How many of you fellow Mechanics actually PLAY POOL??

[trentfromtoledo]

So yeah: How many of you fellow Mechanics actually PLAY POOL?? I did not ask how well, that does not matter to me as long as you love the game.

Whats your favorite game? table? pool room?

ONE POCKET, DIAMOND, SURGE on FULLERTON in Chicago.

TFT

 

[fastone371]

I play pool and I am a mechanic, just not a table mechanic.

 

[Sheldon]

Pretty much every day. My favorite game is one pocket, but I don't get much opportunity to play it. We have a couple of private rooms in my area, both with 4 Diamond tables. I've never been a great player, but have always loved the game! My Fargo Rating is 580, and seems pretty accurate.

 

[trentfromtoledo]

I play pool and I am a mechanic, just not a table mechanic.

Fastone, you know your sh it , I am interested in your answers! I know what table you have!

 

[trentfromtoledo]

Pretty much every day. My favorite game is one pocket, but I don't get much opportunity to play it. We have a couple of private rooms in my area, both with 4 Diamond tables. I've never been a great player, but have always loved the game! My Fargo Rating is 580, and seems pretty accurate.

Hell yeah bro! If you are ever in the Tampa Area or Toledo Area, HOLLER!!! LETS BATTLE love some long one pocket sessions!
Stay safe out there!
TFT

 

[fastone371]

Fastone, you know your sh it , I am interested in your answers! I know what table you have!

Thank you. I learned everything I know about tables right here in these forums from guys like you!!! Plus a little more from setting up my GCI. Reading and doing it are 2 different things, disassembling and reassembling my table put all that I read and learned here into perspective. Thanks to you guys I love my GC, I would not trade it for a Diamond but I do want a Diamond bar box at home, then I can burn my Valley.

 

[trentfromtoledo]

I think you know who can help you with that DIAMOND BARBOX! Just let me know, it would be a pleasure to meet you and install a table for/ with ya!

TFT

 

[GoldCrown]

I thinks it’s very important that a mechanic is a player. A good player knows the value of a finely tuned installation. Knows what to deliver.

 

[Lawnboy77]

I thinks it’s very important that a mechanic is a player. A good player knows the value of a finely tuned installation. Knows what to deliver.

I couldn't agree more, same with a cue maker. I suspect most of the top cue makers are very good at the game as well.

 

[bradsh98]

Once upon a time, I was a very good player. Quit taking it so seriously in 2016, after a divorce. At that time, it was necessary for me to become a full-time parent. While I still have a passion for the game, I've shifted my focus from playing the game, to working on pool tables. While the time commitment is only slightly less, my new focus provides for my daughter and I both, instead of just for myself.

Despite largely stepping away from competitive play, I have had some good showings at the occasional barbox tournament. Any more, the only time I touch a cue is if a customer asks me to shoot a couple of racks.

My Fargo rating is a 444. Funny, considering that the only FargoRate tournaments that I've played were in 2016. One was a tight 2nd to a 697 rating. The other was a 3rd, behind the same 697 and a 627.

 

[GoldCrown]

My

I couldn't agree more, same with a cue maker. I suspect most of the top cue makers are very good at the game as well

My favorite cue is a Doc Frye from the mid 60’s. Doc was not a great pool player but knew his cues. I loved playing 1ball in the corner with Doc. (Phila game) He was an interesting person.