Introducing myself and table

Desert Pool · 2022-12-22T19:19:41+00:00

Finally bought a home table after not having one for 13 years. New house, new room. After reading the archives here I went on the hunt. I found an oversized 8 Diamond Professional (46x92) red label. Installed yesterday. Price was 40% of what it would have cost new at today's prices. Love the table. It's better than the 9' Presidential table I had at my other place, and that was a decent table. I do not find that it banks short. It does bank differently depending on how you hit the ball (speed/English). I do not know if it got changed to the blue rails in the past. The salesman at the place where I bought it could only tell me it was "maybe" built in 2000, and then shrugged when asked other questions. Can anyone give me a way to tell if it ever got the blue rail change? Maybe measure the height of the nose of the rail? I had to put it in a room that is 14' 6" x 16' 1". So, great on the sides, tight for close-to-rail shots on the ends. In any given game I'll have to grab the 52" or 48" cue a couple of times. I'm no pro trying to get a consistent rhythm so I find this a minor inconvenience. I considered a 7' table, but all I could find were a couple of 7' Valleys. Looked at them; they didn't really get me excited. I'm used to more real estate to play on. Need a light. Could use some suggestions there, too.

Thread starter Desert Pool
Start date Dec 22, 2022

Sheldon

dontneednostinkintitle

Silver Member

Dec 23, 2022

LED panels with a diffuser like Diamond or Littman lights is my preference. The perimeter lights are nice, but I don't like how easily the light shines in your eyes as you walk around the table.

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