do i remember right that someone (Dennis Walsh?) posted regarding a plexiglas ball marker that fits pool balls rather than snooker?
can't find the thread now...
can't find the thread now...
ball marker
- Thread starter wigglybridge
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Rich Klein gave me one. Not sure where he got it.
Steve: Without the correct spelling, how can one find this fellow on Facebook??
This one looks good:
http://www.suntekstore.com/goods-13002254-Crystal+Position+Marker+for+Snooker+Pool+Ball.html
I just bought 5 more for use at Derby and League.
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Rich Klein gave me one. Not sure where he got it.
Steve: Without the correct spelling, how can one find this fellow on Facebook??
This one looks good:
http://www.suntekstore.com/goods-13002254-Crystal+Position+Marker+for+Snooker+Pool+Ball.html
I just checked Facebook, and i had the spelling correct. its MAIK HALMER.
sorry for the confusion
-Steve
Does he make balls guaranteed to go in a pocket every time?
While that marker will work for some tasks, it's apparently the wrong size for others. It should be exactly one ball long and half a ball wide. That allows you to check for clearance for spotting a ball and such. That would be 28.6mm wide and 57.2mm long. Instead it is "Diameter: Approx. 25.7mm" whatever that means and 80mm long according to the picture.Rich Klein gave me one. Not sure where he got it.
Steve: Without the correct spelling, how can one find this fellow on Facebook??
This one looks good:
http://www.suntekstore.com/goods-13002254-Crystal+Position+Marker+for+Snooker+Pool+Ball.html
I just bought 5 more for use at Derby and League.
I had a friend who has a small machine shop make me a ball marker from brass. It is an L with arms half a ball long so you can check for clearance. It also has a companion square that fills the arms. This means you can place the L, remove the ball, place the square to fill the L, mark the outside point on the square -- that is the spot where the ball was resting. Or you can reverse the process to place a ball exactly on a spot: place the square and L so that the point of the square is at the spot, remove the square and place the ball against the L.
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With the one I have, which looks like the one in the picture, I just put the acrylic marker up to the ball, remove the ball, and then clean it and put it back. That works fine. I also can mark the spot with soapstone, marking a little curve and it seems to get it back in the same spot.
Maybe I'm just deluding myself.......
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Rich Klein gave me one. Not sure where he got it.
Steve: Without the correct spelling, how can one find this fellow on Facebook??
This one looks good:
http://www.suntekstore.com/goods-13002254-Crystal+Position+Marker+for+Snooker+Pool+Ball.html
I just bought 5 more for use at Derby and League.
I've got one of those and it works perfectly as long as one doesn't forget to hold on to the ball with one fingertip and/or press down the marker into the cloth removing it, as the specs are so tight, there appears to be a vacuum underneath pulling on the ball. Also, I ordered more than once using the same item reference and got a Snooker ball sized one one time. Other than that, great product. And now that it's getting warmer and more humid again, a good thing to have in one's cue case.
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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Thanks, Dennis. This is the best price on one of these that I've ever seen, and with free shipping yet. I sincerely hope the mold maker and the ejection mold operator get at least a fair living wage at the Chinese manufacturing plant, and are adult workers. No chance of OSHA-quality health standards for them unfortunately.
I just ordered one and passed the link on to members of our local community billiards club.
Arnaldo
thank you, Dennis!
looks like exactly what i wanted, just for simple cue ball cleaning.
looks like exactly what i wanted, just for simple cue ball cleaning.
Just wanted to report that mine arrived from China only a week after ordering (as mentioned above) and it's not only beautiful, flawlessly clear acrylic, but it's dead-on accurate with regard to an extremely perfect fit against the standard 2 1/4 cue ball. Not a whisker of a gap. Thanks for the reco, Dennis.
Arnaldo
I got mine yesterday and I have to agree with you.
The old one that Rich 93 gave me is not the same size, I noticed. Probably a snooker one. The ball rolls off. The new ones are perfect.
I think i am going to have to pick up a few for my league.
based on all the great responses, this sounds like a great product !!
http://www.suntekstore.com/goods-13002254-crystal_position_marker_for_pool_billiards_ball.html
-Steve
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been away from AZB for almost a month so apparently I'm a bit late with my comment but...
+1 for the Suntek store marker, it's as good as one could imagine for respotting balls which need to be cleaned or, for instance, to be removed messing around with a rack template.
+1 for the Suntek store marker, it's as good as one could imagine for respotting balls which need to be cleaned or, for instance, to be removed messing around with a rack template.
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I was shopping for one of those ball markers, until I read (here, somewhere) that one could use a tip tool such as this one: http://www.budgetcues.com/images/accessories/tip-tools/golden-brick-l.jpg
Use the burnishing (forked) end. It works very well and it doesn't grab at the ball.
Use the burnishing (forked) end. It works very well and it doesn't grab at the ball.
Heck, if this works, one could also use a divot repair tool found in a golfer's bag.
How about that big two prong barbecue fork from the grill?.... just wipe the grease off of it before you put it on the table> pool table, that is.
The truth is, there are lots of things that will do this job adequately. [What is the job?] It comes down to how simple or fancy you want it to be. I use a small piece of angle iron that I had lying around. It seems to work fine. Should I paint it black or silver or not at all? No... magenta!
The truth is, there are lots of things that will do this job adequately. [What is the job?] It comes down to how simple or fancy you want it to be. I use a small piece of angle iron that I had lying around. It seems to work fine. Should I paint it black or silver or not at all? No... magenta!
I use "nature's ball marker". Put your hand flat on the table with fingers closed together. Open your thumb and push the web between your index finger and thumb up against the cue ball. Remove cue ball and clean on opponent's shirt or in your pocket (don't clean in your opponent's pocket). Replace ball.
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Dan,
You've opened this up in ways... well... I'm not sure that were ready for.
When you write "nature's marker", I can only think of my hound and his instinctual reaction to the territorial imperative.
I think I'll stick with the barbeque fork... and don't get to close> I have a weapon in addition to a marker.
Dave
Dan,
You've opened this up in ways... well... I'm not sure that were ready for.
When you write "nature's marker", I can only think of my hound and his instinctual reaction to the territorial imperative.
I think I'll stick with the barbeque fork... and don't get to close> I have a weapon in addition to a marker.
Dave