Recent content by Jeff G. Martin

That's probably pretty accurate. A lot of my hardware was purchased locally so I probably paid 10-20% more for a lot of my items.

I wanted to buy the dual polisher a little over a year ago. After freight it was just going to be more money than I wanted to spend, so I thought like any other guy would and said "I can build one for WAY less than that!" Here is my current list of parts. I'm sure I'll need some other...

Since you're from that area, is a 10-ball break a win generally? I mean, it doesn't count in either of the most common rule sets (WPA, CSI), and pretty much any large tournament I can think of. If it does generally count on the break, does it still even if one of the players is getting a...

Sounds to me like Jacoby was sending him a new shaft to the dealer.

I'm curious whether or not your shaft is a second. I'm assuming not since you didn't mention it. I've seen tons of their shafts that are "seconds" that have far less than a black spot and couldn't believe they would have to discount them because of the minor blemishes some have. Perhaps one...

Here you go Here is the post.

Any reason you don’t want to order directly from Diamond? I believe mine were $40 a piece, and I didn’t think that was out of line for what they are.

This is a very interesting scenario. I say this because when playing by BCAPL rules, your opponent must notify you when you're on two fouls prior to shooting. It seems like something they may forget to mention since you have ball-in-hand with a wide open table. Were you playing by BCAPL...

Here is the last distribution of ratings I saw Mike post. Maybe there is a more recent one out there.

He needs to stop the shooter to have someone watch the shot. I’m assuming that this is not where you would normally stand to make this call. Again, the sitting player needs to stop play and have you come and watch the shot so you have time to position yourself appropriately. I don’t see any...

I can't speak for their email support, but Paul Smith was a pleasure to work with over the phone while Diamond was working on my table.

Shane usually wears a Breitling Chronomat. I thought he sold his Tag, at least that's what his Facebook post said last year (https://www.facebook.com/shane.vanboening/posts/1147367905361404). But if that transaction didn't go through, it's likely he carries it with him in case of a potential sale.

I, too, was banned from "Let's Talk About Pool". Why? I wasn't sure at first, but it was eventually explained to me why I didn’t belong there. The Saturday evening when The US Open 9-Ball was winding down, I was watching my paid stream and browsing Facebook. To my surprise, someone was...

Yes. An extremely nice four pointer.

I like this. And likewise if they are drawing the ball instead of following. Have them shoot any shot at whatever distance and see if they can get the cue ball to go forward and then draw backwards (without jumping, of course). So many times I see players jack up and while the cue ball may...