The early D' red labels did bank a tad short due to the subrail angle. That was fixed in the Blues. The rails are stiffer than a GC so balls come off a tad quicker(Diamond themselves said this) but again not to the extent some get all wound up over. People don't generally complain about D's being too tight but my goodness do they whine about the 'pinball' action. WTF-ever.
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Aren’t you like a 400?
Ps, Johnny Archer would have been an 830 or so when he hated them
Gabe Owen maybe an 800.
sudocrushms
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I've seen loads of complaining about the deep shelves. Just makes the tables more speed sensitive.
Oh yeah, you can give me the 6Aren’t you like a 400?
Ps, Johnny Archer would have been an 830 or so when he hated them
Gabe Owen maybe an 800.
If that was true the cue ball would never stop when doing a speed test, that I would like to see.
Shit, even a lag hard enough to hit the head rail would never stop. That would be a sight to see.
It is to an extent to get wound up about. Have you ever in your life heard such passionate complaints about the way a Gold Crown actually "plays"? The complaints on that table are not about its play. Rather about its superficial quality. The castings stick up. The castings tarnish over the years. The Formica wears out over the years in commercial environments. etc. No one complains how they "play". (save for a few years in the early GC3 days when the cushions rotted quickly when the monarch cushions were gone, and a new supplier was used)
The deep shelf is stupid on a 9' Diamond also. It's just the pin ball cushions trump it, so they get talked about more.
I doubt that, senor Rosie
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sudocrushms
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It would be like the cartoon bullet ricochet: Everyone hit the deck! Only a matter of time before it flies off the table.If that was true the cue ball would never stop when doing a speed test, that I would like to see.
Shit, even a lag hard enough to hit the head rail would never stop. That would be a sight to see.
If anyone around here is good with the physics simulators, it would be neat to see a pinball pool table. See how quickly that gets out of hand.
just make a set of pool balls out of SuperBalls. those things would zoom around the table.It would be like the cartoon bullet ricochet: Everyone hit the deck! Only a matter of time before it flies off the table.
If anyone around here is good with the physics simulators, it would be neat to see a pinball pool table. See how quickly that gets out of hand.
And when the cloth wears in you can NOT wipe ur feet going in on a Diamond. Believe me, been there-done that too many times.
In West Philadelphia where I was born and raised, triple shimmed gold crowns were what we played.
Have fun getting that song out of your head
sudocrushms
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A solid poke from anything smaller than a 13mm shaft would kabob the cue ball.
Are your rails 4" apart?If that was true the cue ball would never stop when doing a speed test, that I would like to see.
Shit, even a lag hard enough to hit the head rail would never stop. That would be a sight to see.
There's still time to delete this.
You can't be serious, but I think you are
Figures there'd be at least 2 of you nitwitsIt would be like the cartoon bullet ricochet: Everyone hit the deck! Only a matter of time before it flies off the table.
If anyone around here is good with the physics simulators, it would be neat to see a pinball pool table. See how quickly that gets out of hand.
RonnieRose
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Physics says its possible. . .If that was true the cue ball would never stop when doing a speed test, that I would like to see.
Shit, even a lag hard enough to hit the head rail would never stop. That would be a sight to see.
RonnieRose
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NO table on earth picks up speed off each cushion. To do so would require a re-write of the laws of physics. Also, balls getting airborne is a set-up problem. Played on a lot of Diamonds(blue and red) and have NEVER seen ONE ball airborne. Another case of DDS. Just curious, you've been a member for 4yrs but no posts until basically nine in a month. Stage fright??
RonnieRose
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Did I say every cushion? Did I say it happened frequently? No. I agreed with another poster that Diamomd rails, r on occasion, extremely fast. Now, if those rails r installed a bit low, the ball will go airborne or hop up slightly. And yes, It had happened to me. They had to adjust the rail at the bar.NO table on earth picks up speed off each cushion. To do so would require a re-write of the laws of physics. Also, balls getting airborne is a set-up problem. Played on a lot of Diamonds(blue and red) and have NEVER seen ONE ball airborne. Another case of DDS. Just curious, you've been a member for 4yrs but no posts until basically nine in a month. Stage fright??
So nice of to have one that cares. Panties-in-a-wad run in the family? Relax, just jackin with ya. People say shit like that to me all the time so just tossed that lil grenade out there.
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Now you're bactracking. Balls can NOT pick up speed "whenever they touch a rail", your words. As for any jumping/hopping that is nothing but a set-up issue. Not a fault of the table itself. Come on back when you actually have something to say that makes any sense.
sudocrushms
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