Recent content by eddieindetroit

The gods are clearly angry. First, build an alter out of wood. (Tip-use the Golden Oak wood legs and rails from one of those 8 foot Olhausen tables.) Add fire and goat. In every hair, there is good.

Trust your wing man Eddie on this one. What you need is one of those 8-foot Olhausen tables that none of the hustlers want to play pool on. A Golden Oak eight footer would be perfect. Just buy it. I’ll teach you how to fix your break. It’s simple really. Eddie

SOLD Shaft one 28 3/4 inches Very smooth. Very straight. No nicks. 104g 3.7oz. Shaft two 27inches Smooth. Small roll. 87g 3.1oz. Butt. 28 5/8 inches. Small roll 466g 16.6 oz. $400 plus freight.

Butt #1 is marked 19 oz. Weight of the butt is 464g. Or 16.6 oz. Original leather wrap has scuffs and scrapes Points are excellent. Butt diameter is 1.40” Joint measures .80” Tiny roll. Price $350 Plus freight. (butt only) SOLD Butt #2 is marked 22oz. Rosewood Hoppe. Butt only. Cue is straight...

That seems to be the situation here. The original bumpers do rotate around the “knob.” At least the ones I’ve had my hands on so far. I can’t seem to force one of them off yet though. It would obviously just be quicker to use an HSS parting tool I know but the bumpers have lasted 60 odd years...

Some of these old Brunswick cues have some pretty nice wood. I’m not finding it easy to remove one of these bumpers, they’re pretty hard with age. I wouldn’t mind saving the original bumpers and reusing them if I could. Any tips?

i also have a second gen. Predator shaft FS. Both are 5/16 18tpi. flat face joint. Thanks, Ed

Bar cue. Race to two for $30. On a Valley table with gaping pockets. Flint style. Very nice.

FS-original Predator 314 shaft. 5/16 18tpi. Smooth and straight. Not a nick or a bump in the shaft. 12.7mm ferrule. $265 plus freight

Fortunately, I had just that one banning. I concocted some B.S. story though and told the admins that someone had acquired unauthorized access to my AZB account. They bought it! Sounded a lot better than demonic possession. Which had been the real reason.

Just kidding with you my friend. The man that resolves your question should receive a call from the Nobel Foundation. Eddie <—High school dropout

Kamala says chocolate is RACIST!

Imagine each stroke like a bundle of electromagnetic waves. When the peak from one wave encounters the trough from another, they cancel each other out. The pattern emerges in the distribution of final object ball position. We call the mathematical description of this wavelike distribution of...

Nit repellent. Prefereably made in the 70's Detroit style, using "blood of knocker" sponged up from the asphalt with a dirty rag...

I’m going to install a couple tips soon. At one time I remember a written list of the “common” tips available for sale ranked from hardest to soft? Anyone have a similar list? Thanks, Eddie