Fourteen months ago I bought a used GC 4 with the standard 5 - 18 corner pockets. I learned on these forums about a top notch Chicago mechanic named Jeirimy Chambers. He extended the sub -rails, put in the same Artemis cushions found in Diamonds, and made the corner pockets 4 - 3/8..
While playing last night I was thinking about how much I love these pockets. There is simply no namby pamby rattling going on from facing to facing.The ball either goes in decisively or is firmly rejected. There's no in - between.
Jerimy told me he discourages customers from going tighter than 4 - 3/8. I really don't know if 4 - 3/8 is the perfect size or if it's the perfect size when combined with whatever else he did to produce a rattle - free pocket, but when I hit the ball "pure" or close enough to "pure" where I believe I should be rewarded, it goes in. When I hit it away from "pure" to the point where I don't believe I should be rewarded, it never goes in. I LOVE 'EM!
Anyway; I'm wondering.....I'm exclusively a basement player..... Are these nom- rattling pockets a new developement in the evolution of pool tables? Because of it, the table sure does play differently from my old table.
While playing last night I was thinking about how much I love these pockets. There is simply no namby pamby rattling going on from facing to facing.The ball either goes in decisively or is firmly rejected. There's no in - between.
Jerimy told me he discourages customers from going tighter than 4 - 3/8. I really don't know if 4 - 3/8 is the perfect size or if it's the perfect size when combined with whatever else he did to produce a rattle - free pocket, but when I hit the ball "pure" or close enough to "pure" where I believe I should be rewarded, it goes in. When I hit it away from "pure" to the point where I don't believe I should be rewarded, it never goes in. I LOVE 'EM!
Anyway; I'm wondering.....I'm exclusively a basement player..... Are these nom- rattling pockets a new developement in the evolution of pool tables? Because of it, the table sure does play differently from my old table.
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