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Hey everybody, I bought a set of Aramith pool balls the other day. I've been using them for several days now, each time cleaning them quickly with a clean cloth after playing. Today, I decided to give them a proper bath, because they got kind of greasy. So I dropped them in warm soapy water...

It happens to me occasionally, especially when I need to hammer in an almost straight-in shot with a ton of english, to bring the cueball around the table in 3 rails for instance. If I miss, the object ball will sometimes do 4 or 5 rails and finish in the intended pocket. It doesn't happen...

Okay, I'm back from the action room. I played 6 pocket with my friend Kevin, a 9 ball fanatic who loves fast games, and my friend Oliver who's my usual straight pool partner. Kev is the weaker player of us three, and Ol and I reckon we're about on par. I proposed a "serious" test of the 6 pocket...

Thing is, before layered tips, there were excellent players, and I suspect they didn't sweat their shots anymore than we do today. So I smell marketing BS behind those fancy, $10-a-pop tips. The only expensive tip I ever bought that lives up to its price is a diamond white tip, and that's for...

I've tried different brands of layered tips over the years. Half of the ones I tried ended up delaminating at the top of the dome when shaping it with a shaper cube, where the top layer is thinnest. In other words, I ended up with a thin round slice of leather at the bottom of the shaper, and a...

Sorry I don't quite master the cuetable editor thingy. The balls weren't frozen, they were a few millimeters apart, and only the cueball was truly hugging the rail. I could have played directly toward the rack of course, but compressing the rail and letting the rubber rebound really sends the...

Like in "6 in the side", miss the side pocket, 6-ball does 2 rails and drops in the called side pocket. Well okay, I did come across as very negative, when in fact I think any pool is good for pool in general. I apologize for the strong words. Playing the table makes you ignore completely...

You can get lucky just like in 8-ball or 14.1, if you pocket in the called pocket. As for a one point penalty if you scratch on the break, the 6pocketleague.com site doesn't say anything about this. But what's really damning about this game is that it's completely antisocial. You might as well...

I was looking the rules of the game at http://www.6pocketleague.com/ and I'd like to make sure I understand: in a nutshell, you break - if you break like crap it doesn't matter. In fact, scratching rewards you with ball in hand behind the head string - then you sink balls you call until you miss...

It doesn't come up often, but it came up tonight: one of my favorite rack breaking configuration. Play this one very high on the cueball, medium-hard with a lot of follow-through, so as to drive the ball deep into the rail then let the entire cue skip over the cueball (essentially a controlled...

When I need to check my fundamentals, I train playing left-handed. Since I'm right handed, it isn't natural to me, therefore I need to consciously execute my pre-shot routine. Training left-handed seems to improve my regular game that way. In fact, when I play alone, I play the better player...

Once you've seen a laminated tip de-laminate itself apart layer by layer under a shaping tool, you stick with elkmasters :)

Well, balls and phenolic tips register at the same hardness because they are made of the same material: phenolic resin :) I doubt that phenolic tips damage balls anymore than whatever damage occurs during ball-to-ball contact. Probably less in fact, because a cue shaft is somewhat flexible...

There is a tool to help you empty your head fast: alcohol. No, I'm not talking about getting pissed, I'm talking about drinking a small shot of strong booze (like a spoonful of whisky). Alcohol is a potent, short-term anxiolytic substance: it dulls anxiety in a hurry, and such a small dose...

Yep, I should have read the rules. My bad... Thanks for the replies guys, as always they were enlightening :)

I think many people who say this aren't lying to themselves or others, they really think that. The vast majority of average players I meet have the same problem: they are "body-blind". What I mean by that is, as most people here know, to play really straight, you have to stay within a narrow...

Are you sure? :) Suppose you're sitting while your opponent is playing. He misses and the balls hangs by the pocket. 6 seconds after the ball stops, the ball drops, so according to you, you fouled and your opponent gets ball in hand?? Sounds odd to me since you haven't even moved your arse out...

Hey everybody, I have a rules question that probably concerns any pocket billiard: suppose player 1 tries to pocket a ball, the ball stops right at the edge of the pocket. Player 2 then takes his shot, but the ball drop before he releases the shot. Did player 2 foul? I would think the player 2...

When I play 8-ball, that's usually what I do anyway, unless the table is wide open and I can plot a plausible course all the way to the 8 ball. But in this case, for instance, I tried to plant one of my balls in front of a pocket, and I failed to even hit a rail because the cloth was so sticky...

Take it to a gunsmith. We gunsmiths routinely bend stocks (which are thick and made of wood) as much as several centimeters right or left, to conform to the shooter. For that, we use a jig that puts tension on the stock and drips hot linseed oil onto the wood for several hours. For something as...