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I have a 9' diamond professional in cherry wood finish and I'd like to convert it to a ball return system. It would be ok if the return tray doesn't match the table finish. Diamond says they don't have the parts

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So, I just moved a very nice Diamond Professional to my house, and in the process of taking it apart, discovered that it was missing three of the rail bolts. I can probably find replacement bolts at the hardware store, but they have these funky washers. Anyone know where I can get the washers...

I have a very nice high end cue that I purchased here. It came with two shafts, and I do enjoy how it plays, but I think that I would like to have the shafts retapered. I have never had work like this done, and this is probably a stupid question. Are there cuemakers that will take existing...

I'll be in palm springs from Saturday evening (Jan 24th), through monday evening for a trade show. Would anyone who lives there be up for a game? Tips on where to go to play if not? Thanks, Jon

I'm looking for a TRUE sneaky pete cue. wood to wood joint, color matched wood in shaft and forearm, fullsplice with a brown colored wood, no butt ring, pro-taper 13mm or so, 18-19oz, good balance, and a simple finish. Should play really well, have nice tight grain on the shaft, and be a no...

Its really hot right now to talk about "looking for triangles" as an end rack sequence. I have read several straight pool books and never seen this mentioned. I have to admit I'm kind of confused about the whole concept. Can someone enlighten me a little more? Any three balls make a triangle...

Predator, OB1, Annie O, Meucci, Tiger, ect all want you to think that laminating a shaft from lots of pieces makes it low deflection. I know better. Laminating a shaft just allows better consistency while using lower quality materials. The low deflection part comes from exactly what is...

just noticed that JAM is on 9,999 posts! hope its a good one :)

Do you think that on baseball oriented message boards people post about aiming systems for pitchers - or how about distance judging systems for outfielders to throw a one-hop to home base? what about dart players - do they use aiming systems? Just wondering... I'm personally enthralled by...

Ok, so I lied a little in the title - this is an AUGMENTATION to the very popular "quarter ball aiming system". Basically the same system as SAM, and the billiards aim trainer system (http://www.billiardaimtrainer.com/). For more information about these systems, do a quick archives search or...

On occasion I have found it really useful to elevate the butt of my cue and slightly jump the cue ball, so that when it comes off the object ball it jumps into a pack of balls. Can anyone help with some rule of thumb guide for how to predict the cue ball direction if it makes contact with the...

I've been playing straight pool in a joint that doesn't have scoring beads, and we've had to use pen and paper for scoring. It seems to work ok, but I really miss the ease of marking balls made on the current rack separately on the beads, and then pushing them in at the end of the rack. I like...

I've been reading a lot of posts here in the straight pool forum and really enjoying the comentary - especially strategy and pattern play. However, I've noticed that although there is a lot of talk about running 100 balls, there is almost no talk about safety play. I appreciate advice from the...

I stopped in at a pool hall the other night and I was without my playing cue - (Meucci with OB-1 low deflection shaft). I had a heck of a lot of fun matching up using a stick off the wall. I found that I could shoot pretty darn well with it! I hadn't used one since I've bought my own cue...

EDIT: see other thread - I posted this twice by mistake Jon

see picture below. I have been messing with lots of crazy cue ideas, and I think I'd like to try something like this. I am in a position to cnc a nice pair of aluminum (or other material?) router table templates for the joint. Is this how you'd make it? I am NOT a cue maker and I don't...

A recent thread on aiming systems got me thinking about a simple guide to help determine 1/4,1/2,3/4 ball cut angles. So I made a very simple template that anyone can print, cut out, and use for reference. I hope this might help out a few people. I'm thinking that with a little imagination...

hey all, I'm new on the forum here. I just moved to Chapel Hill, NC and am looking for anyone to get in some games with. I work from home and am pretty flexible with my time during the day. I just went out today and checked out a pub/grill/bar called Bailey's which has several nice 9' diamond...