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Our cue rack has holes that are 1.5 inches in diameter (38mm). I'm a mediocre player interested in experimenting with a break cue on our 8' Connelly table. I recognize that it is dumb to pick a cue based on the rack, but it would be a lot more convenient if we could get a break cue that can fit...

How does the Championship Tour Edition cloth play compared to, e.g., Simonis 860? And what is the significance of 24 oz.? Is less weight better? More weight? Simonis 860 is 27 oz., according to https://www.pooldawg.com/simonis-860-pool-table-cloth and it is 23 oz. according to...

I don't know how everyone is posting photos. Every time I try the system says that my photo (standard iPhone) is too big! I would think a local upholstery shop could put leather on that seat pretty easily. Or maybe Spencer Marston would be embarrassed and send you new ones! Our house came with...

Thanks, everyone, for being so helpful. The local billiards store, which is the only source that I know for used spectator chairs, didn't return my call. My "Request More Information" form at Blatt Billiards for https://blattbilliards.com/collections/chairs/products/the-billiards-spectator-chair...

By "house cue" I meant the basic Nick Varner one-piece cues that came with our table, not ones that have been in a pool hall. They have probably been used for fewer than 200 games (the previous owner of the table had a personal cue) and were recently inspected/adjusted/re-tipped by Dennis Searing.

How good a player does a person have to be before a Dennis Searing cue makes a difference in the game? And how good before using a $500 McDermott cue will work better than a $50 house cue that has been properly maintained and tipped? (I looked at the McDermott web site just now and found...

Dennis Searing is definitely making cues. I saw the machines, the components hanging up to age, etc. I have a photo, but the software on this site says it is too large to upload (not sure why; it is just a regular iPhone picture).

No deposit is required. He said that the waiting list is defined by emails received. Maybe he takes a deposit at the beginning of the 10-month fabrication process?

Thanks, Murray, for the photo. The couch and chairs look very close to the table. Don't they interfere with where you'd want to put your feet and butt while crouching down to line up and hit a ball that is close to the rail? How many inches of clearance do you actually have? (maybe the...

Separately, nobody has answered my question about carbon fiber cues! Will wooden cues become obsolete?

I wonder if the issue is that he is not trying to maximize revenue and profit. Given the multi-year backlog, it doesn't make sense for him to be doing any rework on cues that he didn't make (at $25 per cue!). Nor would it make sense for him to take time to explain things to a minivan full of...

He answered the phone himself twice when I called, once to find out how it would work and once to make an appointment for Saturday. Then he called me in the afternoon when the cues were done, just as he promised. So, at least in our personal experience, he is actually a great communicator! Every...

I think that I might have the distinction of being the least competent pool player ever to visit Dennis Searing's shop in Wellington, Florida. We are a family of raw beginners who just got a used Connelly table that came with some house cues. Our billiards instructor told us that the cues needed...

Cue clamp! I hadn't heard about that, but I see it at https://www.pooltables.com/accessories/billiards-q-clip-cue-holder The sink-in-and-relax spectator chair seems to be available at https://blattbilliards.com/collections/chairs/products/the-billiards-spectator-chair (priced so high that they...

Thanks, Mike! I notice that the antiques some others have suggested don’t have cup holders. Americans were tougher in the old days!

Imagine the sloppiest factory worker in China. Then subtract 20 IQ points and 80 percent of that worker's skill. The result would be me! (Separately, the pool table is in our living room and is the first thing that people will see when they come into the house. So the stools or official...

So sad that craftmanship was not enough to ensure success. Do you know the seat height on your chairs?

Thanks to everyone who has answered so far. It is tough to know what the right height is because we won't have the chairs/stools in our living room until we buy them. So I'd be grateful to find out what has worked best for others. It is also tough to get something comfortable because most of the...

We're new pool table owners (a beautiful 12-year-old Connelly!) so please forgive the newbie question... From what I can tell, the seat height for purpose-built pool spectator chairs is 25-33". A standard bar-height stool has a 30" seat height. Instead of paying $450-900 for a "spectator chair"...