Ball Roll-Off From Simonis Cloth

[pt109]

Your test is also a test for your cueing....
...set up combinations, frozen, and use the cue ball to hit them.
You’ll be more certain of the results.

 

[realkingcobra]

Your test is also a test for your cueing....
...set up combinations, frozen, and use the cue ball to hit them.
You’ll be more certain of the results.

AND, use other balls as well to see if they produce different results.

 

[ChrisinNC]

The manufacturer's chief fitter came on 4/24/18, disassembled, checked everything, and reassembled using Strachan 6811 cloth at the insistence of the table manufacturer. Staff had asserted that Simonis 760 has a weave created in the manufacturing process that causes ball roll off. The ball roll tests we performed on 4/24 were unsatisfactory. The fitter recommended that we postpone further tests until we had played on the cloth for a couple of weeks or so which would allow the new cloth to assume its normal properties. We did that, and then made a fairly comprehensive set of ball roll tests and recorded them on video. The videos are available at https://photos.app.goo.gl/fb6E2Rj8w82J8AA53 . Your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

If I was a perfectionist, I guess I wouldn't be satisfied with the way this table rolls. Just curious, did they try these tests on the bare slate without the cloth on it, to confirm the problem is indeed in the cloth and not the slates? I assume if the machinist level was exactly on the money dead level for all areas on all the slates checked, then I guess it must be some kind of problem with the cloth or the way the cloth was installed. And as Glen stated, don't assume the ball you used for this test is level. I would try out a number of new premium quality cue balls on this test to confirm they all roll the same and to rule out the possibility that the ball used for this test is not out of round.