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I bought a MidAmerica. It's a great lathe. That said part of me wishes I had gone with the Cuesmith. Not that there is anything wrong with MidAmerican, it's just that Cuesmith you can get a taper bar setup. If this is important to you and you don't want multiple lathes then this is important...

Aim is dead easy. Hitting the CB on the microdot where you want to hit it and correct speed is the hard part. The wrong spin and a shot will miss. The wrong speed and the shot will miss. Bad form/fundamentals the shot will miss. Head raising or jumping up, the shot will miss. Any time you miss...

I'll let you in on a secret. If you get one of those Elite brand breakers, the ones with the wood pin, they can make an excellent break cue. They are $240 now but used to be about $150. Anyway... take out the ridiculous weight bolt. The thing is probably 3/8" diameter and 8" long. Then face off...

I remember reading some talk about them on the forum before. Maybe try googling by site. IIRC they weren't too impressive.

Yeah, this is my first post in this thread. While I find the history of black pool players fascinating, I thought this thread had a strong chance to dissolve into a shit show sooner than it did so I didn't post. There were some legendary names in pool and if you have a chance to see any videos...

Yes and no. It's useful for matching up. It's useful for keeping big fish from slaughtering guppies in tournaments. It's bad if you're a big fish, less tournaments. It's bad if you get worse because it's long term. Worse in a way because it takes some of the mystery out. You used to think you...

I check racks but never say anything. You can glance at a rack and see most of what you need to see. If I'm playing in a league that's more social I'll do the ultimate faux pas. I'll pop break it head on with just enough speed to stick the CB to the 1B. It's loud but nothing much happens. I'll...

This used to be the "common knowledge." I used it all the time. Anymore I don't believe it. Generally a run out player has more table knowledge than someone who can't run out. This means, while you might slow them down a bit and maybe get a turn at the table, they still break clusters better...

See, I don't get this. There must be hella shitty tip installers out there. Sand in figure 8s flat with some emery cloth, just enough to take the shine off and convert the tip's glue side to a matte finish. Use Gorilla Glue Gel and have a flat ferrule and you'll never have a problem. Honestly...

I bet a cork wrap would look outstanding on this cue. A black wrap would also look good. The red isn't bad but I'm not a huge fan. I doubt it would bother me enough to change it but if you're looking for a project I think it would improve the look.

Oh man... my reading comprehension was sub par yesterday! 😂 I have no idea how I read your post and basically said the same thing you said. I must have been tired. :)

They call it "training" the table. I've heard it's done in some European places and they just roll the balls into place. I can't confirm as I've never been there.

To be fair he said he asked chatGTP. I'm not a Luddite by any means. I like most tech. ChatGTP and "AI" has proven quite often that they can be wrong. I mean, for what it is, it's a neat tech. It's fun to mess with. It can give you an answer almost instantly and the answer sounds good. But...

PM sent, I'd like to buy the shaft.

On my home table I use a Starrett machinist level. It's a 7' Diamond. I shoot for 1 mark off on the width and 2 marks or less on the length. This is probably overkill. On the Valleys at the pool hall anything 3 marks and under is fair game. They are usually less than that, i.e. more level. The...

No offense intended but I'm not reading that much AI slop. There is no way to know if it's even correct or just sounding correct. AI constantly gives wrong answers, there's no way I'd trust any of that without verifying.

Thanks for the heads up. I've saw these before but I figured they would be a major pain in the ass to install. If they were some revolutionary great material the juice could be worth the squeeze, but seeing how they damage a CB it looks like they are junk. I know you've caught a bit of flack but...

I've had balls move from slack in the cloth before too. I mean, I'd hope the cloth was tight on that table but stuff can happen. Maybe the 9 had picked up a fleck of chalk from SVB's Master chalk and the vibration rocked it. I'm not here to defend Yapp or anything, the 9B did appear to move but...

I think you would probably do better with a thin stainless sleeve on the tenon. Snooker uses brass, but it's not a solid chunk of brass. If you built a thick ferrule with stainless it will play like a huge POS. I know the customer pays for the service but I wouldn't want my name on a thick...

So is this for the VHS tapes and DVDs or just the DVDs? Unless you sell the tapes along with the DVDs what you're doing amounts to piracy/bootlegging. I'm not the morality police but selling DVDs and keeping the original VHS tapes isn't "backing up media for personal use." It's bootlegging...