Cue ball slightly smaller?

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Notthatgood

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at a local pool room I was trying to prove to someone that the cue ball is not larger than any other ball (with regulation balls, not old bar table balls) so I racked a rack of 8-ball and removed the 8, and showed that the cue ball fell right in, however, I tried to show that the cue ball was not smaller either, by attempting to spin the 8 ball in the rack with no success, but when I tried this with the cue ball it continued to spin! The cue ball in fact was smaller, I don't understand, these are regulation aramith balls. anyone care to enlighten me?
 
Notthatgood said:
at a local pool room I was trying to prove to someone that the cue ball is not larger than any other ball (with regulation balls, not old bar table balls) so I racked a rack of 8-ball and removed the 8, and showed that the cue ball fell right in, however, I tried to show that the cue ball was not smaller either, by attempting to spin the 8 ball in the rack with no success, but when I tried this with the cue ball it continued to spin! The cue ball in fact was smaller, I don't understand, these are regulation aramith balls. anyone care to enlighten me?
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The cue ball wears the fastest.
 
At a local pool hall here, they have Brunswick Centennial balls. In 3 sets, the blur circle cue balls were stolen apparently, and the replacement cue balls are terrible. They are indeed smaller and lighter than a standard blue circle ball. Of course, these are not the ones that go with that set. However, the balls do wear out. The one ball would be the next most likely ball to wear down I think.

KMRUNOUT
 
Well, Notthatgood, you're gonna smack yourself in the head and say why didn't I think of that, but as you know the cue ball is the only ball of the sixteen on the table that is ever struck by a cue. And, since chalk is used on the tip of the cue, and chalk is an abrasive, overtime the cue ball gets worn down to a smaller diameter. You can also weigh the balls as a comparison. :)
 
Old sets of balls normally have the cueball and the one ball wear down the fastest.
It is because of alot of nineball played. You hit the one with the cueball on the break shot with extreme power !
 
Tramp Steamer said:
Well, Notthatgood, you're gonna smack yourself in the head and say why didn't I think of that, but as you know the cue ball is the only ball of the sixteen on the table that is ever struck by a cue. And, since chalk is used on the tip of the cue, and chalk is an abrasive, overtime the cue ball gets worn down to a smaller diameter. You can also weigh the balls as a comparison. :)
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not really smacking myself, but I guess that makes sense. i hadn't really though of the chalk as being abrasive, but i guess that's how it grips the cue ball.
 
Notthatgood said:
at a local pool room I was trying to prove to someone that the cue ball is not larger than any other ball (with regulation balls, not old bar table balls) so I racked a rack of 8-ball and removed the 8, and showed that the cue ball fell right in, however, I tried to show that the cue ball was not smaller either, by attempting to spin the 8 ball in the rack with no success, but when I tried this with the cue ball it continued to spin! The cue ball in fact was smaller, I don't understand, these are regulation aramith balls. anyone care to enlighten me?
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FYI:
Dr.Dave and Bob Jewett recently loaded a video discussing different sized balls and it's affects.

It's in the Video section, right here on AZB...

http://forums.azbilliards.com/video.php?do=viewdetails&videoid=209
 
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