How would you mark your table with straight lines for practice that won't damage your felt or mark up you felt? I was thinking of using a tape that fabric seamstresses use. Someone said use the blue painters tape.
Chalk lines are great, from the center of a corner pocket to the diagonal corner at the opposite end. They are very useful in practicing your stroke with a dead-end shot of various distances - providing instant visual feedback that your tip/shaft stays completely on the chalk line throughout the entire stroke. The chalk line will not be that easy to completely remove from your cloth without some effort and possibly wiping it down with a damp cloth, so I wouldn’t want to do it on newly installed cloth.A chalk line would be the easiest and would not effect ball roll.
It could be removed easily.
1/4” masking tape, but......don’t leave it on too long.
Maybe four weeks max.
Blue painter’s tape is the best.
I’ve use a white pencil very lightly for temporary ideas, it comes off easy and works fine for what I’ve needed. A few times over the years I’ve used a sharpie market for a permanent dot(something very small only I’d really notice)
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Look at it like this, it’s more important to practice than have a perfect looking table, while I wouldn’t ever mark a rail, the cloth is just cloth and it gets changed now & then. So I don’t put much thought into marking it up.
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Fatboy
Fatboy: I like this. I use Tailor's White Chalk.
randyg
i use a laser device to shoot a straight line and then use the donuts along that line to place the balls where needed.
i use a laser device to shoot a straight line and then use the donuts along that line to place the balls where needed.
That’s a brilliant idea!
I’m going to get some of that.
Thx very much
Fatboy
I like this. Among other things, you can make a small X, draw very thin lines such as around the triangle, and mark the shadows of a ball that you want to return to position. Dritz Tailor's Marking Pen, about $10:... there is even a fabric chalk wheel that will do parallel lines ...