Recent content by Walt in VA

Tony's website suggests initial gentle scuffing and reshapng be done with sandpaper or a Willards dome-type scuffer and that after the tip has been "played in" for a couple of hours, you LEAVE IT ALONE. I would concur -I don't do anything to my tips except chalk lightly and they hold chalk...

Have been using the WB Hard for about 3-4 years, have them on 4 Schon shafts and have installed about a dozen on other cues, all for customers who like hard tips, and they are delighted with them. These are the best in hard tips, IMO - hold chalk well and last forever with no mushrooming or...

I respect (and agree with) Wally's opinion on the house cues, and understand his response to the second question ;) FWIW, my approach would be to go with the Viking, a McDermott, or something similar now. Play with it a while, shoot with as many other cues as you can, and when you've...

I thought the license plate was TK 6; remember some people speculating it had to do with Fast Eddie's selling knockoff Wild Turkey liquor in the opening scene. Still haven't heard a definitive explanation. Walt in Va

Go to the BCA Website under "Marketing" - http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/ They list several items that may be helpful on the right hand side: Proprietor's Manual, New Room Package, and Profile of a Billiard Room, to name a few. HTH Walt in VA

Jeff - The BCA rule that covers this is: 1.3 - USE OF EQUIPMENT Players may not use equipment or accessory items for purposes or in a manner other than those for which the items were intended (refer to rules 3.42 and 3.43). For example, powder containers, chalk cubes, etc., may not be used...

Do you mean the shot where the cue is laid with the tip under the curve of the CB and then lifted quickly to nudge the CB into the OB and OB into the rail? I've seen this done, too, but an APA referee will probably call this a foul on the grounds that it is a double hit. As a Referee...

Not trying to "bust" you, but the BCA rule 3.42 - DEVICES says "Players are not allowed to use a ball, the triangle or any other width-measuring device to see if the cue ball or an object ball would travel through a gap, etc. Only the cue stick may be used as an aid to judge gaps or as an aid...

Haven't played rotation in years, but when I did, it was ball in hand behind the headstring and the OB was only spotted when it was in the kitchen. Walt in VA

I'm down on the coast - Hampton/Newport News area.

Luke, haven't played much 1P, mostly 8-ball on barboxes since my favorite PH burned down about a year ago. They've been trying to rebuild but getting a hassle from the local zoning board - got my fingers crossed. CCB is the Billiard Digest Cue Chalk Board forum. Where are you located in VA...

Here's a source I've found useful; http://members.aol.com/nigthomas/alphabet.html or you can just google "internet acronyms" for more. HTH Walt in VA

We have two 7' Valleys in our local FOP lodge - get APA 8-ball league play 3 nights a week and pretty continuous challenge play Friday and Saturday nights. We switched from Mali to 860 about 4 years ago and found that it held up much better and all the players liked it. Every time we have...

FLICKit, I'm fully familiar with the APA rule manual, and the statement that "push shots will not be called in this Amateur league." I am also familiar with the fact that, at least in our territory, APA referees are trained and qualified to watch for double hit fouls, and they will call it if...

I am not confusing anything - YOU are confusing a push shot with a double hit foul. They are not the same. I agree with Teacherman and your last paragraph - what the balls do will tell the story to a watcher who knows what he is looking at. BTW, push-outs are certainly allowed in 9-ball...