Recent content by boogieman

I usually shape it to somewhere between a dime and a nickel and after that initial shaping I let it conform to my play style. For me, flatter, like a quarter radius is perfect. Just play with it and lightly use sandpaper to lift fibers if the tip needs dressing. It will shape to how you...

I'm not highly accomplished, but: 1a. Seeing/feeling that I am hitting the target exactly where I want to (and had already decided before addressing the shot) aka mind already made up and just executing the shot I decided, be it correct, incorrect, or unknown (carefully observe what happens)...

I've often told my buddies that the 1B (head ball) is the only guaranteed ball that you can make, no matter what game or break box. If the money ball is on the spot, or the head ball on the spot, the head ball is still makeable. Once you kind of get a ball going (ex. wing ball in 9B) always...

Maybe change the taper.

I'm just going to mention, you can also buy these used on ebay. I got mine for about a quarter of what they cost new. Mine was dead nuts when I got it but you can calibrate them with a square. It could make sense to buy a new one if you were in the business of table installation but if you're...

I think they say your fargo can vary 50 points either way depending on how you're playing that day. I don't know if that goes up to pro level but I'd guess so. We all have good and bad days.

I'd slap the shit out of a 19 year old if it came to that. :)

I'm not the OP, but I'm sincerely thankful for the info. I didn't request it on mine that broke and I highly suspected it wasn't a good mechanical connection. It's great to hear a factual confirmation from someone with skill and knowledge in cuemaking. With this info, I'll never do it for a...

Scantily dressed ring girls and a pro wresting level of storyline. Imagine how fun it would be to see your favorite player cut a promo before and after the match. The storyline would basically need two branches depending on who wins. I know this sounds stupid, but do you remember liking player's...

I was with you up until this point. :) In my opinion this removes the very soul of 9 ball. We have a Monday night league that has this rule. It beats not playing pool but it's not 9 ball. The reason we do it is because it's 5 person teams and we play each opposing player 1 game, so you play...

It was while playing. They are phenomenal playing and sounding shafts, I'd definitely request a phenolic plug if I were to get another. In all honesty it could have been the dude who made it, he's just getting started.

That's fair. No shot clock so that didn't help at all. They always try to squeeze too many players into that particular hall with 6 tables.

Beautiful! All that glass scares me though! 😄

I will no longer compete in them. The last one I was in I tied for 4/5th and heard the final match didn't get done until 6AM or something. I don't think I got out until after 2AM.

I had a kielwood done that way. It split out at the joint but to be fair there was no insert, just tapped into the wood, which is much more brittle than regular maple. The bad part is I didn't ask for that, I think he tapped radial and then found out I had modified 3/8-10. It was a replacement...