent question. cuesmith, I am sure you are correct, I never thought about that, but I agree with Majic, on getting a tighter rack with the flange down. But I have noticed that most everyone does it with the flange up.
 
I feel I get less flex in the rack when I use it flange up, as this puts the extra support closer to where the balls are touching the rack and where pressure is being applied during racking.
 
When I was a kid, an old-timer insisted that on his table the flange goes DOWN, to prevent scraping the cloth with the sometimes rough, thin edge of those cheap, crappy racks.
 
It's kind of surprising the amount of differing opinions on the subject. Well, here's one more...I put the flange down, because when I lift up, the flange allows extra room as you start to get the rack away from the balls, lessening the chance of hitting the fresh rack of balls with the rack.
 
Well . . . if you know how to rack , it doesn't matter.

But , I believe it was intended to go flang down to protect the cloth from all the sliding back and forth.

Everyone I've ever seen that has a logo on it , the logo is oriented that way up.
 
9bizzle said:
It's kind of surprising the amount of differing opinions on the subject. Well, here's one more...I put the flange down, because when I lift up, the flange allows extra room as you start to get the rack away from the balls, lessening the chance of hitting the fresh rack of balls with the rack.
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This was my thinking as well
 
Flange down to protect the cloth is probably correct. I like to rack flange up because it's easier to get the rack off without disturbing the balls.

It's also easier to get the rack into and out of the Valley rack slot when the rack is oriented flange down in the table


:cool:
 
Williebetmore said:
When I was a kid, an old-timer insisted that on his table the flange goes DOWN, to prevent scraping the cloth with the sometimes rough, thin edge of those cheap, crappy racks.
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:groucho::groucho::groucho:Bingo!!
 
The way to solve this problem is to always win and never have to rack. Forget about it.

Next topic will be should the coins be placed on the rail with the heads up or how should they be placed in the slot with the heads facing to the right or left?
 
woody_968 said:
It goes which ever way you get a better rack :)

Some work better flange up, some flange down. I normally put it flange up, but you may want to get another oppinion as I dont rack very often:p:eek::grin-square:
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Sorry AZer's, but I gotta agree with the first answer outta the box. Woody, I gotta agree with the assessment you made because in my experiences, I've found some that rack better flange up and some that rack better flange down. Turn it, flip-flop it, reposition the balls differently, whatever it takes to get a good rack.

Maniac
 
This is a cute thread because after over 15 years of playing this game, I never really knew the answer to this. When I played in bars (which wasn't often, trust me), I saw people putting the flange up while I always put it down so the rack would slide into position better. I never knew if I was doing it wrong, but I didn't care.

It's impossible to get a great rack with those plastic racks anyways.

Dave
 
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