Rack-M-Rite Racking Template

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David_Smith

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I have 20 of the racking templates (tapping mat) pictured available for AZ users at $15 each. These are thinner and more flexible than our original, and can be rolled up to fit in a case compartment. PM if interested.

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Hey Dave, Long time no see. Glad to see you putting some of these out (I'll take 2), you were way ahead of most everyone in this area of the game and you should be cashing in on it.
 
why dont you make a version where you leave the template on, like the other paper racks. pool players are lazy and tapping and re-tapping takes work. i'm not knocking your product. actually, i think you need to rewarded if you were one of the innovators.
 
Joe T said:
Hey Dave, Long time no see. Glad to see you putting some of these out (I'll take 2), you were way ahead of most everyone in this area of the game and you should be cashing in on it.
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Thanks for the nice comments Joe! Good to hear from you. I sent you a PM.
 
MOJOE said:
How do they work? I'd like 1 too!
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You line the template up on the foot spot. Then take one ball and move it from one hole to another holding it down and tapping it on top with another ball. This makes small impressions in the cloth. The impressions are spaced a little closer than the actual balls can sit so that they lean in toward the middle and freeze together.

I sent you a PM.
 
One template for any game.

One template for any game. I like it.
And nothing left on the table to interfere with the play of the game.
A winner.
 
What about the indentions left over from tapping? Don't those tend to "throw" off a ball when it rolls across the indention slowly? (especially IF the holes are re-tapped over and over). Also, didn't the Sardo Tight Rack do the same thing, make indentions on the cloth that got deeper and deeper as more balls were racked over and over?

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pocketpared said:
One template for any game. I like it.
And nothing left on the table to interfere with the play of the game.
A winner.
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nancewayne said:
What about the indentions left over from tapping? Don't those tend to "throw" off a ball when it rolls across the indention slowly? (especially IF the holes are re-tapped over and over). Also, didn't the Sardo Tight Rack do the same thing, make indentions on the cloth that got deeper and deeper as more balls were racked over and over?

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If you do tappem in you will have 15 dimples but if you don't tappem in you might have hundreds of dimples covering the racking area as balls simply being broken create dimples right away, they may not be as deep but there will be more.

Is it a perfect solution, probably not but as a serious player for more than 20yrs it's the best I've seen in use, speeds up play, creates a very fair rack that both players get to break and stops many potential arguements.
I'm also a fan of tapping the balls in in 3 different spots, middle of spot, little high, little low and the racker has choice of where to rackem.
 
A lot of players don't like the table tapped because thet can't leave spaces in their rack. God forbid the break be fair for both players. Johnnyt
 
Are these effective on tables that have old cloth? Or do all of the dimples already in the cloth make it too late to use this?

PM me paypal info if you would.

Woody
 
woody_968 said:
Are these effective on tables that have old cloth? Or do all of the dimples already in the cloth make it too late to use this?

PM me paypal info if you would.

Woody
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Yes it'll work Woody, just rub the cloth up a bit before tapping them in. Moisten up your finger tips and rub the racking area with some pressure kinda getting the cloth to ripple a little then tap away and throw your rack away.
 
nancewayne said:
What about the indentions left over from tapping? Don't those tend to "throw" off a ball when it rolls across the indention slowly? (especially IF the holes are re-tapped over and over). Also, didn't the Sardo Tight Rack do the same thing, make indentions on the cloth that got deeper and deeper as more balls were racked over and over?

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Yes they can. But compared to a normal foot spot, the entire area of all the indentions is not very large and they have a slope to the edges instead of a sudden bump. (I don't think you generally need or want a normal foot spot with a tapped table)

Making indentions underneath the balls where they sit on the table is not the same as making them with the template because the spacing is closer with the template and that's what makes the balls lean toward the middle and freeze. The pressure of racking and breaking the balls eventually widens the indentions loosening the rack and making retapping necessary.

Tapping also avoids the grooves that most tables get from sliding the rack up and down while squeezing the balls tight trying to make them freeze.
 
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