I’ve seen where Valley and Bar Box aftermarket rails suggested 65 in.lbs torque for their rail bolts, but nothing close to the ft.lb. range. I don’t think any pool table rails made would survive 65 ft.lbs. TQ. That kinda torque is in the small car lug nut range.
No biggie, I suspect it was just a slip up. I just pictured someone on the internet reading that and actually trying that much torque and ruining a rail, so I wanted to clarify that Valleys rails would be 65 inch pounds, not ft.lbs.
All other statements I agree 100% with you on, especially about the the point of ball contact on rail cloth losing sheen and getting sticky over time, and speeding up the rebound. Polishing the balls often helps a bunch to.
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