The second is that they take up about five square feet. For 14.1 that eliminates some break shots that players would like to keep.Matt,
The Diamond wood racks have one failing. ..
The second is that they take up about five square feet. For 14.1 that eliminates some break shots that players would like to keep.
Oh they have many failures. They also get sticky after a while and drag the head ball away from the stack.
I think all racks will do that eventually. The fairly nice wooden racks where I used to play did this as well. You could see a little spot of crud on the triangle where each ball touched it. You have to wash off the crud occasionally.... They also get sticky after a while and drag the head ball away from the stack. ...
The second is that they take up about five square feet. For 14.1 that eliminates some break shots that players would like to keep.
I imagine metal would not gather the crud as quickly.
I had a Magic Rack, it worked wonderful, my only grip was it was tought to store, and not wrinkle.
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Of course there's always that huge plastic plunger thing you saw in tournaments about 20 years back (I've never known its name).
I have both also. The Diamond wood triangle only racks tight in one of the two directional choices (even with new balls), and still needs tape on the inside of the front point to get the head ball to freeze. I use it most of the time since it is larger, and thus easier to gather the balls & remove without disturbing them. I grab the Delta though when the last ball in 14.1 is close to the lines.
If your cloth is old, you can forget about freezing the balls if positioned correctly. I used to have to rack a bit high or low from the foot spot until I had the table recovered. I tried wetting the cloth and training it, but only ended up with divots that hindered ball spread when playing straight pool.
The Sardo Rack. Jeezus what a monstrosity! :sorry:
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Delta 13 I guess
I don't know the difference
Dean,
I suggest the "new" Diamond plastic rack. Found it to rack consistently tight. If you have a line drawn on your cloth as a center line for the rack, flip the Diamond over and there is a plastic support in the rear which will aid in rack alignment. The rack also has doubled supports up front where the front ball should be racked.
Lyn
The Diamond wooden racks are made with a saw kerf in the middle of the back of the rack. Not everyone notices, but they make it easy to align the rack on your center line.
Even less obvious - the newer Diamond polycarbonic racks have a fancy Diamond Billiards logo in the back of the rack with a "pointer" in the center for alignment on your center line. Greg Sullivan suggested to me to go a step further and to draw a small perpendicular line across the center line where the back of the rack should me positioned. I've done that and it really makes accurate positioning simple.
The Diamond wooden racks are made with a saw kerf in the middle of the back of the rack. Not everyone notices, but they make it easy to align the rack on your center line.
Fats, flip the plastic rack over and look at the construction. Designed in alignment. All the wooden Diamond racks we used to have were so worn out there were no identifying marks left!
Lyn