How unhappy would I be ...
- Thread starter saxmaam
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Less unhappy than with no table at all:thumbup:
Your inside dimensions to your 7-footer are probably 38 inches wide..
...the playing surface start at the points of the rubber...not the edge of the table.
So, your room leaves 5 feet for stroking each side ....seems okay
He's got exactly 5 feet on each side of the table, so he's got a bad shot everywhere except for the head rails. He won't be able to stroke at all if the cue is on the rail. He'd have a pool table in his house, but that would drive me nuts eventually.
6 footer will at least give him a little more room, but would still be tight.
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You only need 5 feet on each side of the table. A cue is 58". The rail is typically about 8" in width, to the end of the cushion. If the cueball is frozen to the rail, he'll have about 10" of "stroke length" on a straight line shot. If he is shooting at any angle aside from being perpendicular to the long rail, he's totally fine.
With a 58 inch cue, you got to use a 2 inch backstroke....but only when you're shooting
straight across the table....any amount of angle gives you more room.
Allen Hopkins would think two inches for your backstroke is luxury.
In my experience you have to leave 58" from the edge of the table, not the playing surface inside the cushions. The reason is because you'll need the space for a backstroke when the CB is on the cushion.
But there is a simple solution: Order a 53" cue from Schmelke. They're making me one now; actually it's just a 24" butt since I've already got a spare shaft to put on it. (The billiards room in our community center isn't long enough; 60" from the cushion to the wall. I keep banging my cue into the wall when I'm shooting off the rail. That's not good for my stroke, or the wall).
But there is a simple solution: Order a 53" cue from Schmelke. They're making me one now; actually it's just a 24" butt since I've already got a spare shaft to put on it. (The billiards room in our community center isn't long enough; 60" from the cushion to the wall. I keep banging my cue into the wall when I'm shooting off the rail. That's not good for my stroke, or the wall).
Get the table and a 50inch cue for the 1 shot that comes up every 100 racks.
My table has a similar issue along one of the short rails, and it's annoying but comes up rarely enough that I haven't bothered to push the table out another few inches. Remember it will only be an issue if the cue ball is on the rail and you're shooting straight across the table; if you're shooting at an angle it won't be an issue. If it's for both long rails it will definitely come up more often, but if the choice is between having a table and not, I'd say go for it, but maybe have a 55" house cue laying around that you can use when the shot comes up.
my pool table forces me to use a 48 inch cue in several places, a pain the ass really, and you will miss much more often using the short cue.
If you mostly use the home table for practice, do what golfers do and just push the CB away from the rail a bit, so you can take a full stroke
If you mostly use the home table for practice, do what golfers do and just push the CB away from the rail a bit, so you can take a full stroke
