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So yesterday I took my newly-made bucket pool ball random orbit buffer cleaner/polisher to the assisted living center where I volunteer to play and teach pool. I put the first eight balls and a light sprinkling of TR-3 Resin Glaze Auto Polish on the balls and turned on the buffer. It was...

I just finished making a bucket ball polisher with a random orbit buffer. I will try it out tomorrow where I volunteer at an assisted living center. It has an early 1980s Olhausen table that has Accu-Dead cushions, rough cloth, and is not level. I suspect the balls are the same age. They are...

So I called the owner of the pool room. Told him I left with a cube of chalk yesterday and asked him if I stole or if it is complimentary. He laughed, told me to keep it, but asked that I not take pool balls. Said they go through lots of chalk. If players return them, fine. If not, it is...

Guys - Thanks for the comments. I'll take the cube back next time I am at the pool room. RRich - You asked, "Do you take a glass when you buy a drink?" No, I don't. I don't consider glasses consumable. When I buy popcorn however, I usually keep the bag. How about you? Rick

I'm a newbie. Today I played with a friend in a pool room. Balls came on a tray with two chalk cubes. I put one cube in my holder. We returned the balls and one cube. When I got home, I realized I still had the cube in my holder. Did I steal the chalk, or is chalk considered a consumable...

Margus - Go for it. You will learn a lot and have fun. I suggest you have a person with a lathe install the pin and match the shaft and butt diameters at the joint. Tough to find center and accurately drill the butt without a lathe. I have refinished several old cues using a foam brush...

Cal - I just talked to Tony on the phone. The Club was closed for remodeling and will be open as usual starting today. Good news to me. Rick - Davis, CA

Cal - Geez. Sorry to hear that. I hope Tony is able to work out a solution to this mess and reopen the Club. Thanks for the update. Rick - Davis, CA

Craig - I am a lower level player. I agree with you. I am constantly working on shortening my backswing, keeping my head down, and following through. Amazing to me how many shots I can miss by looking up. Don't know why that is, but it is. Rick --------- The most important thing a...

Thank you, everyone. We're just playing for fun at an assisted living center. Seems like several old guys have their own version of rules for 8 Ball, and I am trying to get everyone to agree on one set of rules. Rick

A little help please. If a player illegally pockets a ball without otherwise commiting a foul, does the player lose his turn, and does the opposing player get ball-in-hand or simply shoot the cue ball from where it lies? Thank you. Rick

Mahna - I am a 72 year old newbie in Davis, CA. I have been playing pool for only two years. I have been to Tony's Two Cushion Club only a couple of times because it is 30+ miles from my home. I was impressed with the tables, historical artifacts, blues/jazz music, other players who were...

Maniac - You are right. I should have mentioned I buy only 14 mm tips just to have the "wiggle room" on a 12-13 mm ferrule. Paulie - I don't know the shelf of life of an unopened tube of super glue. I have never had a problem with a freshly opened tube. I don't see a date code on the...

Naji - I am not a cue maker. I buy three tubes of Super Glue (regular or gel) for a dollar at my local Dollar Store. I sand the end of the ferrule and back of the tip, apply a drop of glue to the back of the tip, spread it evenly, attach the tip to the ferrule, and hold it firmly in place...

I'm 72 and picked up my first cue almost two years ago. I volunteer to play and teach pool at an assisted living center. Although I am still a beginner, I know more than anyone at the center, and we have a good time. My main partner is a one-eyed, 94 year old, former WWII USS Rasher...

Blue - > Little Fuzzy Wuzzies on the sides. Burnishing with a piece of rough brown shopping bag paper and a little beeswax has prevented fuzzies on the sides of my tips. I admire you guys for experimenting, but I have so much to learn about playing, I think I will spend my time trying to...

DJ - Have fun and keep us posted. Gustav - I have out-of-the-box-soft Elkmaster tips on several cues. They work fine for me. If "fray" means "to wear down so threads are showing", I have never had one do that. What do you mean by "fray"? Rick ----------------- > no they do not fray...

JC - I agree. Obvious shots do not have to be called. However, when a player calls a shot and sinks the wrong ball, it is a foul. This reminds me of a person saying, "You should listen to what I mean, not what I say." Rick --------------- > That's why you shouldn't call obvious shots...

Rock - Well stated. One of the best notes I have read on AZB. I am a two-year newbie, but I am a 72 year old oldie. I have been around long enough to realize that few people, including me, know what they are talking about, but that does not stop us from offering opinions. And it does not...

Big - I agree. I am just a two year newbie, but I have learned to appreciate a wrapless cue with a satin finish. My sweaty hand sticks to a hard gloss finish or leather wrap. Linen or nylon wrap is OK, but satin or roughened wrapless finish is simply a pleasure to use. Rick --------- > but...