IIRC Diamond only uses the Artemis on 9ft tables for the speed issue you mention.Need to buy new rail cushions for my table should I go with the Artemis intercontinental
No.66 K55 Profile or the Black Diamond K55 or something else? Will Artemis play too fast for a 8FT Pro? Any info or suggestions would be appreciated.
Yep. Agree 100%. Plus Artemis are WAAAY more expensive. Replace with what Diamond uses.I think I'd just put the same as what came off the table, which should be the black Diamond K-55. You may mess up your speed game up if you go with cushions that are too fast for the table.
It shows 7-10 years of quality play for the Black Diamond cushions and 20-25 years of quality play for the Artemis cushions. Why is there so much difference on the quality of play? I'm assuming they are talking about how long the cushions last.
The main reason Red labels play funny is not so much the rubber itself but the angle of the sub-rails. When they changed that(and cushions) on the Blues they play fine. You can make a Red into a Blue spec but its not cheap.I have a older Diamond red label I bought used the rails are hard with little to no cushion compression which makes the table play very inconsistent which is messing with my speed and the way the cue ball reacts off the rails so when I go play on a good Diamond table at a pool hall my game is off. The cushions probably lasted as long as they were suppose to it's just time to replace them.
I have a older Diamond red label I bought used the rails are hard with little to no cushion compression which makes the table play very inconsistent which is messing with my speed and the way the cue ball reacts off the rails so when I go play on a good Diamond table at a pool hall my game is off. The cushions probably lasted as long as they were suppose to it's just time to replace them.
When Diamond came out with the Blue label version they did go to Artemis on the 9ft but the main change was the sub-rail angle. On the Red's the top of the cushion was angled down too much making banks go short. A good mechanic can change it but as isaid above it may not be a cheap fix. I've played a lot on the Red's and yes they bank a lil short but you adjust pretty fast. Not a huge deal imo. My home room hosted 3-4 CamelPro events on Red-labels and nobody whined at all.Ah, makes sense. Just be careful its really the cushions got old and deteriorated over time. They may be fine, and it could be the sub-rail angle difference between red and blue label, as garczar mentioned. It would suck to pay money and labor for new cushions, and end up exactly where you started.
When Diamond came out with the Blue label version they did go to Artemis on the 9ft but the main change was the sub-rail angle. On the Red's the top of the cushion was angled down too much making banks go short. A good mechanic can change it but as isaid above it may not be a cheap fix. I've played a lot on the Red's and yes they bank a lil short but you adjust pretty fast. Not a huge deal imo. My home room hosted 3-4 CamelPro events on Red-labels and nobody whined at all.
I have a older Diamond red label I bought used
the rails are hard with little to no cushion compression which makes the table
play very inconsistent which is messing with my speed and the way the cue
ball reacts off the rails so when I go play on a good Diamond table at a pool
hall my game is off. The cushions probably lasted as long as they were suppose
to it's just time to replace them.