Bar box problems

[mnorwood]

Buy a bar box for your house.

If you buy a table buy one that is similar to the one you compete on.

It would be good to buy a used one that is beat up. It would be good to spill a couple of beers on it and burn one of the rails with a cigarette. Also take a chisel and dig a couple of small holes in the cue ball and the 8 and 9 ball. Finally, buy a compilation of classic rock (leonard skinnard, almond brothers, etc.) and turn the volume all the way up while you play.

Hope this helps,
Marcus

 

[Chicken_Blood]

If you buy a table buy one that is similar to the one you compete on.

It would be good to buy a used one that is beat up. It would be good to spill a couple of beers on it and burn one of the rails with a cigarette. Also take a chisel and dig a couple of small holes in the cue ball and the 8 and 9 ball. Finally, buy a compilation of classic rock (leonard skinnard, almond brothers, etc.) and turn the volume all the way up while you play.

Hope this helps,
Marcus

I might also want to fire 15 or 20 pellets into the felt and have a slow burning trash fire in the back.

 

[Jack Flanagan]

you might want to pull a few rail rubbers loose so you can stay familiar with dead rails, too,,,,'works for me'

look for a table with two different rail profiles on the side rails, so you can't run one past the side pocket...LOL

 

[catscradle]

eight ball bible

The book Eight Ball Bible might help out your barbox tactics. It is about playing 8-ball on bar boxes. Even though it is strictly talking about 8-ball, I think it would help with any game on bar boxes.

 

[matthew staton]

I have been playing exclusively on 8' & 9' tables for about four years know. Anyway I recently moved to a small town where there aren’t anything but bar boxes. Its like I just started playing. I can’t slow roll because the tables not level. The cloth is full of chalk and the balls have never been cleaned. Any bar box specialists out there who can clue me in?

Thanks

shoot firm and use a lot of draw strokes.