Clash Steel Pro Tables?

phreaticus

phreaticus

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I watched a Sharivari video on YT the other day & noticed his table is a Clash Steel Pro, from the Netherlands, which I had never heard of before. Appearance is somewhat similar to a GC, but uses Gabriels pockets which appear to be quite nicely designed.

Seems to not be very popular, and no N.American dealer presence, but just wondering if anyone has hands-on experience with them, and could give some insights to how well they setup & play.

Cheers,

P
 
Are those the tables where one pocket can hold every ball? I wonder what those pocket linings are made of and how long they will last?

Pretty sharp lookin’ table though. I think Karl Boyes and Neils Feijen have them as their home tables.
 
phreaticus said:
I watched a Sharivari video on YT the other day & noticed his table is a Clash Steel Pro, from the Netherlands, which I had never heard of before. Appearance is somewhat similar to a GC, but uses Gabriels pockets which appear to be quite nicely designed.

Seems to not be very popular, and no N.American dealer presence, but just wondering if anyone has hands-on experience with them, and could give some insights to how well they setup & play.

Cheers,

P
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VERY KOOL !!

TFT
 
tableroll said:
Curious about that. Is thicker slate better? Is a 2 inch slate better than a 1 inch slate? Just wondering why?
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The minimum thickness for a professional carom table is 1.77 inches while many are 2 inches thick.
They are heated as well.

Pool tables are far thinner some as little as .75 inches. Each manufacturer can be different.

I played 3 cushion billiards at Chris's in Chicago for years. Never saw any of the 3 cushion tables roll off. Not did any of them need leveling ever. Solid as a rock. There is a significant advantage to thick one piece slate beds on any pool or 3 cushion table.. IMO....
 
tableroll said:
Curious about that. Is thicker slate better? Is a 2 inch slate better than a 1 inch slate? Just wondering why?
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Having seen and heard balls rolling on a 2" table, I can tell you that it is much quieter than a similar table with 1" slate.
Both tables in question were Connelly.
 
Quesports said:
The minimum thickness for a professional carom table is 1.77 inches while many are 2 inches thick.
They are heated as well.

Pool tables are far thinner some as little as .75 inches. Each manufacturer can be different.

I played 3 cushion billiards at Chris's in Chicago for years. Never saw any of the 3 cushion tables roll off. Not did any of them need leveling ever. Solid as a rock. There is a significant advantage to thick one piece slate beds on any pool or 3 cushion table.. IMO....
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most modern carom tables are 60mm slate standard for 10ft table
the gabriels i had was 60


even my 8ft was 50mm
 
Quesports said:
I played 3 cushion billiards at Chris's in Chicago for years. Never saw any of the 3 cushion tables roll off. Not did any of them need leveling ever. Solid as a rock.
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I believe Chris's 3C tables are Verhoevens. Here's one being expertly used by our own mr3cushion (Bill Smith) back when we were both better looking...

Bill was (and I assume still is) a pro-caliber 3C player. Here's his webpage, where you can read about his exploits: https://mr3cushion.com/mr3cushion_home_page_022.htm

pj
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The Clash, imo, is just another ugly table with echoes of the Gandy or Murray….
Rasson, also.
I‘ll stick to Diamond until they produce a modern version of the Kling or Arcade.
And Greg experimented with inch and a half slate….found the balls go airborne too much much, settled on inch and a quarter.
Soren Sogard tried inch and one half….wasn’t popular.
 
If I recall correctly there was a pool room owner from Vancouver B.C. that posted pics of his place about 10 months ago. He had some interesting tables in his place that came from China I believe. Supposedly they had thick slate. Anyone remember his username or the thread itself??

He has been in business there for quite a while as I recall...
 
pt109 said:
... And Greg experimented with inch and a half slate….found the balls go airborne too much much, settled on inch and a quarter. ...
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Currently, I think Diamond uses 25 mm (about 1") for tables with 1-piece slate and 30 mm (about 1 3/16") for tables with 3-piece slate.
 
MitchAlsup said:
Having seen and heard balls rolling on a 2" table, I can tell you that it is much quieter than a similar table with 1" slate.
Both tables in question were Connelly.
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There are some issues with 2 inch late that you have to adapt to. If not used to it, you may often fly the cue ball off the table on break shots. As the slate is much denser, when you hit down on the cue ball at all the cue ball will go airborne, which is also why it takes getting used to hitting jump shots without over-hitting them and sending the cue ball airborne farther than necessary, and when it lands the first time, it just bounces again, often off the table.
 
Interesting info in this thread, I had no idea carom tables had such thick slates. So continuing my education, how thick are slates on snooker tables?
 
VarmintKong said:
Are those the tables where one pocket can hold every ball? I wonder what those pocket linings are made of and how long they will last?

Pretty sharp lookin’ table though. I think Karl Boyes and Neils Feijen have them as their home tables.
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Might be thinking of a Gabriel. They have huge pockets that hold most if not all 15.
 
Not likely to find many 1 pc 9 foot tables with more than an inch of thickness due to extreme weight of the slate when handling it. I believe thicker slate makes for a faster rolling table due to vibration, or lack of vibration rather.
 
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