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git$um

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blue circle, red circle, red dot, blue dot, why so many? wich is the toughest wich is the easiest to play with? also pool balls, aramith or cenntenial, whats the diff. are aramith bigger and heavier?

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There really is no difference. All of the Saluc cueballs weigh within a few grams of one another. Some people think the measle ball is harder to draw, but I don't find it so. As far as Aramith or Centennial, they are made by Saluc, so they are the same too. Get what you like, or get a deal on.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
git$um said:
blue circle, red circle, red dot, blue dot, why so many? Which is the toughest which is the easiest to play with? also pool balls, Aramith or Centennial, what's the diff. are Aramith bigger and heavier?

thanks.....
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As Scott mentioned, anything by Saluc which makes Aramith and Centennials will play very close to the same. Their low-end balls, which have the design silk-screened on, may be an exception. I would stay away from the balls from China, which often try to imitate the Aramith designs and even the box.

Far more important for how the balls play is the condition. Cue balls wear down, and that's very important to how draw and follow work. The object balls wear down too, but more slowly. I think the reports of the measles ball being heavier result from trying to use a new cue ball with old, worn, small object balls.

The surface of the ball -- dirty, clean, polished, waxed, ... -- makes a lot of difference to how much throw you get.
 
i heard Buddy Hall on a video of a match (dont remember who he was playing) talking about how that CB is heavy. or was it light? it was one or the other.

I have two measles balls, the Aramith CB with the red sign, the red circle, the blue circle, the blue dot, and one or two others. i still say the blue dot CB is the lightest and the blue circle is the heaviest. could just be me though, but what i heard Buddy say sort of reaffirmed my suspicions.

Mike
 
Is it just wear that makes balls smaller, or does the resin shrink over time?

How big a factor is polishing have in reducing their size? It would seem to be larger that wear or age.
 
Saluc makes both the Brunswick Centennial and Aramith brands balls.

The Blue Circle cueball comes with Brunswick Centennials. The Measles cueball (6 red dots) comes with the Aramith Super Pro TV sets. According BCA regs, balls can range from 5.6 to 6.0 ounces. I believe the higher priced sets have more tighter tolerances. My experience with Brunswick Centennials, a set will vary from 5.89-5.96 ounces, a variation of 7 hundredth of an ounce.

I once weighed a Blue Circle cueball (5.9) and a Measles, and both came in at 5.9 ounces. So, I don't think the Measles is heavier.
 
Scott Lee said:
There really is no difference. All of the Saluc cueballs weigh within a few grams of one another. Some people think the measle ball is harder to draw, but I don't find it so. As far as Aramith or Centennial, they are made by Saluc, so they are the same too. Get what you like, or get a deal on.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Scott take a red circle and a blue circle CB outside and hold them about 5'-6' off the ground and see which one bounces the highest. Then you will have the answer to the question. One of them will bounce a few inches higher and that ball is easier to draw and harder to follow with when you hit center ball on OB, a full hit. There is a difference, weight isnt the reason, one of the 2 is more elastic than the other, they have different elasticity properties. I have tested this with probably 20 CB's. It really makes a difference in 1P when you want to go thru the OB. I will be glad to show you.

its easier to draw the red circle ball,
 
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While I certainly haven't conducted any scientific experiment, on two occasions I placed a measles ball between two object balls and laid a straight edge over all three. The straight edge rocked slightly back and forth defining the measles ball as a bit larger.

This would make sense when some say it's harder to draw since it's equator is higher than the OB and that would do it.
 
Fatboy said:
Scott take a red circle and a blue circle CB outside and hold them about 5'-6' off the ground and see which one bounces the highest. Then you will have the answer to the question. One of them will bounce a few inches higher and that ball is easier to draw and harder to follow with when you hit center ball on OB, a full hit. There is a difference, weight isnt the reason, one of the 2 is more elastic than the other, they have different elasticity properties. I have tested this with probably 20 CB's. It really makes a difference in 1P when you want to go thru the OB. I will be glad to show you.

its easier to draw the red circle ball,
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well aint that somethin......learn something new everyday.....good post my friend

hope your well,
Keebie
 
greyghost said:
well aint that somethin......learn something new everyday.....good post my friend

hope your well,
Keebie
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Thanks buddy, i'm still in Germany for a couple days. I will be back in America on Monday. Have a good New Year,

best
eric:)
 
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