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Those of you who mention 860... is 860HR not a better choice? I have read it is slightly faster. As for humidity, I am thinking my pool room humidity would be about the same as outside air, especially since it's non-insulated and there is also a fireplace where communication could occur. This...

I also should mention that the room is not insulated, it's a converted garage. Has a fireplace, is carpeted with indoor-outdoor carpet. I have a window a/c that works great in summer heat but I turn it on only when I will be in there. So, the room varies between probably 45 deg and 85 deg year...

Why are pool balls so expensive? Between $15-$20 each! I don't know anything about them but I am surprised they cost so much! Must be hard to make perfectly round and balanced. Makes me wonder how they even made them in the old days lol.

Thought I should start another thread... Am going to put new cloth on 8ft Brunswick table, 50 yrs old. I might get more into it but I'm just a casual player and my buds are too. I have been thinking of getting Simonis 760 because I read that it is faster. Do you think a faster cloth is a...

Resurfacing old 8ft Brunswick Windsor table in good shape with Simonis. I have read quite a bit, kind of thinking a faster cloth might be fun, and leaning toward 760. Old threads say 760 is faster. My table and ball are close to 50 years old, so, I guess I need new pool balls. What? And what...

FWIW, golf's winner's take 2018... Masters - $1.98mm U.S. Open - $2.16mm British Open - $1.89mm PGA - $1.89mm I think the purses continue to be on an uptrend but golf is in decline. I don't know if pool is growing or not (and this thread, so far, confirms the disagreements), but if it's...

Have only been a casual player, kind of getting it into it more. Wondering if pool is growing, stagnant or going down? I am in the USA. It would also be interesting to know what it's doing globally. An analytical 'problem' that comes to mind is... you have people playing on home tables... sales...

I wish my memory were better, lol. Thinking of the old pool hall in the small town where I grew up back in the 60s/70s. My dad didn't allow me in there and I recall it being because of the heavy smoking, even by the underage guys. After I got out of high school, I did go in there some but gosh...

What is a drop pocket / relieved slate?

Why would one 9 ftr play tougher than another 9 ftr, is it smaller pockets or just what?

I don't know that I've ever shot on a 9 ft table, only 7 ft and 8 ft. Do a lot of you have 9 ft tables? Do you see these in pool halls these days? Tell me about it, lol. Is it that much harder, do you like it, etc. EDIT: If I see a big game match on youtube, are a lot of these on 9 ft tables...

Sorry, don't know much, just a casual player all my life. I might start playing more. I keep coming up with questions, lol! I was surfing around and found some cues for sale by a custom maker and geez, those suckers are expensive! Thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands. I had no idea...

Yep, that's him.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking... that just because I buy something that says Simonis doesn't mean it is. Do you know where numbers are that can be seen under black light? Maybe I could find an old fart like me around here who has a black light. Rats, I looked at the room and I'm not sure...

Shreveport Louisiana area. Ark-La-Tex region... Northwest Louisiana, Southwest Arkansas, Northeast Texas. The man who referred me has owned a pool hall for many years and also builds cues and he highly recommended this fellow, who does it as a sideline business.

Last night, I kind of shifted gears and thought I might consider Tournament Blue. I see that alot in youtube videos. It seems it might be nice to shoot over and lo and behold I come back to this thread and several have mentioned it. My table is 8ft standard, I assume, as it's 44" x 88" edge of...

I am going to have a repairman replace felt on a Brunswick Windsor 8' standard table. It's close to 50 years old. Still shoots good but the felt is pock marked. It is the old standard green, I don't know what you call it. Whatever was on pool tables back then. If I look at Simonis site, it seems...

I'm going to guess this table and balls are circa 1970. Brunswick Windsor 8 ft table my dad put in the house back then. The 2 ball should be blue but it's hardly distinguishable from the black 8 ball. The green 6 and purple 4 are a little darker than should be, but tolerable. Anything I can do...