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One of the best players at the room I play at uses an almost flat tip that's about a 1/4 inch wider than his ferrule. Looks like he's playing with a mushroom stuck on the end of his stick. Says he likes it like that but I think he's just too cheap to have someone install a tip correctly for...

For me glasses make the balls smaller but with sharp edges, contacts are not as sharp but the depth perception is better and the balls look larger. I’ve worn contacts since the 70’s starting with the hard contacts that you’d need to boil every night. The disposable soft contacts are great and...

I built my light with three two by two led panels (over nine footer), they had a nice flat glass diffuser without any hot spots I got them pretty cheap the Home Depot ($27 each?). Made a three inch frame in walnut to match my table suspended on chains. Excellent lighting, looks great...

Something to remember is to wire your table light to a wall switch and if you get a dimmable led light you may also need to allow for wiring for a low voltage dimmer switch.

Place I play at puts on new cloth every couple years. It's pretty busy and most table are pretty worn by then, 18 months may be better. Simonis 860HR I believe. At my home table I can go about 5 years with maybe 10-15 hours play a week, it's not badly worn but I like to freshen it up. Few...

A few drops of RainX (for car windshields) rubbed in briskly with a cloth makes your shaft almost too slick.

The old counters (GC1 or 2?) I worked with were chrome plated.

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You Sir, have my admiration............

Direct drive motor to platter? No belt, pulleys, bearings? Must spin real FAST.

Nice!! Like the storage niche on the side. What kind of motor? About how much would you estimate in parts and hours of work? Did you try to make your own sprocket? What's it weigh?

Something to be aware of if building a Diamond type machine... the center of the revolving platter is offset slightly from the center of the round opening. This gives the balls a multi-axis spin so they clean better.

Nice machine, looks great! Did you make the floating spindle or buy one? Here's a machine on steroids you may be interested in....