Cb bouncing on break. Bad for slate?

I'm sure it "can" but it's very very unlikely. How many chips or cracks can you feel in the slate at pool halls that have had the same tables for 20 years with people jumping, breaking, smashing balls around the tables? I'd guess the ball has to land on a weak spot to break a chip off, maybe some defect that was in the stone or put there by the grinding.
 
If the seams are chippy/jagged and the fill isn't done very well and the ball lands perfectly in the seam it might cause a problem. A lot of if's. I don't think bouncing in the middle of a good slate would cause an issue.
 
over60pirate said:
Just wondering if the slate can chip from the cb bouncing on it, as with a hard break.
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I'd say possible but unlikely.

By the way, if the CB is bouncing that much on a hard break you're losing energy that could be moving OBs around. Try changing the break distance so the CB doesn't hit the head ball while airborne.

pj
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Bad for felt, not bad for the slate.

If you were bouncing it by slamming it down on the table there is a chance, but it has a lot more energy going horizontal than it does vertically and the amount of impact on the slate is quite minimal in reality.
 
I believe not. The cloth serves as a thin cushion for the slate and the slate is much harder than the balls anyway so physics tells us that the balls would probably chip before the slate. However, a bouncing cue ball will leave marks in the cloth which will wear the cloth out. I remember a buddy of mine started practicing with the jump cue in our local hall and the owner, who is a nice guy, comes and smacks him upside of the head with an empty plastic bottle. Very funny.
 
So what's up with MD's 5 foot cb jump on the break? He must be just showing off for the ladies.
 
jeffj2h said:
So what's up with MD's 5 foot cb jump on the break? He must be just showing off for the ladies.
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There's no doubt that if he hit the same speed but more square on the head ball, the OBs would move more. Maybe he doesn't know that, or he's got that particular break grooved and doesn't want to tinker with it, or...?

pj
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My theory about SVB's cb hop on the break: it's not his goal to impart all the energy into the rack as he is capable of. So the hop does not necessarily hurt him. And the hop with the right spin allows him to park the cb in the center of the table.
 
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