Laser rack -- anyone used it?

[powerlineman80]

So...

When the lazers are all lined up and the balls are in the rack, what do you do when they aren't tight, and won't rack tight on the spot?

Sorry but the lazers would be useless at a pool room because of the ball and cloth quality and wear. At home its probably OK, just like the Sardo, except it doesn't guarantee a tight rack only an aligned one.

I'm not sure the customer base Abe is looking for is most pool halls. Racks like this are for the more fancy pool halls, individuals, and tournaments. Why pay all the money for this rack when nobody will take care of it like they do with the tables?

 

[AuntyDan]

Ideally, new felt would be the solution but wouldn't be practical for most rooms. Thanks for posting.

The same applies to using a Sardo or any other non-traditional racking system. You have to start with as close to perfect, new cloth, then if you place the rack accurately enough you get a tight, consistent rack each time.

I used a Sardo on my table for a while and it seemed that it was mostly the combination of training the table and accurately placing the rack that did the work, rather than the pins pressing down on the balls.

Presumably if you trained a table the same way and used the Laser rack instead it would get very similar results.

 

[Danny Kuykendal]

Yes, I believe that if a player used the Laser Rack on a newly clothed table exclusively you would get a dead on, perfectly positioned rack of balls every time, if you trained the table that way.

Danny