Recent content by bradsh98

It depends. Are you planning to purchase from a private seller? From a dealer? Is the table reconditioned, or all original? Do you want an installed price, with fresh cloth? If so, what make/model cloth? Do you expect it to have new cushions? If so, which ones? We sell fully refurbished Gold...

Gold Crown III

Sure I have. I just get irritated when people cast their own ideas of "Success" unto others. Can anyone survive on the meager pay that the majority of these 'professionals' are making? No. Everyone knows that.... As I said above, being a successful pool player does not necessarily equate to...

Gorina T2000 and Basalt stretch a bit more than Simonis 860. Championship Tour Edition stretches MUCH more than Simonis 860, and is quite a bit faster. ProForm505 and Andy Premier are quite considerably faster than Simonis 860, though they stretch less. Simonis 760 stretches about the same as...

You said, "Define success".... The literal definition is: the accomplishment of one's goals. Therefore, it's relative to the individual.

Success is relative to the individual, as it is simply a matter of accomplishing one's goals. Success as a pool player does not typically equate to a successful career.

I wish that we had done introductions and mentioned our AZB monikers. I was there for a couple of hours, mostly talking with Steve Gephart and Brian Russell. I left the Expo center around 7:45. At that time, the bed cloth hadn't been laid out yet.

I heard that there were far more TAP teams than typical, so the 7' tables were needed for the team events. No idea on the validity of that rumor, but it would make sense.

You are 100% wrong in your previous asserted certainty. You claimed that you are 100% certain that the Amazon set that you purchased were returned by another customer, simply because the box was not wrapped in plastic. It would be impossible for you to be that certain, unless the balls showed...

Interesting.... By the way, you are 100% wrong.... I've been a dealer, for several years. I have purchased Aramith balls from 5 different suppliers. While I have seen plastic on a select couple of Aramith sets, most are just open boxes. Some distributors will tape them, which is nice. But, not...

Exactly. Andy Premier is MUCH faster than even 760. And yes, my cushion nose height is much lower than it should be. I will be correcting it, whenever I get around to replacing the cloth and cushions. I don't play enough on the bigger tables, to justify taking the time to make the updates.

Which cue ball is it? Do you have any photos of the damage? I am curious. The Challenger set is a full phenolic resin. Some of the other sets are a hybrid (Dynaphex) resin.

They look like this. We had them on the Olhausen tables, at the BCA Expo. I actually played on our 7' Olhausen Monarch for several hours, using these balls. I was quite pleased that I couldn't distinguish any difference in play from an Aramith set. Koda and GDM Sports (manufacturer of...

I haven't tried the up and down test, in quite some time. My perception is from playing on a number of different tables. I think that it's fairly obvious that mine banks slower than it should. Also of note: the nose height is 1.39". The current cloth is new Andy Premier (not yet broken in)...

Those cuts are from balls rebounding off the back of the pocket. I think RKC remedies this by gluing black felt pads to the back of the pocket.... But, I'm not 100% on that. This isn't unique to just Olhausen. But, it is common on tables with a 1 1/2" thick rail. Just as a secondary measure...