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    Pro Equipment

    The "pro setup" has the property that you can replace it at a few moments notice--unlike that of a custom cue where you wait years between order and delivery. {{Just like a race car that gets totaled--just pull another one out from the truck}}
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    Does anyone here know of any cue repair guys in Austin, San Marcos, or San Antonio TX?

    What kind of repair are you in need of ??
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    CF Shaft Ferrule Replacement

    At minimum, you need a lathe and some attachments.
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    2025 Southwest Cues

    Where did you find the time to do the other 99 steps on those first 8 cues ?? And each step takes 1 hour and there are 100 steps so, at best, each cue takes 100 hours or 1 cue per 4 days.
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    2025 Southwest Cues

    No, your math only works if there is only 1 step in the process. In reality, there might be 100 steps in the process, so one might get 0.08 cues done per day.
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    What is your definition..,

    Any person who makes more than 50% of total income by playing or teaching pool is a professional pool person.
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    Tip size

    I am currently playing with an 11.5mm tip down from 11.8 quite a while ago (~10 years). I would like to go even smaller--maybe 11.2±mm but not likely all the way to 10.5mm.
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    do the pros outweigh the cons when using quality shaft wax?

    I use Mother's Carnauba wax. The trick is the put it on thick, and let it dry/cure for a full hour or more before wiping it off with multiple cloth towels and a final paper towel buff then 3 strokes on the talc cube. I only do this about twice a year when/after the shaft gets/needs a good...
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    Tony Chohan foul

    Removing your hand from the cue on the table converts if from a (legal) pointing device to a measuring device (the use of which is a foul) The problem is that the only remedy is BIH which is excessive in the given circumstance. I, too, would have let it slide--even with $1000 on the line.
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    Miscue Limit

    It is generally agreed that ½ radius away from center is the miscue limit T-B and L-R If you view the geometry from the center of CB the miscue limit circle moves with the angle of the cue. So, you miscue limit when the cue is at 90º to the playing surface is still ½ radius, but seen looking...
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    How Pool Evolved from Royalty to Bar Rooms

    Pool is not bigger than ever. Factual error #1
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    Rule question

    You authorized him to do that when you said leave it be. Unscrupulous but not illegal. Settle things like this before the game begins.
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    Have you ever seen a cue at a Pawn Shop that seemed way too good to be legit (meaning, not stolen)?

    Divorce cases see a lot of "Judge:: Have the wife sell the Porsche and split the money" and she sells it for $2.00
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    Tip radius and accidental scooping the cue ball on draw shots

    Generally, the scoop instant corresponds to when the tip CB and table are all in contact simultaneously.
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    Fouls and Mulligans: Hysterical Mishaps During My 8-Ball Tournament Match!

    Am I allowed to nominate this for "Worst Music Ever !!" ??
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    "It's the Indian, not the arrow" the most nonsense I've ever heard.....

    They only made a couple hundred before the went to the 1911A1 after ARMY testing. Do you really have a pre-A 1911 ???
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    Starting again after 20 years - where to start, please?

    There are 9 diamond positions lengthwise and 5 diamond positions widthwise; giving 45 positions for CB and another 44 positions for OB. Place CB at the intersection of a lengthwise and widthwise diamond, and OB at a different intersection of diamond positions. Soot this shot 10 times. If you...
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    Kamui Black Medium Tips Going Hard

    There is nothing wrong with a hard tip, and lasy people love them:: a) the don't mushroom b) delaminate c) last a long time (measured in years) d) require triflings of maintenance.
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    Understanding Cue Shaft Flexibility

    Yes, exactly, rather than hitting straight and having a deviation having a range from left to right, the fade has a deviation only from center to right.
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