Recent content by iusedtoberich

Nobody ever asked for a refund!

For me, in practice, I never noticed any difference with how the black dot was oriented. Yes, I know the shaft was flat laminated. Maybe I wasn't good enough 25 years ago to notice any difference...

The retired crew have dominated the daytime in the rooms I frequented over the years. Other rooms didn't have a good daytime crowd, and would change their hours to only open after 4 or 5pm. Is there anything you can do to bring in more retired customers?

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I saw with my own eyes 2 guys betting 1 coin per game at DCC. I think this was around 2016 and I believe it was worth around 14k USD per then. That’s the only time I personally saw it used.

From a legal standpoint I think you'd run into the gambling laws. From a player standpoint, it would only appeal if it matched up strangers wanting to bet on opposite sides of a match. People that already know each other will just use paper cash/paypal/venmo, etc. It would need to create easy...

Peter Vitalie is another company that I believe has a similar small production, hand made, business model? Cool to see those companies still going. I don't think I've ever played on either though.

I found my VHS copy! ha ha. I think he was giving them away at one of the Expo's in the late 90's/early 2000's. That must be where I got it from.

I browsed their site for the first time after watching the video. Prices seem very reasonable for a 500 table per year volume. I'm surprised they can stay in business charging what seems to be a $7000 avg table price. That's less than what Diamond charges and Diamond makes a hell of a lot more...

I also shot with the black dot right next to the early 314’s way back then. It was not close. The 314 had way less squirt.

I think I have it on vhs unless I trashed it. Ha ha. Bob’s video was no good because he was shooting the cb into the ob and seeing where the ob went.

I've played a bunch of predator butts and shafts since the late 90's. I haven't noticed much difference in any of them. YMMV.

I leave it on, even when gambling, even when shooting the money ball still on it. Doesn't affect anything unless the balls is VERY VERY VERY slowly moving.

Yeah, pocket facings were usually 1/8" thick. So a standard pocket (with facing) was 5". Then you'd have a "double shimmed" pocket, which added a second 1/8" facing on top of the first. So that resultant pocket size was 4 3/4". Then "triple shimmed" would be 4 1/2". That's usually as tight as...

Buy a whole set of whatever brand/tier you prefer and leave it in your car. A bare Aramith CB will be $40 range. The entire set from Dynasphere is $140 range and it will be all yours. I did that in the mid 2000’s when the super Aramith pro was the best ball. Had it in my trunk for years and...