Any chalk out there without the "dimple"???

Maniac

Maniac

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I am a "brusher" when I apply chalk. I am wondering if there is a company that makes the chalk without the dimple. I have peeled the label off of many a piece of chalk with okay results. It sure would be nice to just "have it your way" (to quote McDonald's)and have it ready to go right out of the box. Do you think one of the companies that produce chalk would custom make me a gross of dimpleless chalk without it costing me an arm and a leg??? If it's already out there, please let me know.

Maniac
 
Maniac said:
I am a "brusher" when I apply chalk. I am wondering if there is a company that makes the chalk without the dimple. I have peeled the label off of many a piece of chalk with okay results. It sure would be nice to just "have it your way" (to quote McDonald's)and have it ready to go right out of the box. Do you think one of the companies that produce chalk would custom make me a gross of dimpleless chalk without it costing me an arm and a leg??? If it's already out there, please let me know.

Maniac
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I've wondered about this myself. Why make chalk that brand new is aimed at the "grinders" while any pro,cuemaker,pool instructor will tell you to wipe the chalk on.:mad::confused:
 
Tbeaux said:
I've wondered about this myself. Why make chalk that brand new is aimed at the "grinders" while any pro,cuemaker,pool instructor will tell you to wipe the chalk on.:mad::confused:
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The cue tip is rounded, so even when you 'wipe' the chalk, the concave shape helps increase the size of the contact surface.
 
The dimple is only very slightly indented into the chalk on a new piece, is it really so bad?
 
how in the world would pool players know which side of the cue to apply to the tip if it didn't have the tip-sized and shaped hole in it?
 
Maniac said:
It sure would be nice to just "have it your way" (to quote McDonald's)
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Burger King is the "Have it your way" shop. McDonalds is the "Have it our way, or hit the highway" shop.

I strongly suspect that there are production molds envolved with the process that are dimpled. In order for them to make up a set of undimpled cubes, they would have to encurr the costs of making a set of molds without the dimples--that is it would be prohibatively expensive unless it got up to 10% of their yearly chalk run rate.
 
Maniac said:
I am a "brusher" when I apply chalk. I am wondering if there is a company that makes the chalk without the dimple. I have peeled the label off of many a piece of chalk with okay results. It sure would be nice to just "have it your way" (to quote McDonald's)and have it ready to go right out of the box. Do you think one of the companies that produce chalk would custom make me a gross of dimpleless chalk without it costing me an arm and a leg??? If it's already out there, please let me know.

Maniac
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Have it your way is Burger King. If a fat person sees that they will be pissed.
 
nathandumoulin said:
The cue tip is rounded, so even when you 'wipe' the chalk, the concave shape helps increase the size of the contact surface.
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And that would be fine if the dang "grinders" didn't always drill a damn hole through it........why give em a center punch location.:D
 
Maniac said:
I am a "brusher" when I apply chalk. I am wondering if there is a company that makes the chalk without the dimple. I have peeled the label off of many a piece of chalk with okay results. It sure would be nice to just "have it your way" (to quote McDonald's)and have it ready to go right out of the box. Do you think one of the companies that produce chalk would custom make me a gross of dimpleless chalk without it costing me an arm and a leg??? If it's already out there, please let me know.

Maniac
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I too am a brusher. My league partner is a extreme brusher. You know the kind....he brushes so much his chalk lasts forever. He is still on the same chalk for what seems like years!

However my point is yes a flat side would be cool to start with. But you can still brush you just use outer edges until the are flush w/ the "dimple". By doing this you train your self to be more methodical and slow your pace down. I need this it really regulates me since I let my self play to fast and let the zone take rather then the focus.
 
I'm an outer-edge brusher.

I have four cubes on my home table. No matter how small my chalks get, the dimple never goes away.
 
Use the bottom side of the cube its all ways flat! Or like the other guy said belt sander will work.
 
If you use a pocket chalk holder, you could peel the paper off of one of the chalk cube sides and then insert the chalk into the pocket chalk holder. I've tried this in the past but it just doesn't chalk the cue tip as well as the side with the dimple.

Nevertheless, the above suggestion might still work out fine for you.
 
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