Playing pool with the mechanical bridge?

Ghosst · Jun 5, 2020

Bob Jewett said:
Many years ago people used things called "maces" to play pool that had blunt ends like for shuffleboard. You can look it up. That would be similar. We don't do that anymore.

Have you played with a mace? I found one years ago on eBay but the price went a little too high for me. Maybe I could get a custom one made...

Ghosst · Jun 5, 2020

jaime_lion said:
So has anyone tried to play pool with the mechanical bridge? What I mean by this is using the mechanical bridge just like a regular cue stick.

1) Why would you want to?

2) A slip-on style like the Moosehead could be forced down far enough on a smaller diameter shaft (11mm or so) to move past the tip. But dragging that across the cloth on every shot would just wear the table.

3) How would you see where you're striking the ball? Even with a clear bridge head the refraction could give you a lot of error in a game of millimetres.

Bob Jewett · Jun 5, 2020

Ghosst said:
Have you played with a mace? I found one years ago on eBay but the price went a little too high for me. Maybe I could get a custom one made...

I have never played with one. I saw one at the Billiard Museum in Vienna. Maybe this is actually the one:

More pictures of maces and paintings/drawings of players using them can be found here:

http://events.markus-hofstaetter.at/hofstaetter/weingartner/Museum/

along with lots of cues, balls and tables.

jaime_lion · Jun 5, 2020

Ghosst said:
1) Why would you want to?

2) A slip-on style like the Moosehead could be forced down far enough on a smaller diameter shaft (11mm or so) to move past the tip. But dragging that across the cloth on every shot would just wear the table.

3) How would you see where you're striking the ball? Even with a clear bridge head the refraction could give you a lot of error in a game of millimetres.

1 Because it sounds fun and a challenge.

2 I will probably have to buy my own in order to do this. That is one of the reasons I might not be able to do this is the wear on the cloth.

3 Did I say I would be any good? I think it would be more fun and challenging. Just something to experiment with. Kind of like playing pool till your legs crumple because you have played for 24 hours straight and you are testing your endurance.

alstl · Jun 5, 2020

My guess is a pool hall owner would not want someone doing that because it could wear out the cloth.

ideologist · Jun 5, 2020

jaime_lion said:
1 Because it sounds fun and a challenge.

2 I will probably have to buy my own in order to do this. That is one of the reasons I might not be able to do this is the wear on the cloth.

3 Did I say I would be any good? I think it would be more fun and challenging. Just something to experiment with. Kind of like playing pool till your legs crumple because you have played for 24 hours straight and you are testing your endurance.

Just use a mop handle

DynoDan · Jun 5, 2020

Reminds me of the Peter Sellers/‘Shot in the Dark’ scene where he tried to shoot with the highly arched snooker (?) bridge, and passed it completely over the CB. I’ve never seen that type of bridge in any poolroom. Always wondered if it might be advantageous (every time I had to stack 2 standard ones to reach over a cluster).

WinterArcher · Jun 10, 2020

No. Only the tip of the cue can touch the cue ball. All else is a foul.

Black-Balled · Jun 10, 2020

CocoboloCowboy said:
I bought & use a Pro-Just-A-Bridge it works well, but you have to practice with it.

HNTFSH said:
Brother - did you even read the question, as dumb as it was?

ideologist said:
He doesn't have reading comprehension skills, just sees a word and tells tales of the golden years from before he was born

garczar said:
Now THAT's funny.

lololololololololol

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