Recent content by Andrew Manning

I know Anthony personally, he's a great guy and a person of integrity. That said I only know him personally, have never had business dealings with him. And I don't know how long he worked with Tony but he did apprentice with him in cue building, in the Black Boar shop. -Andrew

Thank god they included the diagram, otherwise I never would have grasped that arcane mathematical explanation. Anyway, regarding the joint affecting the cue speed, I highly doubt that any test showing that result rigorously controlled all the other variables. For instance, it's hard to swap...

I'm in this post and I don't like it. But seriously Tin Man, you consistently produce the most valuable instructive threads on this site. Thank you, and I look forward to reading more.

His "mojo" was always none other than Bill Belichick, in my opinion, so my prediction is yes he will.

Great line, I've had it in my AZB signature for almost a decade and a half.

Joint opinion: However little you may think the joint of a cue matters, in reality it matters much less than that.

Lou's got the whole truth and nothing but the truth here. It raises an interesting academic question: I wonder what the ball equivalent would be to spotting a guy the break AND the next turn after the break every game. If you could give a guy that spot and break even, could you spot him 10-6...

My CF shaft has the same "sticking point" as my previous wood shafts: it isn't the cue that gets sticky, it's my hands. I clean the shaft with an alcohol wipe or a wet cloth from time to time, but for the hands the only good solution is a glove.

Seconded. Thank you Accu-Stats!

Give First Break in Sterling a shot, if you haven't. 8 excellent diamond 9'ers, and it's rarely problematically crowded as Breakers often is.

I'd bet on Alex with that line, if I were a person who bet on such things.

Agreed, it's a case-study in why pattern racking shouldn't be allowed. It reduces the game to something much less than it should be.

It's an optical sensor (camera) that somehow recognizes the white ball. Once in a great while it'll make a mistake and send a 1 ball or 5 ball to the wrong exit.

They set the balls up to make them all dead in one of those fancy trick-shot configurations in the rack area. It's not a diamond shape at all, just a trick shot. They shoot the video of the guy shooting and making the trick shot. Then they shoot several seconds, without moving the camera or...

"Honest effort" is kind of a terrible rule. You're supposed to honestly try what? To hit them literally as hard as you can? That doesn't seem reasonable, only beginners do that on a 9-ball break. So what then? To hit them "sorta hard"? Where's that threshold? The truth is, with no rule...