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Tips for 17 and 18 mm shafts? Yikes!!

Amen to that! Find a cue that beckons to you to take it out and play with. You'll play more and get better at it if you pay attention at all to what you are doing. You might go through a LOT of expensive cues until you find one with "that" hit you want. I have had a few over the years like...

No expert here but the first thing I thought was an old Palmer mostly because of the joint trim and the joint itself.

I have three cues I cannot figure out. The logo on one I can't read and thought someone might recognize it. I dug around the internet and tried various searches of what I thought it might be but didn't come up with anything. it looks like it may be some production cue. The other two have what I...

If I knew this bugged you that much, I'd be messing with it every time I had to rack!! Maybe even spot you the break so I can rack all the time and get on your nerves!:D 99% of the time we are all just throwing the balls in the rack the fastest way we can to get the next game started.

1. Sort of. You may need some clarification.You must contact a ball of your group first (a rail before that doesn't matter, such as a kick for a ball) and then cause any ball or the cue ball to contact a rail or any object ball to go in a pocket. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. The also question...Yes it is...

Or, maybe he could have cared less other than you asking about it. I have often let the "lesser player" (aka "contributors") play on after fouling. It is a matter of seeing what they will have to do next. I am always thankful that they now have a hopeless shot at a bad cluster of balls and will...

Okay since you asked! I bought it new for $325 I think it was back about 1990 or so. I still have the receipt but would have to take a look at it to be sure. The sticker which I still have stuck to the receipt says it is a Huebler P-SPEC-8 cue. I always guessed the P was for Palmer since it has...

In my case ( I have a thread going about a couple of Schon cues) I have looked through all the online catalogs and just must have missed one and didn't find the other anywhere. I also looked through current and completed auctions on Ebay and other dealers to see if I would get lucky and find...

Yup, cue 5 is. You win the Cupie! I must have overlooked it when I was digging through all the Schon cues. Cue #6 is still a Schon mystery. I don't like the short points it has. I have seen that on other cues once in a while. Looks goofy to me.

The #5 and 6 cues do clearly have the Schon logos on the butt but you can't see them so well in the picture. I have pics of the butts alone from these these 2 that show the Schon logo. I don't have the cues here but I can get other pictures via email when needed. I'll dig through the Viking...

5 and 6 are Schon cues. I have all the info on the McDermotts and the Lucasi. They were easy to find in the archived catalogs. Oops! I see I referenced the wrong cue so I edited the first post. Thanks.

A pool player and good friend died recently. He left 46 cues behind with his son and I am trying to sort out what is there for him. There are two Schon cues I have not been able to find in any of the many old Schon catalogs I have looked through online. It would be nice to determine a model...

Or you could just go with racking by numerical order with the 9 in the middle as usual and EVERYONE gets the same rack to deal with whatever way they can. Good luck getting either way introduced into the rules! The only way to get past most of it is by referees doing the racking all the time...

I think that you are over-thinking this. Random means it doesn't matter what is where. Rack em by number if you want or whatever. I have never run into anyone who cares. Once you start playing nine ball, you will see how it goes.

Don't let it hit the edge of the table and get dents or nicks in it. Clean it off once in a while! Maybe often! Don't use sandpaper at ALL. Don't use hand chalk. Wash your hands instead. They can get pretty grubby in a pool hall or tavern from the felt if it is not kept clean very well...

I bought that book back in the mid eighties. I was surprised to see it being mentioned. Another good book on sport psychology is "The Pursuit of Excellence" By Terry Orlick.

THAT is the BEST one ever!!:thumbup:

There is a book titled The Inner Game of Tennis. Although it is based in tennis it is a good read for understanding the inner game or mental aspects of most any game or competition. Another good book is The Pursuit of Excellence by Terry Orlick. It is a sports psychology book and also a very...

Pretty cool, thanks. I used to see that TV show when I was a kid. Seems that it is hard to answer just yes or no to some of the questions. As the applause increased when they showed what his line was, it seemed that many had certainly heard of Minnesota Fats even though they were probably never...