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I sometimes play in a Senior's Snooker League that will go to a ten ball rack if they have too many players and not enough time to play full 15 ball racks. I've also seen three ball racks played for the same reason - that being said, I've never seen a three ball rack used during league play.

Well, I suppose if you were building, for example, a bridge, then pyramids (or triangles) would add a lot of structural strength. But, my understanding is, the butt is designed to counter balance the shaft, not add structural strength. Two splice cues (aka a butterfly splice) are generally...

I've been using Talisman laminated tips for about 4 years - no complaints at all.

Either 2 or 4 splices. This page at Mastercraft cues has a picture of the first two ebony splices being glued to the shaft. More pictures of the cue-making process on John Parris Cues website - see "in the workshop".

You're over-thinking it. So, how'd you do?

In keep with the thread, there are two Brunswick Monarch tables (circa 1900's) out of the six tables that are used in the league that I play in. They're sweet tables to play on. Well that's me jealous, Slasher. :wink: Where do you play if you're not at home? Hey, there's a No-handicap...

Thanks for the answer. Do you expect to have many people enter?

From the Snooker Heritage site that Slasher posted a link to: "Burroughes & Watts were more active in the provinces than any other London maker, and in 1876 they established the Scottish Professional Billiards Championship, providing a silver challenge cup. Walter Buttery became a partner in...

How about the best of both worlds: a nice 100 year-old table with brand new tournament cloth. :wink:

I’d say that the standard aiming system in snooker is broken down into five shots: full ball, ¾ ball, ½ ball, ¼ ball, fine cut. One can go a step further and say that a shot between, for instance, full ball and ¾ ball would be a “thick” ¾ ball. I’ve never played that way, but that’s the way the...

How does the handicap system work?

Speaking in generalities, the answer would be yes, snooker cues for snooker, pool cues for pool. It’s all about tip size, so the smaller the cue ball, the smaller the cue tip. I’ve had an English cuemaker describe the taper on his cues as “cigar-shaped”. So, yes, the shaft would be “beefier”...

I play league snooker in Canada - we've just changed to a handicap system that seems to be working very well.

What size table?

I guess it would depend on what kind of finish is on the shaft/butt of the cue.