I have an old gold crown 2, bought used from a closing pool hall. The mechanic who installed the table in my basement has since passed away. During the install he suspected that the rails were not all from the same table, so there were variances in the rubber. Five years later, the rails play very different and are starting to take a different appearance.
One rail has a sharper edge to the rubber (the edge the ball contacts), while another is rounded off and blunted quite a bit. Another rail, when contacted by a ball at medium speed, causes the ball to slightly jump.
Two questions I have are...
1. Should the cushion edge contact a ball at the exact center, or just above? Is there a standard measurement?
2. Of the edge of the cushion is not sharp, would that cause a skip on the ball upon contact?
One rail has a sharper edge to the rubber (the edge the ball contacts), while another is rounded off and blunted quite a bit. Another rail, when contacted by a ball at medium speed, causes the ball to slightly jump.
Two questions I have are...
1. Should the cushion edge contact a ball at the exact center, or just above? Is there a standard measurement?
2. Of the edge of the cushion is not sharp, would that cause a skip on the ball upon contact?