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This doesn’t bother me at all. In fact, I applaud their efforts.

You ought to get out of the house more often.

Never pressed a layered tip. Also, 2mm is a ton of pressure. If the goal is to prevent mushrooming of a layered tip, this will mos def do it. It will be a hard tip. Time in the press is a factor too. 1mm for 24 hours is far different than 1mm for 48 hours.

That blue cloth looks filthy 2 minutes after it’s installed. All the stains show like the northern star. I really don’t like it at all. Green all the way for me.

Yup. It’s not what you make, it’s what you spend. Plus, you have to have some biz savvy to carve out a tad better living.

It was a “U” cushion number either 23 or 56 or something. It didn’t matter because you cannot get them in Superspeed not Artemis and they would not play up to modern standards.

I’m kinda worried hearing you say that. If you just replace the original rails with K55 and don’t modify the subrail then the playing dimensions will not be 50”x 100”. Each half of the table would be 2 rectangles instead of 2 squares. That would throw off the Diamond system.

So, it wasn’t K55 nor K66 so what was the profile?

That is correct. They used U23 cushion profile. Mine were very dead. So it wasn’t a problem changing the subrail angle since the subrail had to be replaced anyway.

I had Artemis cushions installed on my Centennial. But, to get it to play correctly, Mark Gregory changed the subrail angle. It plays sweet. FTR, Mark wanted to install Super Speeds. He did an excellent job on my rails. If Diamond had adopted the dimensions that Mark used on my table, this convo...

Wow. I’ve never seen a Diamond do that. Most of the time I have to aim 1 Diamond long and hit it a pocket speed. That is interesting.

They didn’t go out of business. They just bailed out of Cali for Portland Tn just like everybody from there (at least it feels that way). I had an Olhausen and it was a very well built table. I sold it when I restored my Centennial.

I have a very tight Centennial (please see the table difficulty thread). I prefer playing on a 9ft. I play double jeopardy USAPL leagues on 7 foot Diamonds. It’s my opinion that 8 ball on a 7ft is harder. I’m not a champion but I’m not a slouch either. My handicap just dropped to a 580...

I had my eyes done around 5 years ago. I went with the multi focal IOL’s. I also had mono vision done (one eye focused closer that the other which is great for Pool). I have 20/20 vision and never need reading glasses. Star bursts were an issue for the first year. My doc says the my results were...

Yup. My guess, they will follow the money. The dollar never lies. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Anything involving charity to sustain day to day operations is a failure. Government funding is charity at the barrel end of a gun.

I’m belly laughing because I used to believe that too. Pool is played by a huge number of people. It’s a sport that can be played at a decent level very late in life. Finding the formula to bring money into the sport has been a challenge. The WPA has failed at that challenge. I can watch corn...

Show me a business that doesn’t intend to make a profit and doesn’t intend to dominate all competitors and I’ll show you a failed organization. The WPA has profiteered off of pool and very little was returned to the pool world. It was not their intent but it is the reality that came of their...

I believe that this is a high crime in most countries. 🎱👽

…since blue cloth and skittle ball colors.