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Fellini Case in very good used condition. Very minor scuffs, Fellini tag legible but stained. $450 Conus OBO

I recently obtained a Doc Frye cue. I plan on making this cue my player, and I am looking to purchase a Jacoby Black carbon shaft for it. The pin is piloted 5/16x14 and I'd like to purchase a shaft that matches the diameter at the joint, and the piloted pin. Does anyone here know what cues...

Anyone here have a basic Doc Frye they would be interested in selling or trading? I had one back in the early 70's that was stolen and would love to have another.

If you move all rails 1/8" back, all are still parallel and square and the pockets are opened up 1/4". Not sure what you mean by "rails not square and parallel." Not sure what you mean by "pocket castings" but there is enough play between the pockets and rails for this to work, at least it did...

Maybe you are correct on a Diamond table. I assure you, I set up several Brunswick tables years back and there is some play in where the rails are located and adjusting the location opens or closes the pocket opening. It may be that you are not supposed to do it on any table, but certainly you...

So on a Diamond, you would not loosen/open the pockets, or do you mean on a Diamond that is not the correct way to loosen/open the pockets a bit.

That's your opinion. When I was young and had a good eye and stroke, I used to occasionally play with pool balls on the 9' snooker table at Tulane where I went to college. It improved my eye on shots and when I'd move to the Brunswick (Sport King as I recall) pool tables the pockets looked so...

I have a friend that has a Diamond 4 1/2 x 9 table that has very tight pockets. I didn't measure them, but I can attest that they are the tightest I've ever played on. He's having his table re-felted in August and I asked if he was going to have the pockets opened up a bit. He said he had...

He thought it was a rule specific to BCA League play. So what then would be the definition of a push shot?

The BCA league rules state that push shots are illegal and are considered a foul. I was also told that if the cue ball is kissing an object ball and if the pool ball is struck in the direction of the object ball that it would be a foul, since it would be considered a push shot. If there is...

Funny you should comment. The only cue I ever owned that I preferred playing with to the Richard Black was a Doc Frye I bought in college back 69 or 70. It was stolen from the Tulane pool room (along with all the other cues stored there, no locking lockers at the time for storage, we thought...

I have been playing with a carbon shaft. Do you think having Proficient do the work rather than Scot Gilmore it would reduce the value of the cue? Has anyone here had Scott Gilmore do work on their cue? BTW, I am located in the Greater New Orleans area. I couldn't even find anyone in this...

I have heard that Richard is no longer dependable. I sent him this cue and had it refinished back in 89 when I purchased it. He was good to deal with back then. Very friendly, reasonably priced and not too slow.

Proficient is suggesting two new shafts as the joint on one of mine looks like it is missing some of the inlay. They mention on their work order sheet $12.50 to Reface shaft to straighten roll. They have only seen pictures of my shafts but the wobble is fairly significant so they may be...

I have an 84 Richard Black that I plan on sending to Proficient Billiards to get refurbished. I mentioned to them that all 3 shafts have a bit of wobble and they suggested that they use the joint rings and make new shafts rather than straighten the existing shafts (@ $195 ea, seems reasonable)...