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A couple of years ago I was looking for a different cue. My McDermott was OK, but I knew there were custom options out there that wouldn't break the bank. I came here and in short order I found a cue built by Dave Rubalcava (newsheriffintwn). The look was simple, but very unique to my eye as...

Hello, I have a couple of 15 year old McD cues with a 3/8-10 pin. A couple of years ago, I purchased a custom cue that was advertised as the same pin. The shaft that came with the custom cue will not fully seat on the McD button, but the McD shafts will work fine on the custom butt. This is...

Folks, Recently had my Valley table recovered in Simonis 860HR. Have Ridgeback pro rails. Mechanic did a very nice job of installing the cloth on everything. However, I've noticed that with the change in weather here in Wisconsin, the cloth on top of some of the rails looks to be a little...

I have an older Valley with a 3 piece spider. Somehow, one of the sections broke. I'm curious what the best adhesive would be to fix this? It seems like contact cement or Super 77/90 could be the ticket, but I'm not entirely sure what the spider is made of. Ultimately, I'm going to reinforce...

Folks, I'm in charge of running our end of year 8-ball tourney. Historically, we've had the tourney at the tavern of the team who won the league. In most years, we'd have between 18 and 24 players. This year, we're already at 32 players and I still have 4 teams to respond. My guess is when...

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I'm going to start the Tor Lowry drills. I'm hoping to be pounding out a few thousand stroke drills in relatively short order. The only set of balls I have now are Aramith Pros, and I'd prefer to keep them for gaming only. I'd like to get 2-3 sets of inexpensive...

I"m going to take the plunge and do Tor's training series. I figure I'll be pounding at least 7500 shots over a 2 week period. I'll be doing this on my home table. To help with the repetitive stroke and control drills, I'm thinking about getting 2-3 sets of balls exclusively used to practice...

A few years ago I picked up a McDermott Stinger jump/break cue. I was just getting back into the game after a 30 year hiatus, and wanted something with a bigger hit that would save my player. As I began to get my stroke back, I found it tougher to control the cue ball with the phenolic tip...

Does anyone have suggestions on where I might find practice/alignment aids for my home table? I've seen some YT vids with gridline stickers on the rails. Would like to purchase some if they are available. Also - I'd like to draw some lines on my home table to assist with keeping the racks...

I've seen a couple of YT videos where the table has what looks like grid stickers on their rails, to assist with banks and setup. Anyone know where I might find these for sale or if there might be a template I can use to make my own? Also - on my table I'd like to draw some alignment lines for...

I have the opportunity to pick up a 60's vintage Valley 7' table. Really good shape cosmetically, and it will fit nicely in my rec room. I tested the table yesterday. A minor rollout that's consistent on both ends of the table. Should be fixable. But what really got me was the rails. The...

Yesterday I posted about a table I'm looking at with rails that seem too lively. The balls seem to accelerate off the rails and quite frankly, I've not seen that on others. If my post was out of bounds, please tell me why. I'm here to ask a pro what his/her thoughts are, as I'm trying to...