Magic Rack Tip

Johnnyt

Johnnyt

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If you are making a lot of balls (2,3,4) on the break and want to make it harder to make that many on the break on your home table, pool room, or tournaments, put the foot-spot back on the table and place the Magic Rack over that. If you already have the spot there and want to make more on the break, take it off. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
If you are making a lot of balls (2,3,4) on the break and want to make it harder to make that many on the break on your home table, pool room, or tournaments, put the foot-spot back on the table and place the Magic Rack over that. If you already have the spot there and want to make more on the break, take it off. Johnnyt
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Why do you think more balls are made on avg. w/o the spot on table shooting the same way in 9-ball (QB placement, speed, and a little right draw from right side of table)? I think it might be that the QB hits the 1-ball into the next two balls more on the equator with no spot...but I really have no idea if that is the reason. Johnnyt
 
Ive got the spot on the table and im gonna probably leave it. I play the ghost alot and if i make any more balls on the break itll be too easy. Beating the 5 ball ghost aint exactly an acomplishment. 2 balls on the break is fine for me right now. Thanks for the tip though
 
Johnnyt said:
If you are making a lot of balls (2,3,4) on the break and want to make it harder to make that many on the break on your home table, pool room, or tournaments, put the foot-spot back on the table and place the Magic Rack over that. If you already have the spot there and want to make more on the break, take it off. Johnnyt

Johnnyt said:
Why do you think more balls are made on avg. w/o the spot on table shooting the same way in 9-ball (QB placement, speed, and a little right draw from right side of table)? I think it might be that the QB hits the 1-ball into the next two balls more on the equator with no spot...but I really have no idea if that is the reason. Johnnyt
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Dude! Did you just start a thread, ask yourself a question in it, then answer it? That is perhaps the most awesome thing I have ever seen on AZ. :D:D

Aaron
 
Aaron_S said:
Dude! Did you just start a thread, ask yourself a question in it, then answer it? That is perhaps the most awesome thing I have ever seen on AZ. :D:D

Aaron
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LOL That was my guess of why more balls are made w/o the spot on. Do you think i'm right? (I won't answer this ??. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
LOL That was my guess of why more balls are made w/o the spot on. Do you think i'm right? (I won't answer this ??. Johnnyt
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LOL. I guess that could be it. You wouldn't think the spot would make that much of a difference, but it seems plausible. I just ordered a magic rack the other day, so I will have to do some experimentation when I get it.

Aaron
 
Johnnyt said:
LOL That was my guess of why more balls are made w/o the spot on. Do you think i'm right? (I won't answer this ??. Johnnyt
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I believe that the reason is... a racking spot is fairly thick, relatively speaking... and when you have a racking spot on the table, it elevates the 1-ball above the playing surface... and when the CB comes in to crash the 1-ball, it is doing so from beneath the 1-ball... the two ball centers do not match up vertically... meaning energy is being wasted that would otherwise go into breaking the balls if there were no spot on the table... no spot, the centers of the balls align vertically.

I get the best of both worlds by using a paper hole reinforcer as my spot. That way, the 1-ball rests on the table (no elevation) yet the hole reinforcer acts as the locator for the 1-ball to spot. And the hole reinforcer is way thinner than a typical spot for shots other than the break.

One day I'll post a picture of my easy rack indexing system. I dreamed it up when I first bought my Diamond table and Diamond rack. I get perfect racks every time.
 
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cigardave said:
I believe that the reason is... a racking spot is fairly thick, relatively speaking... and when you have a racking spot on the table, it elevates the 1-ball above the playing surface... and when the CB comes in to crash the 1-ball, it is doing so from beneath the 1-ball... the two ball centers do not match up vertically... meaning energy is being wasted that would otherwise go into breaking the balls if there were no spot on the table... no spot, the centers of the balls align vertically.

I get the best of both worlds by using a paper hole reinforcer as my spot. That way, the 1-ball rests on the table (no elevation) yet the hole reinforcer acts as the locator for the 1-ball to spot. And the hole reinforcer is way thinner than a typical spot for shots other than the break.

One day I'll post a picture of my easy rack indexing system. I dreamed it up when I first bought my Diamond table and Diamond rack. I get perfect racks every time.
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Thanks Dave. That sounds right to me. Johnnyt
 
Not to question you, but how did you determine to be true your statement that the spot affects balls made? We should have other people verify that, as perhaps your finding was a fluke.
 
iusedtoberich said:
Not to question you, but how did you determine to be true your statement that the spot affects balls made? We should have other people verify that, as perhaps your finding was a fluke.
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I was hoping a few on here would try it both ways. All I can say is that I was making between 2 and 4 balls a break, then changing nothing but putting the spot on, I avg less than 2. I'll take the spot off in the morning to see if I didn't get the spot centered on the little ink dot I had before the spot was put on. I have move the 1-ball around different places on the spot and it doesn't change anything much. Johnnyt
 
Yeah, would be interesting if a few people tried it. Maybe just breaking from the other end of the table is a good quick test, instead of putting the spot on and off.

Hell, now that we have the break speed app, we can even throw away breaks from the test that are not the same speed, lol.
 
Dear ALL,

When designing the Magic Ball rack, through our testing it is best to remove the spot sticker. As this makes the surface underneath the rack consistent. The rack spots sometimes effect the dispersion of balls due to the varying of thicknesses.

Roy
 
I racked 9-ball on the head of the table with no spot and made 2 to 4 balls each time. I broke 13 times, threw one rack out as I hit it bad. So I would say that using the Magic Rack w/o the spot gives better results...on my table anyway. Johnnyt
 
troyroy78 said:
Dear ALL,

When designing the Magic Ball rack, through our testing it is best to remove the spot sticker. As this makes the surface underneath the rack consistent. The rack spots sometimes effect the dispersion of balls due to the varying of thicknesses.

Roy
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Thank you Roy. I didn't see that in the instuctions that came with it or on web site. Johnnyt
 
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