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Hi All, Am I reading this correctly ? 1. Line up the 7 balls as pictured. 2. Start with the cue ball as per picture 3. Make the straight in shot 1st. 4. Replace the cue ball to the original start position ? 5. Work ur way down one side (without disturbing any other balls ?) and replace the...

Yes - that looks alot better (& safer !) No idea about the heat effects from the rheostat though - and would also be interesting to hear if that type of design worked ok for the application in question. (torque issues and/or current draw issues ? [blowing fuses / tripping breakers]) As one...

Hmmm - not that I've had much direct experience with rheostats - but is the issue of concern the heat transfer along the conductors either side of the resistor ? 3.8A drill rating. 15A rheostat rating. I would have thought the design of the rheostat would address any possible heat transfer...

I'm a sparky. I can't quite follow ur explanation & diagram fully ? (though others seemed to ?) You seem to have some reasonable electrical knowledge (current ratings / wire colour coding) The quote above worries me a little - "exposure of footswitch to full power to prevent overheating from...

I think Dr. Dave has got some info on tip contact surface area v's tip size / tip shape. Tip hardness & tip shape may be a bigger factor than ferrule size in this regard... ?

From all the mixed responses It's sounding like the 'snooker cue for pool' debate may boil down to simply being a personal preference thing rather than any tried & tested / proven disadvantages ? Damn, I was hoping some of my poor pool skills may have been the fault of my 10mm snooker cue...

I use a (cheap) snooker cue to play pool. [on a 9ft american table] - I'm a C minus player on my best day prolly. lol doh. (I don't play snooker too often nowadays [on a 12ft english table] I can accept some of the described issues of using a pool cue for snooker. (cue is fat / large - balls...

Damn straight ! You're the man of the house after all !! <when ur wife isn't at home> :D

If you hit the lowest numbered ball on the table first and make that ball or another ball - its ur turn to shoot again. (or u win the game if the 9 goes down) edit: "there is no requirement to call anything in texas express 9-ball. (call pocket or call safety etc.)" Perhaps I should have...

I may be just an un-learned man - but as far as I know - there is no requirement to call anything in texas express 9-ball. (call pocket or call safety etc.) Cheers.

I've got a (sh!tty) 9ft home table - so I'm sure I'm biased - but my $0.02 worth is ... Potting: 9ft table = tougher potting than smaller tables (all other pocket factors being equal). Ball Clusters & less table space for position play etc. : yes this would be more likely / frequent on smaller...

Ahh yes - rail speed / response tests - an interesting subject indeed.... http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=321720 Cheers.

Good to see something billiards related getting a prime position in the Aussie media - usually doesn't happen very often at all. (Maybe N. Robertson winning a major has also gotten a spot in the past) http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8949871 S3x sells ?? Cheers.

$1.65 / gallon = approx. $0.44 / litre ? yeah ? Petrol has dropped alot here in Australia as well in the last week or two, like 25%. I need to fill up this arvo - I will be paying hopefully no more than $1.15 / litre. [Petrol has been around $1.50 per litre for like a year or two down here]...

Well all this banter re: the ghost ball video challenge got me keen enough to dust off the table tonite - it's been a while and the rust (in my game, not the table - lol) was quite evident ! :-( Lets just say the 6 ball ghost isn't in danger of a loss in a race to 9 anytime soon.... <doh !>

Yep, sounds just like how I play ! :thumbup:

I'm not sure its fair or credible to compare golf & pool. (Tee shot v's Break shot) Apples and oranges big time IMO. The pool pro's do indeed make the game look very easy though. For me it can make me a little sleepy watching what seems like easy / repetitive rack after rack. The closest fair...

Bangers like us Allen should start out with the 9 ball ghost, magic rack & pattern racking. The 6 ball ghost is much tougher to beat apparently and is maybe best left to the pro's :grin: Cheers.

Personally, I haven't got sick & tired of running (easy & boring) multiple packs against the ghost just yet. (thanx to the magic rack) :-D If you can beat the ghost (with magic rack) - feel free to then step it up to the next level (no magic rack, no pattern racking) ? Cheers.

Cue ball fouls only ? Please elaborate... (sorry for the noob question...) Normal fouls (All balls touched are fouls) = normal BCA rules ? How often would one have to penalise oneself for fouling in this manner (All balls touched are fouls) v's the ghost ? It would be awfully rare I would...