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Diamond started making the Diamond Professional in 1987. Gabriels did not start manufacturing pool table until sometime in the 90's. Gabriels has been making carom tables since 1932.

The Gabriels Signature Pro Pool table is loosely a copy of the Diamond Professional. Gabriels uses Dianite (Dymondwood from the same supplier as Diamond), Simonis 860 Cloth, Artemis Cushions, 30mm thick slate (1 1/4"), pockets mounted flush to the rails like Diamond. Gabriels pockets are made...

This thread is about who you would have shoot a straight back for you today. In Kentucky, we call these "electric chair" banks. If you miss you go to the electric chair. If we want to pick someone from the past, that opens up the field quite a bit. Eddie Taylor is acknowledged to be one of the...

Simonis 860 Tournament Blue Greg Sullivan of Diamond Billiards paid Pantone to do a study to see what color is the best background for seeing pool balls against. This is where the idea of Tournament Blue came from. The color of cloth for years was blue green. It has only been forest green for...

I am at the Straight Pool Tournament here in New Jersey. The tournament times were posted when the last round was completed. It was quite late. I can't tell you the exact time. Mike Siegel stayed out all night. He showed up at about 7:30AM and looked at the tournament chart. He was standing next...

Diamond makes two distinctively different tables. The Diamond Professional uses timber strand for the frame construction. It is stronger than anything I have ever seen except for a Gabriels steel frame(which is comparable.) It is available in either a 3 piece slate design or a one piece slate...

I think a lot of posters are getting away from the original post. Who would you have shoot a straight back with your life on the line today? My choice would be Tony Chohan, or Jose Parica. Both are champion caliber one pocket players with great banking skills and extremely accurate. Accuracy is...

The reason that thicker slates play faster is reduction in vibration. The force of striking a billiard ball starts a resonant vibration in the slate. That vibration measurably slows down the ball. Thicker slates dampen that vibration and therefore roll faster. Top quality carom table slates are...

A Diamond Ball Polisher costs $650.00 not $700.00 and I think you get what you pay for. If you purchase a cheap ball polisher then that is exactly what you will get. Diamond has used many different polishers in the past because of the numerous tournaments we have done. None of them held up very...

Boston Shorty won the US Open in 3 Cushion twice and also the US Open in Straight Pool. I believe he is the only player ever to accomplish this unusual feat.

The purpose of the heated slate is to standardize the resiliency of the cushions and the resulting banking angles. These items are directly affected by ambient humidity. If a tournament is held in a very humid environment the cushions will play very differently from a dry environment. Heating...

Diamond Billiard Products paid for a study to find the best background color to see pool balls against. The company that performed the study are color experts and know nothing about pool. They very clearly stated that Tournament Blue (they had a numerical designation for this color) reduced eye...

That analogy is incorrect, I believe. This would be more like playing golf from the white tees (7' table) and Tiger Woods from the back tees (9' table.) Both players are playing the same golf course. The hole is the same diameter. The golf balls are the same. The clubs can be the same. The...

Greg believes that you can play one pocket on a 7 foot table if it has the right specifications. Use 4 1/2" pockets, Simonis 860, a very level playing surface, and only 11 balls. Diamond is considering the possibility of a 2nd DCC, but to be played on 7' tables. It would have the same format as...

The simplest way to settle this is by playing not talking. Each year at the DCC we have a category for best all around player under 21 and also under 16. Ask all of these players to come to the next DCC and play in Banks, One Pocket, and 9 Ball. The cream will rise to the top for sure. Last...

I have definitely seen the ball roll into a dimple on the spot. This is, admittedly, going to occur very rarely. If you pound dimples into the cloth, it stands to reason that the same thing can occur. The odds are very low because two things have to happen at the same time. The ball has to roll...

These racking templates are a bad idea IMO. Basically you are pounding dimples into the cloth. During the course of a game, if your ball rolls near to a dimple it could fall in and stop there. So, it is possible for this to affect the playability of the table. The main cause of bad racks is...

You need to know the profile of rubber that your table uses. This determines the height of the cushion where it strikes the ball. The rails of every table is designed to accomodate the profile of rubber that will be used. For example, Gabriels today use a P37 profile. That would not work...

You can go to higher wattage bulbs. Normally around 85 watts. Also, you could put a parabolic mirror diffusion panel underneath your lights (inexpensive at Home Depot, also available through commercial lighting stores.) That will scatter the light and reduce shadows on the table drastically...

Morris Zumberg (313)402-9338 cell Experienced table mechanic in the Detroit area.