The video didn't mention lumpy tips. Once in a while I get a tip that gets out of shape like not a perfect dome shape. When I hit the cue ball it goes doink about ten degrees off of where I was aiming. I don't remember that happening when we used harness leather tips. I had a store bought tip go...
I watch old videos. Players had personalities and were allowed to show them. Watching current players is like watching people work and they don't like the work .
My old girlfriend used a Valhalla cue I bought for her. I tried it one day and it was excellent. It was pink with girly stuff on it or I would have used it more. My spare cue is a McDermott I got second hand. Ha ha ha...
One evening I was playing Patty Purebred and her brother Allen. I cued the nine ball by mistake but they didn't notice so I told um. They said, no you didn't, I said yes I did and they said no you didn't. So I went on as if nothing happened. I tried.
So what foul did the player in the video...
Can't remember that far back. About sixty years since I played pool the first time. I musta been about twelve when I ran my first rack of 8 ball. I knock the balls around every morning when I get up. Some mornings I can run four consecutive racks, then clear the rest off without a miss. Then...
Got to thinking about it a little. A piece of foam pipe insulation around the shaft and stuffed into the spindle hole might work slick. Yes it will. I'll try it next time I use the, the,,,, that dangerous lathe!