Recent content by boogieman

I think you would probably do better with a thin stainless sleeve on the tenon. Snooker uses brass, but it's not a solid chunk of brass. If you built a thick ferrule with stainless it will play like a huge POS. I know the customer pays for the service but I wouldn't want my name on a thick...

So is this for the VHS tapes and DVDs or just the DVDs? Unless you sell the tapes along with the DVDs what you're doing amounts to piracy/bootlegging. I'm not the morality police but selling DVDs and keeping the original VHS tapes isn't "backing up media for personal use." It's bootlegging...

I like very hard tips. I found that the green one actually reduced sound from my normal fare. :p

I saw it with some of the original Kamui super softs when they first came out. I think most manufacturers have got it right by now.

My reaction depends entirely on my client. ;) 🦈

Good post. A good stroke feels like the cue is almost floating vs. you manipulating it. It's hard to explain and easy to fall back into bad habits. A good stroke isn't a "push shot" but it can feel like one, almost like the cue accelerates the ball instead of smacking it. Of course in...

I agree. I'm not saying to NOT use english/side spin (you aren't either I think), but if you can make a shot with the vertical axis there are less potential things to go wrong. If you can get the same shape with follow (bending tangent line forward) or draw (bending it backwards), there's just...

I used these when fixing the pocket geometry on my Olhausen. I really like these facings. They are slightly softer than the standards. Even with them being quite a bit thicker the pockets played very good. We played a lot of 1P on them and you could even do point shots and such and it felt natural.

The limited advice I can give is to never ever buy a Mizerak shorty cue. That thing was an absolute POS. I'm not one to break cues but I broke it in half and put it in the garbage can. Not out of anger either... it was literally the worst feeling cue I've used in my life. Just absolute piss poor...

I think a natural talent+work will always rise above an average player+work. I'm not saying an average player can't get decent. They can, but I think a born natural has a higher ceiling and will reach a short stop level far sooner than an average player. I've always had excellent hand eye...

If you shot as bad as I do you would play all of the above in almost every rack! o_O

It sounds VERY counterintuitive, but a beautiful stroke is usually the result of a slow back swing. I'm not saying anything about pausing or not pausing because I've seen it both ways, but make your backstroke pretty and the rest will follow. A slow smooth back swing prevents a lot of errors in...

Try to not pep talk yourself, good or bad. Just see what needs to be shot and execute it as if you were a robot. You don't care about the outcome of the shot, losing the game/set/etc. Your only job is to execute the shot as perfectly as you can at your ability level. It's tough to shut your...

It can happen, he missed his rail target by 1/4". I've had more luck with titties saving me than anyone I know. It happened so frequently I started playing those shots at times. If you get a good carom angle, it's pretty simple to hit them, not that it's a high percentage unless it is lined up...

What even is WAF?