Pool fads?

jay helfert said:
The Tip Tapper, endorsed by Lou Butera. For many years everyone had to have one. A small piece of dimpled steel that was ideal for roughing up your tip. I used to sell them by the bushel in my poolrooms, still have a few left.
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Best tip tool ever. All I’ve ever needed
 
vapoolplayer said:
That was kinda cool for the time. Showed ghost ball location and tangent line.
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That would be better than any ghost-ball training aid available today. Who has one used or new for sale? The image below is from a website from roadplayerbilliards.tripod.com that has links there go nowhere. It appears the item is no longer available.

It was called "The Spider Training Aid" and cost $120. It is described from the website below:
This patented billiards training aid teaches billiards players of all abilities how to make more shots. The Spider uses laser technology and illumination to teach the key concepts of billiards shot making while the person is playing pool. The Spider is the world's first pool trainer that teaches the four basic concepts of billiards shot making -The target line (where the object pool ball will travel -The object ball spot (where to contact the object pool ball -The cue ball circle (what spot on the cue ball to use -The cue ball deflection line (where the cue ball will travel after contact) The Spider teaches billiards players how to play better pool and improve their shot making ability​
 

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If you experiment with Jimmy Reid's Equal Angle method you will see that the shooting line intersects the line of centers (cue ball to object ball) right smack at the base of the object ball. See what I did? Saved everyone 5 years of pocketing lessons.
 
straightline said:
If you experiment with Jimmy Reid's Equal Angle method you will see that the shooting line intersects the line of centers (cue ball to object ball) right smack at the base of the object ball. See what I did? Saved everyone 5 years of pocketing lessons.
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Ok that's rong. Rote it (sic) rushing through a wonky connection.
Should read:
The shooting line intersects the line of centers (cue ball to pocket) right smack at the base of the ghost ball.
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