crappoolguy said:
If the tables all have the same cloth, and same size slate how do they differ? What makes a bad table play bad? Is it all about the cushions? I don't get why some tables play super fast when they have the same cloth as a slowish playing table... could anyone just explain the whole thing to me? Thanks.
Your question can not just simply be answered just like that. It's almost like saying that if all the pool players play with 2 piece cues, and play with the same balls, on the same cloth, on the same pool tables...how come some players are better than others?
All pool tables very in the kinds of rail rubber, slate pocket cuts, pocket openings, pockets, cloth etc... Some tables are just built to be sold to unknowing customers, that have no idea how a table should play...because there's a market for those type of buyers...while others that know something about this game, want more from a pool table, so they seek out better built tables.
There's a lot that goes into building a "Better" pool table that most manufactures just don't see the need to spend the money on to improve their pool tables, because they're going to get sold anyway, so why should they care!
Ever played on a Sears Best pool table, then went and played on a Gold Crown or a Diamond? If you can't tell the difference between pool tables, then you're not a player.
Even the tightness of cloth can change how a table plays, even if it's the same cloth on more than one table in the same place.
Glen