Upside-down Simonis..........

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garczar

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I'm sure all the techs know this but maybe not everyone: Simonis has a up(play) side and a down side. Recently saw a table with new 860 that just looked/played funny. I asked owner if cloth was upside down and he looked at me like i was from Pluto. Easy to check: for one, the play side is slick with NO nap/fuzz. Two, "Simonis" is printed on the cloth's edge on the up/play side. I don't know about all the other worsted cloth makers but Simonis only shaves one side of their cloth. https://www.iwansimonis.com/en/page/20-marking
 
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garczar

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Just checked CPBA and they only shave one side as well. I'm guessing that Championship worsted's are the same.
 
trentfromtoledo

trentfromtoledo

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it must be guys who are simply OLD. Having never installed Simonis upside down myself, I can STILL sort of understand how they end up doing it. I think its because they have been installing "Nap" style cloth and its fuzzy... None the less, I would still be pissed if I were the customer!


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garczar

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trentfromtoledo said:
it must be guys who are simply OLD. Having never installed Simonis upside down myself, I can STILL sort of understand how they end up doing it. I think its because they have been installing "Nap" style cloth and its fuzzy... None the less, I would still be pissed if I were the customer!


Trent from Toledo
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I agree its fairly obvious as to which side is the play side but it does happen. It is playable but slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. ;)
 
mdavis228

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Saw that in a local bar I was visiting once - their 1st time having Simonis installed iirc.
They'd expected to be more impressed... Broke it to them, but I'm not sure they were convinced.
Pretty obvious when you see it.
 
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garczar

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One other Simonis id: on the up/play side Simonis uses a black-light viewable id strip. It repeats about every meter/3ft. It shows their name and the serial # of the roll the cloth came from.
 
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