Lightning bolt cueball?

[rackmsuckr]

Anyone know who makes a cueball with a dark blue lightning bolt on it or the set of balls it might have come from? I played with one tonight and it rolls off (unless it was the table) and it is heavier than a red circle - more along the lines of a blue circle from a Centennial set.

 

[butterflycues]

lightning bolt cue ball

It wasn't the table. Those things are junk at best. We got some about three years ago and used them in a tournament. They rolled off so bad that you could miss a shot only a foot long if you hit it slow. Butterflycues

 

[satman]

My sentiments exactly!!!!!

It wasn't the table. Those things are junk at best. We got some about three years ago and used them in a tournament. They rolled off so bad that you could miss a shot only a foot long if you hit it slow. Butterflycues

The company that makes those balls should be ashamed of taking money for such a lousy product. I wouldn't even put those things on a plywood top table. They are even worse than the plugged cue balls. I went out and purchased a couple of Aramith cue balls to carry with me for league nights. They're kinda expensive when compared to the cost of the others, but worth every penny when you need to slow roll a shot. If the table is a little unlevel, you can adjust for that. But if the cue-ball is out of wack, you never know which direction it will drift. Sam

 

[rope_one]

This question never really got answered as to:
A. who makes these balls
B. what are the size and weight of the ball

I don't disagree they seem to play different but I was trying to understand why?

for example is it just a weight or size issue or are they truely off balance due to the magnet placement in the ball?

 

[thedude]

Maybe sportscraft... could be wrong though, in anycase I wouldn't dwell on it too long. Lightening bolt on cue ball = bad. I've seen these balls around somewhere, probably cost like 20 bucks a set if there the ones I'm thinking of(however my memory is often impaired...) in terms of quality, sometimes you just get what you pay for.

Still gotta be better than the cue ball in my avatar! Have no idea What happened to that poor cue ball, it was a cheap one too... but it deserved a better ending. The cue ball came with the ball set for a table that was given to me. Like I said you get what you pay for! I'd like to get it signed by someone with a monster break like Bustamante, then I'd have some stories to bring some life back to it.

 

[rope_one]

Yeah I am not terribly worried about it, its just that most of the bars we play league in have them and understanding what they are (ie. weight, size) would help in understanding why they play the way the do. The real answer is to get them to quit putting them in the tables, but sometimes thats harder to do than it should be.

Anyway pretty impressive cue ball in your avatar, where you the person who did the damage?

 

[thedude]

No... A friend of my mother was giving away an 8' foot table. not a great table but it is made with real slate and was free... so I took it. Apparently the friend's husband had ran off with another woman and the table was sitting unused and taking up space. The cue ball was with the set of balls for the table. Maybe my mothers friend tried to burn it to spite her husband. I imagine some appalachian voodoo ritual where the abandoned wife burns the cue ball and the ex-husband turns impotent.

But after I get the cue ball signed by someone well known in the pool world, like Bustamante... I'll tell people Bustamante did it on the break. Then I tried to kick his butt for ruining my cue ball, but he busted out into ninja mode with his cue. Next thing I know, I wake up the next day with huge welt on my head, and my wallet missing...

 

[rope_one]

rep point thats funny stuff.

Anyway it just struck me strange that I can't find the ball on seyberts or pool dawg, ebay, etc so it just seemed like a mystery some one here might know the answer too. I am actually reading the 8 ball bible and it talks about the big and heavy cue balls of the past, so it got me thinking this might be related. I checked all my own equipment and its all standard 2.25, 6 oz, etc.

Anyway this might be one of those mysteries I solve by asking to borrow a ball and just measuring/weighing it myself.

 

[thedude]

Anyway this might be one of those mysteries I solve by asking to borrow a ball and just measuring/weighing it myself.

Thats probably your best bet. Is the ball on coin-op table w/ ball return, or a regular pocket table? If its a coin op table, the cue ball may be a wee bit bigger than the object balls and there are a few shots you can make with that larger cue ball that you can't do on a normal hourly pocket table w/ quality balls. It probably mentions this in the 8 ball bible. I think it is also discussed in Ray Martin's 99 critical shots in pool(or something like that.)