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I remember 50 years ago we had the same discussion about tennis racquets, and that many of the top pros were using wood racquets because they grew up playing with them and that is what they were used to. Now you occasionally see one at Good Will or a garage sale.

You haven't tried the Felson chalk. Makes Silver Cup look great. I was given a box of that and I couldn't even give it away, just ended up throwing it out.

Yes, the ugliest good ball out there. I you happened to buy a set and just can't stand looking at these any more, I'll be glad to take them off your hands. They'll go as a backup set for a non-profit.

Actually, I'd probably buy the $400 dollar cue, a bunch of Dr Dave videos, then spend the rest on lessons . . .

Thanks to everyone for their help, and especially to those who offered to donate toward new cloth. This was, by the way, for the local VFW hall. As it turned out, the cloth on the donated table we set up was very lightly used and a little faded, so we went with keeping it on the same side, and...

I figure if I had a multi thousand dollar SW cue, my game might, maybe, improve just a little. If I was really serious about improving my game for that money, I would buy a $400 McDermott and spend the rest on lessons.

For those who thought there wasn’t much in common between pool and, say cross country ski racing, here’s an experiment I just did that is interesting. I dabbed some ski wax remover (I have Toko HC-3, but Swix and Rex make the same thing) on a rag and dissolved some Swix HF-4 (fluorinated very...

Thanks to JimMorrisson and muskyed. I’m going to go in tomorrow morning and finish up the job with one of the other guys, then plan on playing a couple racks to see how it works. I’ve already offered to buy new cloth if it doesn’t, so we’ll decide then. To ChrisinNC’s point, they probably...

I’m working with a non profit to get a donated table set up. I’ve gotten it pretty level, within about unit on my engineers level which is about all that makes sense on a floor that isn’t as stable as you would like. Did a demonstration with my 0.05 mm/m EDA level showing that two people...

I have something similar that I use as a guest cue. Labeled brand is Sly Foxx, and I think it was made by Kaokao in Taiwan.

I know what you mean. I hate it when I have derelict shafts.

Yes, the colors. Why do the manufacturers assume that the only color table out there are deep blue? No chalk is naturally blue. There are no inexpensive natural blue pigments, in fact blue pigments are singled out in classical writings as a symbol of wealth. Essentially all inexpensive blue...

The main reason everyone focuses on maple is that it is good enough, readily available and relatively common. There are dozens of hardwoods that are harder, stronger, higher rupture modulus and higher density than maple, but because they are tropical, you don't see them as the dominant tree in...

Yes, it should. The profit margins are huge, and should start down as you have better competition. I am not going to be convinced that a simple, radially symmetric stick should sell for three times as much as a tennis racquet and comparably to a bike frame, both of which use several times the...

They need to do something to get back in that game. Their current 1080 chalk works well, but it isn’t even a remote competitor to Taom for cleanliness. I keep the rest of my five pack around in case I play somewhere that I don’t have to vacuum up afterwards.

Agree that we have a number of quality companies out there, all trying their best to machine perfect shafts from imperfect materials. If the quality of the shaft is that dependent on some characteristic of the wood that can't be completely determined beforehand, we'll continue to produce...

I was able to purchase exactly what I wanted at a very reasonable price. Thanks to everyone for sending offers.

Lots of lookin, but no buyin. Let's drop the price to $350 and see if that generates any interest.

Looking for Revo, Becue Engage, Defy or other high end shaft, 12 mm plus or minus a little bit. This is going on a McDermott Gseries with a shaft base diameter of just a touch over 0.850 in. Either 29 or 30 inch is acceptable. Please PM directly--I'll give the courtesy of letting you know if I...

Becue makes pretty much everything carbon fiber