I would think the same but what I just mention are facts, no rumors, just look at the the bounce in the tip of the cushion. DEAD
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Pocket Size
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A friend bought a set of rails for a Valley barbox.
They're sold as making the table play like a Diamond.
Makes 4 inch pockets.
When he was out of the room, I checked the pockets, using two balls to measure.
One hole was way bigger!
Later measuring with calipers revealed the pockets were from 3.88 to 4.19!
Peopled have bitched about the small hole, but never mentioned the big one.
I shoot at the big hole every chance I get, especially banks!
Yeah. he set it up himself.
They're sold as making the table play like a Diamond.
Makes 4 inch pockets.
When he was out of the room, I checked the pockets, using two balls to measure.
One hole was way bigger!
Later measuring with calipers revealed the pockets were from 3.88 to 4.19!
Peopled have bitched about the small hole, but never mentioned the big one.
I shoot at the big hole every chance I get, especially banks!
Yeah. he set it up himself.
What brand?A friend bought a set of rails for a Valley barbox.
They're sold as making the table play like a Diamond.
Makes 4 inch pockets.
When he was out of the room, I checked the pockets, using two balls to measure.
One hole was way bigger!
Later measuring with calipers revealed the pockets were from 3.88 to 4.19!
Peopled have bitched about the small hole, but never mentioned the big one.
I shoot at the big hole every chance I get, especially banks!
Yeah. he set it up himself.
I don’t think so but I don’t like the snooker cut.
Nice pocket. You can see the quickie stretch on the cloth. Is that normal?
Assuming that you're talking about Russian billiards (12' table, 2 ⅔'' balls) The pockets in Russian billiards are tight, but it is a different game with completely different mindset. Once learned, the game is not as difficult as it seems.
they are for 9-ball. works for 8-ball imo
i agree. they have these tables for invitationals, so (in theory) the best of the best players play on them. dennis orcullo made them look like buckets in the world pool masters, and filler did the same when beating dennis, ko pin yi and lo ho sum for the title.
Based on this photo, they do appear to be at least 1/4” to 3/8” of pocket facings on each side of the pocket. Certainly not ideal for a tournament of this importance - no excuse for that.
How can you tell? Most of that could be wood and cushion with a 3/16” fiacing.
Might be over run from shimming the corners.
Doubt they were shimmed. It’s not the proper way to tighten the pockets. I’d be very surprised if Matchroom cut corners on the equipment. Everything else is top notch. I’m certain the table is too.
6/8”? LOL! You mean 3/4”? Pure speculation on your part. Show me some proof there’s 3/4” of facing material and I’ll buy it.
Funny I doubled the one 3/8 shim and came up 6/8ths. Getting old. Still correct though.
Play the video pause it and fullscreen it. Real good look at the falsies.
Maybe I got this wrong but if 2 balls won't go halfway into the jaws, doesn't that make the pocket smaller than 4.5" ?
phreaticus
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Not sure what exactly you mean by “jaws”.
The terms widely used are mouth for the table side tits opening and the smaller inner region is the throat. The “pocket sizes” bantered around in all these threads are the mouth sizes. The side pocket pic shown earlier in the thread has two 2.25” balls side by side perfectly touching the mouth edges = 4.5”.