Recent content by boogieman

Once you figure out pricing if fab944 isn't interested I am likely interested. I'm just getting started so a lot would work well for me.

Once you really put forth effort to groove in good mechanics, it becomes a bit easier to understand what went wrong. That said, sometimes you may only have once chance to diagnose/fix an issue when in competition... then you lose. The more solid your personal PSR/mechanics are the easier it is...

I do this during league before breaking. Cue all the way to the ground on top of my toes and reach for the sky. I'm sure my opponents and people watching think I'm on crack or something but I don't care in the least. :) Gotta get the back aligned and screwy muscles stretched to play correctly...

I'm armature/learning but I wonder if you could just cut a piece and put it in like an inlay. I'm also curious to see what everyone says as I'm just guessing at best. :)

I ended up doing all my table work because all our local hacks are just that, hacks. Even the people that installed my diamond were hacks. I'm not overly picky but I know what perfect is, I expect 95% of that from an installer or I'm doing it myself. It's worth paying good mechanics such as Jack...

I understand not wanting to waste money but honestly $340 shipping would probably be preferable to getting left with hack work that will frustrate you to no end.

Ban him.

When I got my first "real" job with payroll and such minimum wage was $4.25/hr. The year was 1994 and I was 14 years old. $7.25 an hour now isn't even close to as good as I had it. I think gas was about $1.25. I could buy a "Big and Tasty" at McDonalds for $1, and 2 of them filled me up...

I thought Shane said he no longer gambled.

You need another option, I didn't even know it existed until I saw this thread.

They have little "whisker" type brushes that spin under there. Under the rails isn't usually soiled and doesn't come into contact with balls so the little spinning brushes do a pretty good job of getting fuzz or pet hair. If you wanted you could touch up under the rails but I haven't found it...

A roomba style vacuum is about $100 and almost worth it's weight in gold. A brush is kind of a waste of time as it doesn't clean the table and just makes chalk clouds for you to breath. No use using a hand vac when the "robot" will do it for you, even at the end of a set with the lights off. As...

Smooth stroke or whatever is about consistency. I know I've personally shot something absolutely shitty and it still went in in spite of myself. If a shot can be made 9/10 with a smooth stroke it might be made 2/10 with something wonky because there is no consistency.

Olhausen makes pretty good tables but the pockets are a complete shit show. Unless you are quite handy and want to spend a week fixing the pocket geometry I would not recommend an Olhausen. I fixed my pocket geometry and it was a great table after that, so they can be made to play correctly but...

Heck yeah! It's low on priorities but I'd suggest putting some speakers in for tunes, audio books or podcasts, it can be nice to listen to something when brainstorming or working. Even while doing the finishing work on the building music makes it more enjoyable. You probably are already...