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I was going to suggest exactly that, and didn't for exactly the reason you mentioned. The thing is that no matter what you do, you need to shrink material on the inside of the bend and stretch it on the outside. A sheet metal guy is going to know what I'm talking about. It's really pretty tough...

Thanks! I didn't know there were private pool clubs in Manchester. I wonder how I missed that when I lived in the area? I will definitely check them out too.

I have 2 1/2 year old twin girls. 30 minutes is a downright ETERNITY for me at the moment! :)

Sometimes, depending on the dent, I put a damp rag over it and then hit it with a soldering iron to pop it out. Of course, you have to be very careful not to scorch the wood, but with practice you quickly get a feel for how to do it without damage. Definitely one of those "practice on scrap"...

Gotcha. Just want to say that if you do it right, you actually do end up with a seamless joint because the solvent actually melts the pieces into each other, but I can see not wanting to take a chance given the consequences if something goes wrong, especially with a new technique. Might be...

I tried searching and found nothing. Could you explain what an embedded rack is?

Thanks! Yale and Snookers are both pretty far away from me. I'm a little east of Hartford. Pool Table Magic is great...just took a lesson with Mark, and heading up there tonight, in fact. It's not particularly convenient to where I live. It's about a 30 minute drive with no traffic, and they're...

I'm considering a move back to New Hampshire...probably Londonderry or something like that. I'm wondering what's around these days. Not really interested in bar tables. I would be interested in some sort of straight pool league, possibly. I don't remember where I used to play when I lived in...

Have you tried taking two pieces at a right angle and welding them together with solvent? I have a little experience with ABS and other plastics. A simple cement (though you can also try something like Weldon) can be made by dissolving some ABS bits in acetone. You may well be able to get a...

How so? If you can get adequate stiffness with less weight, you get less deflection, no?

I guess my point is that the average decent player already has more than enough power to do what he needs to do. It's not like golf or tennis where you NEVER really have enough power. Maybe when we get to the point that you can shrink a par 5 down to a pitch and putt, but until then the race is...

Pool isn't a power game. Composite materials have a deflection advantage, but that's only if you find deflection to be a major problem. There's little else that composite brings to the table, and tolerance for deflection is more a matter of taste and what you're used to, not a performance...

Ovation's been doing it for decades. Interesting story behind it. What does helicopters have to do with guitars? :)

I've always liked McDermott for solid maple shafts. I guess they've fallen out of favor, but I like it.

Depending on the depth of the dent and if fibers are broken (i.e. will it take stain evenly) it sometimes works to simply ignore it. Stain as usual, shoot some sealer coats, and then drop fill with CA. Use a razor blade, and then sandpaper, to level the drop fill. Then continue. If it's not too...

Ah...I should have defined hysteresis. As it applies to proximity sensors, it basically means that the thing responds differently when you're moving towards it than when moving away from it. So for example, when the axis moves towards our hypothetical sensor, it will trigger when we're 20mm away...

Yes, that was me and it was with kflop. My background actually happens to be with automation and controls. The best way of homing is with some sort of switch (doesn't really matter what kind of switch), and an encoder that has a index pulse. Then you simply run into the home switch, and then...

A lot of them either don't have limit switches, have poor limit switches, or have poor homing routines that aren't repeatable. If anyone is interested, I'll put on my automation hat and post what a good, reliable homing routine looks like, and the kind of switches that will make it possible to...

Before a match, one of the things I do is the corner to corner, straight in shot too...just to get straightened out and confidence that I'm shooting straight. I'll start by rolling it in, and then a stop shot...then draw it back a little...and then a little more, and then finally all the way...

I think they exchanged some words and Jayson said he's going to kick Mike's butt just as soon as he's done racking for him. I'll let you know what happens when he's done.