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Tonight, my opponent scratched and left me with this (ball in hand): http://CueTable.com/P/?@4AawS4CBqX@ So I played it this way (1/4 ball'ish, half-tip high) and the subsequent rack break worked dandy...

Unfortunately I can't, I poured threadlock in the nuts and the screw holes are covered by cloth, so I can't disassemble it anymore :) The two side holders are held by one long M4 screw that goes through them and the handle. The top holder is held by one short M4 screw. In the black clamp...

Hmm, indeed I've been had :)

Here's a little New Year's project. You need: - A cheap spring-loaded plastic clamp (any Home Depot should have them) - 3 PVC pipe clamps - a couple of screw, nylon nuts - a spare piece billiard cloth - Superglue With all that and 30 minutes of your time, you make this: It'll hold your...

What you propose to do is typical internet vigilante, and it's beyond despicable. I'm disappointed..

I have the habit of calling every shot like out loud with the following standardized format: X ball, left/right/cross corner/side[, combination Y into X] then (and that's the real trick), I continue the sentence in my head and tell myself: ...and I play position on Z ball here by looking at...

These tables are popular in dutch and flemish poolhalls. Considering the dutch character, I'm not surprised: these are solid, well-built, no-nonsense tables that seem to have been designed to be unforgiving and prevent having too much fun. South of the border, in french-speaking countries, the...

I'll second that on the pockets. I play in two poolhalls on purpose, because one of them has Gabriels tables with cavernous pockets, and the other has Dynamic II tables with crazy small pockets. The Gabriels literally attract balls like magnets, but the Dynamics rattles balls at the slightest...

Height is VERY important: if you're on the tall side, try playing with your legs straight and your back bent, then with your knees bent, and see how different your stroke is from one position to the other. That's because your torso isn't at the same angle, your shoulders move, everything moves...

I like my cueballs round, new and clean :) Seriously though, personally I much prefer plain jane white balls. I find markings distracting.

Gene, This is indeed a very generous offer. Something tells me I still haven't understood what Perfect Aim is about, so your offering to tutor me tells me you really might have something here and you strongly believe in it. Okay then, here's what I'll do: I take your up on the offer, and in...

There is a difference. There are two situations really: inter-club tournament seasons and local tournaments in a single pool hall. For the season, players from each club are known and registered in several divisions. For instance, I'm in division 1. Above me, there's the honor division, below...

I've seen people trying to break like freight trains: they litterally throw themselves against the table like demented morons and ram their cues into the cueball to get it to pass the speed of sound. There is a fair chance of snapping a cue in half with that kind of madness, or at least split...

Of course, all companies I've ever dealt with use any excuse to not honor their warranties. As for "lifetime" warranties, I found out long ago they usually refer to the life of the product, not yours. If I were you, I'd send them a letter (not email, a real dead tree letter) explaining very...

You got shafted by a manufacturer (pun intended), time to vote with your wallet. I should however point out that if your cue was your main player and not a break cue, I'm not all that surprised. Breaking is what break cues are for. Main playing cues aren't really meant to take the abuse...

And you know why? Because these players have spent a lot of time training, improving, learning... Why would lesser players have an even chance of winning? Handicap systems are a sign of today's society where the meek claim their share of success without working for it. There is another system...

Okay Gene, I tried your method. I played 2 games of 14.1, one right handed and one left handed. At each shot, I tried to shift my head fractionally right and left, to find the "sweet spot". I also tried to compensate for english by moving by head in the direction of the squirt, and then the...

Actually, when the rack is perfectly tight, almost only the wing balls move - they go to the rails and back into the rack ideally. With bad racks such as the ones we get at out local pool hall, if I break on the right side for instance, the right wing ball goes up the foot rail but also veers...

First of all, lucky you, I'm jealous... I have a house big enough for a table, more than enough disposable income to get me one, but my significant other just won't have it, so I have to drive to the poolhall and spend money there instead :( Secondly, don't forget the most important: this...

Don't waste your money and make your own. My experience is that optometrists usually don't understand what you need, and even if they do, they make you pay a LOT for glasses that end up being fragile, or just not exactly what you want. If you have old specs around with the proper correction...