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No problem , just remove the clip when you get her home and empty that chamber!

I see many if not most Adam points converge above the wrap area.

I bought one of these Chinese machines- worked very well -ONCE- then it stopped reversing itself- had to return to Amazon. Yes $129, but it will be hit and miss on reliability - when they work, they do clean very well, no question. The question is when will it work.

Did someone say that pool suffers from an image problem?🙄🙄

After 40+ years of trying every tip tool imaginable- I only use 300-400 sandpaper on the the tip if it needs to be reshaped - do it by hand and eye- and burnish the sides with a piece of 1/4 thick leather - that is it and I will not go back to any tip tool - doing this regularly is all I need...

Bob Frey cue that I own is the very best playing full splice cue that I have ever owned- the second best is a Scruggs SP that I owned and possibly made by Frey himself. A close third is my early 50s Willie Hoppe Titilist conversion full splice cue. I still rate Frey full splice cues as # 1 on...

Talking a '91 JW- make sure that the white material is clean, put them under a good light and use a magnifier if necessary- if you see any grain in the white----- for this year and cue maker it is close to 100% that they are ivory. The ivory joints that I have seen on earlier JW cues are about a...

Just a tongue in cheek comment on how primitive pool table marking with chalk has become relative to what technology has made capable in the world of cheating - Sunday morning fun thoughts - that’s all!

Thanks Matt- the case is a nice memory of a great pool era post Color of Money.

This week several members of the MOB -- YES still alive and kicking NY MOB--- were arrested for rigging high stakes poker games- they had: Rigged card shuffling machines, Poker tables that could "read" and transmit wirelessly cards that were face down on the table, hidden cameras, etc. Marking...

Matt, great story here and I love that case and cue- quick question, I have just bought a home back North and will be installing a nine foot table once I find the right one- I have been looking at the Littman 8 foot pool table light- looks like that is the one above the table in your photo- do...

Knowing that you are looking at elephant ivory with the naked eye or a magnifier; as opposed to any other substance , is all a matter of experience. Trust me on this after my 50 years handling hundreds of cues with varied white materials. The black light thing is not foolproof for many reasons...

I play on these tables quite a bit - if the rubber is lively they can play similar to a GC if set up correctly . Standard pockets are about 4 7/8 which was the standard in most rooms in the 60s and 70s and going forward until the Diamond era began. They are solid tables and will play well if...

You can use flat faced shafts on piloted cue butts and there is no difference in playability concerning that particular shaft as long as it sits tight on the cue butt joint facing.

I play with a plain maple shaft, not even LD. I can shoot 7 feet from the OB with a lot of inside English and know where to aim the CB. If you play enough and pay attention to what is happening, one can adjust to just about anything to do with squirt, deflection, etc. I have no idea what a...

Buddy got his CB very close to his work. That translates to great pool especially as the pockets tighten up. Aspects of the game such as breaks, safes, jump cues - Buddy would have put in the work needed to stay current on all of those game components. His mental strength- will to win /...

Seems to me the opposite would be the case _ but , in either case - I personally think that defensive breaking is not the correct approach . Learn to break with a positive attitude about break results and trust your own ability to run out from your break. Confidence is a huge part of being...

Most basic advice, I think, would be : balls need to be racked tight, place CB near center spot, hit head ball of rack as square as possible, time the break stroke so that the cue tip comes through the CB at just about the mid point of your stroke so that you have max speed as you go all the way...

I do not remember either Mayer or Rich cues with that butt sleeve bottom connection screw. I doubt Frye used that screw as often he had a penny under the bumper for year of make and the penny did not have a hole in it to my knowledge as this setup would require.

I have listened to all of the podcasts to date - all were very interesting. I realize now how much pool all of these people actually played - well beyond even the most serious amateur who held a full time job. You have to play that much to understand all the small things that end up making the...