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I recently purchased a 9’ slate tournament-style table from Facebook Marketplace to practice in my garage. The table plays great but the only issue is the pockets are quite wide (5”).
I purchased the Practice Pro pocket reducers from Amazon for a quick solution for tighter pockets. These worked well for shotmaking practice but they made the pockets too tight for standard play (around 3.4”).
Rather than go through the expense of refelting and shimming the pockets, I modified the Practice Pro reducers for pockets suitable for 9 ball.
I used a razor blade to cut through the rubber pocket reducers and trimmed about a quarter inch off the point of each reducer. I then leveled the cut as much as possible with sand paper.
The modification brings my pockets to about 4.1”, perfect for what I was looking for. I wanted to share this with the community as I know the Practice Pro reducers are popular, but might be too tight for some folks looking to use them full time on their table.
Images show my pockets with and without the modified reducers. If I had to do it again, I’d use a machine to cut the reducers cleanly. I did it by hand with a razor so it’s not pretty, but it does the job (took about 40 minutes total).
Happy practicing!
I purchased the Practice Pro pocket reducers from Amazon for a quick solution for tighter pockets. These worked well for shotmaking practice but they made the pockets too tight for standard play (around 3.4”).
Rather than go through the expense of refelting and shimming the pockets, I modified the Practice Pro reducers for pockets suitable for 9 ball.
I used a razor blade to cut through the rubber pocket reducers and trimmed about a quarter inch off the point of each reducer. I then leveled the cut as much as possible with sand paper.
The modification brings my pockets to about 4.1”, perfect for what I was looking for. I wanted to share this with the community as I know the Practice Pro reducers are popular, but might be too tight for some folks looking to use them full time on their table.
Images show my pockets with and without the modified reducers. If I had to do it again, I’d use a machine to cut the reducers cleanly. I did it by hand with a razor so it’s not pretty, but it does the job (took about 40 minutes total).
Happy practicing!
