AZB Chalk Holder
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Jerry Forsyth
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Please do not donate any money made on these to us at AZBilliards. If you wish to donate please do so to a charity and our favorite is St. Judes if that pleases you. But there is also nothing wrong from plowing the money back into the business and growing with other items. A little imagination can come up with lots of stuff that could utilize this process.
I agree with this... There wont be a huge profit on this but if you can take it and put it into other items and offer those it would be awesome..
Cue holders perhaps ..
Just ordered mine in Polished Nickel Steel!
Awesome offering!
Chad
Thank you for being the first one to make a purchase. Just to let everyone know I do not make anything off of these. It is my small way of giving back a little.
Thank you to everyone for the compliments and kind words.
I also just ordered one for myself.
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Just ordered mine in Polished Nickel Steel!
Awesome offering!
Chad
Yup, same here -- Polished Nickel Steel.
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-Sean
I just now saw that there is no FLAT side to this chalk holder. I was hoping to use it as a chalk holder with my magnetic belt clip, but I feel that having no even/flat surfaces for the magnet to hold to, will make it hold less tightly.
Ideally, for me, it would have ONE flat side, that would hold tight to a magnet.
Oh well, it's still A GREAT IDEA!
JoeyA
Either the polished or raw Nickel Steel. Both nickel and steel are highly magnetic, and durable. Any of the precious metals covering steel would be easily scratched by a magnet. Bronze, brass, and plastic are not magnetic at all, as you know.
I may or may not use this with a magnet, though. I'll have to get it in my hands and make that decision later. Part of me doesn't want to see this get scratched up, and instead use it as a pocket chalker (i.e. mount it to a pocket stick with a small lanyard). I'll see.
Looking forward to receiving it,
-Sean
I just sent Shannon a PM regarding this very subject....
<------dorky league player, gotta have the damned thing in my pocket, now its a routine
Thanks, look forward to hearing your thoughts when you receive it.
I was thinking that if the chalk holder had one flat side, it could be held (practically permanently) with a strong rare earth magnet and you could pop the chalk out of the holder by pressing your finger under the holder, sliding the chalk up and out of the holder.
JoeyA
Hmm... good point. As mentioned, I was kind of hemming and hawing about using this with a magnetic holder. But of all the surfaces, I think the lettered surface is the closest candidate (better than the rounded surfaces introduced by the extruded ball). Or even the bottom, which has a hole in it, but the edges are still substantial enough to hold to a magnet.
Even if this doesn't work, it's still a nice great idea, piece of work, and hopefully excellent craftsmanship.
-Sean
I just sent Shannon a PM regarding this very subject....
<------dorky league player, gotta have the damned thing in my pocket, now its a routine
Dorky league player?
JoeyA[/QUOTE]
This magnetic belt clip, chalk holder is GREAT, except that the metal washers sometimes come loose from the chalk. I have used different adhesives and epoxy works the best, but normally only holds the chalk for about three days of hard use (less than 1/4 of the chalk's depth/height). The magnet holds well with epoxy to the plastic belt clip.
I went to the pool room last night without it and I kept reaching with my hand and fingers to retrieve the easily accessible chalk location. I think I am hooked.
JoeyA
Yup, I sure am.
Isn't it a required part of the stereotype, league player with his pocket chalker?
I've gotten so used to it that when I grab a house cue somewhere for a quick game, I find myself going to my hip every damned time. I guess that part of my PSR is ingrained
Yea, I hear ya, but I want a flat surface that is highly magnetic so that the rare earth magnet will fight hard in releasing the holder.
JoeyA
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Yup, I sure am.
Isn't it a required part of the stereotype, league player with his pocket chalker?
I've gotten so used to it that when I grab a house cue somewhere for a quick game, I find myself going to my hip every damned time. I guess that part of my PSR is ingrained
I'm not sure about that, Bruce. JoeyA and I are magnet-beltclip diehards. Kickin' Chicken (Brian) likes the retractable-string beltclip chalk holder (much like those ID swipe badge belt clips with the retractable string, to pull and wave by ID sensors, then retracts back to the belt).
And that says nothing of the folks that invest in those really expensive Q-pods, to include well-known pros.
What's stereotypical of league players is not any chalk holders, but rather the "sealed up in their own little world" thing (i.e. not knowing what goes on in pool outside the league / not knowing the names of the pros that play their sport, etc.), which you are certainly NOT one of.
-Sean
I am working with a couple guys on a couple of alternate designs. One that has a type of ring for the guys that like the pocket chalkers and another design with a flat face for the guys that like their magnets.
Here is one possible design that could work with the string and stick type of chalk holders.
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Here is one possible design that could work with the string and stick type of chalk holders.
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I'm a die hard pocket+stick person. Let us know when a design is ready. (dorky league guy) Mitch