poolfencer
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I know what a spanner wrench is, just never seen on with a torque reading capability. By the way, you really from Tennessee? My family on my dad's side goes back several generations there, I was born in Loudon County.
Are superspeed cushions inherently slower
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When I lived in Ohio I was called Ohio Joe but pool players started calling me 'OJ'. So I moved to Tennessee and now it is 'Tennessee Joe'.
Thats still not good. Get a humidifier and see if that adds some bounce. You might not like the way it plays though because extra bouncy rails with bed slowed down by humidity doesn't play normal..
tomatoshooter
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You are right, if cloth speed, amount of slide, and rail bounciness are not in similar ranges, the table can play weird. Did OP say what cloth is on the table?
Coco?
Here is 3 1/2 lengths. If that's all you can get on your table, something is seriously wrong. Can you get more at the pool hall?
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Around 1995, Brunswick had a horrible supplier problem with the cushions on Gold Crown IIIs. I think those were Super Speed. Within a few years the cushions on GC IIIs in multiple rooms in this area, which were all opened about the same time, started dying. Where I played often it was only one or two rail sections per table at a time. Typical problem: we lag to see who will shoot first and both cue balls only get back to the middle of the table. A friend got a section of the cushion from another table -- hard like pottery. Eventually my home room had to replace about 60 rail sections on 24 tables.
There are room owners in this area who will not allow Super Speed on their tables.
Around 1995, Brunswick had a horrible supplier problem with the cushions on Gold Crown IIIs. I think those were Super Speed. Within a few years the cushions on GC IIIs in multiple rooms in this area, which were all opened about the same time, started dying. Where I played often it was only one or two rail sections per table at a time. Typical problem: we lag to see who will shoot first and both cue balls only get back to the middle of the table. A friend got a section of the cushion from another table -- hard like pottery. Eventually my home room had to replace about 60 rail sections on 24 tables.
There are room owners in this area who will not allow Super Speed on their tables.
I see a handful of others have already mentioned what I was gonna focus on, loosen those rail bolts or you will regret it! I don' know what the torque is supposed to be but as tight as you can crank down on them is a bad bad idea!
You can pull nine footpounds with two fingers on a wrench pretty easily. You can buy a cheapassed torque wrench and improvise, maybe go for twelve footpounds or if you think your set-up is creating error in the other direction go with the nine or less. It is easy for an enthusiastic grown man to put a hundred footpounds or more torque on a wrench depending on how you are adapting to a spanner configuration.
If Mac or Snap-on is still around you can often find something special order from them.
Good luck with your original issue and the bolts and inserts.
Hu
You can pull nine footpounds with two fingers on a wrench pretty easily. You can buy a cheapassed torque wrench and improvise, maybe go for twelve footpounds or if you think your set-up is creating error in the other direction go with the nine or less. It is easy for an enthusiastic grown man to put a hundred footpounds or more torque on a wrench depending on how you are adapting to a spanner configuration.
If Mac or Snap-on is still around you can often find something special order from them.
Good luck with your original issue and the bolts and inserts.
Hu