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In addition to Mark Wilson's excellent book Ray Martin's 99 Critical Shots in Pool has a wealth of drills. It's old and the illustrations are pretty primitive but it's a timeless classic. Working through the shots and explanations provide a valuable grounding in fundamentals that players of...

Pardon my ignorance, but what playing the ghost? Are there various variations? I see it mentioned a lot without much of an explanation..

The local hospital was offering low-dose CT scan and sonogram of your lungs and heart for $59(!), no insurance needed. As a many decades former smoker I jumped on this, an amazing bargain for something healthcare related. Took less than an hour overall and got a consultation and results...

This was posted a few years ago, not much has changed except for the prices. Here you go again... A good machine will do a better job faster and with a whole lot less effort than hand cleaning. I used to hand clean with Aramith - rub on a small dab with a slightly moistened cloth, let it dry...

The reason there's so many on Amazon is because you can just order a few dozen of these slave labor Chinese machines from Ali Baba for $70, have them shipped directly to Amazon and re-sell them for whatever price you'd like. Amazon couldn't care less about the quality or if they work or not...

Don't you think a motor with a speed control connected directly to the platter (without the pulley/belt) would make all this a lot simpler? A DC motor (like used in electric scooters) with a VFD would be quite a bit cheaper, too.

What does the subscription cost?

There's a YouTube channel called Average Joes Pool. He does some very in-dept reviews of different chalks, cues, balls, etc. Worth taking a look at, fair, interesting and very well done. He's Canadian.

Here's a screenshot from Alibaba and one from the Perimeter Billiard Lights web site. You can draw your own conclusions.

RainX Water Repellant (for car windshields) really slicks up a shaft, tiny bit on a paper towel rubbed in. You can get a lifetime supply for about $5.00.

How many ads did you have to buy to get your incredible review?

If the rack is purchased and imported from Latvia to the US you may be hit with an additional 20% or so tariff.

which one, the 14.1 Scorer?

A good machine will do a better job faster and with a whole lot less effort than hand cleaning. I used to hand clean with Aramith - rub on a small dab with a slightly moistened cloth, let it dry and then buff, buff and buff with a micro fiber cloth. In about an hour and with some pretty tired...

According to Newton for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So if the cue flexes to the left X inches on impact a force of X inches to the right is applied to the cue ball. The more sideways flex in the cue the more opposite sideways force is applied to the cue ball. With a...