Cue ball weighed a ton

[Cornerman]

Also one of the old balls had lost some of its magnetism, so it would sometimes return with the object balls. Then the bartender would need to open up table to get the ball out. The new balls solved this problem, so also made bartenders happy.

This makes zero sense. The magnet is in the table, not the balls.

Fred

 

[Cornerman]

I believe Brunswick temporarily stopped making the Centennial balls in the early 80's, then started making them again due to demand.

I think the switch from blue dot to blue circle was due to the switch from making the Centennials in the U.S.A. (Hyatt Billiard Ball Company) to Europe (Saluc of Belgium).

Fred

 

[Captain]

I choked one that way last weekend! I've been away from competition for a while, and the choke made me realize that I've let my preshot mental routine get disorganized. I missed my shot before I executed the stroke, if you know what I mean; maybe you did the same thing.--AS

 

[Scott Lee]

There is a blue dot (not circle) cueball that is heavy so that it will return in some old style coin op tables by weight not by size or magnet. That is what is known as the "mud ball". Present day Dynamo tables however use the same magnetic system as Valley. I have also seen red dot (not circle) cueballs that are "mud balls" but there is also red dot (not circle) regular weighted cueballs.

rackem...I think you're mistaken here. There are only two ways a coin-op table works, to return the CB. One way, the CB has a metal weight inside, and the magnet draws it away from the regular ball track. The other way, the CB is larger size than the OB's, and won't go into the ball track. It is separated and returns to it's own hole. In either case, that's what makes the CB heavier. CB weight has nothing to do with how it is returned.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

 

[rackem]

rackem...I think you're mistaken here. There are only two ways a coin-op table works, to return the CB. One way, the CB has a metal weight inside, and the magnet draws it away from the regular ball track. The other way, the CB is larger size than the OB's, and won't go into the ball track. It is separated and returns to it's own hole. In either case, that's what makes the CB heavier. CB weight has nothing to do with how it is returned.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

No Scott, I believe you are the one that is mistaken. There are three ways that the cueball returns. Some old Dynamo tables, from before Valley took them over use the heavy ball I am speaking of. Are there any old time table mechanics that can help us out here?

 

[Billy_Bob]

This makes zero sense. The magnet is in the table, not the balls.

How come a compass will change the reading when I place these cue balls next to it?

Note it is my understanding that some bar table cue balls are oversized, some just have metal in them, and others have magnets in them.

And the reason I think this is because I read somewhere that a valley table could work with any of the above 3 types of balls.

Magnetic cue ball...
http://www.vdlp.net/valley/cue.asp

 

[rackem]

Opps!! one more

Sorry, make that 4 ways. I forgot the Diamond Smart tables that sense the real Red circle cueballs.

 

[Jason Robichaud]

Did anyone posting play in the last Joss Turning Stone event...The equipment was perfect, however, I found the balls kicked (jumped) when the CB contacted them...My first thought bigger CB until I put the rack across the tops of 3 balls...Anyone else have the balls kicking and the reason they would kick badly.