Rule on setting rack on the table during play to "measure" ?

[Gman14626]

where can I find the rule for this? I was raised to believe it was a foul to set the rack on the table to check for room , we always hovered it over the table where can I find this rule in print ?

 

[Bob Jewett]

where can I find the rule for this? I was raised to believe it was a foul to set the rack on the table to check for room , we always hovered it over the table where can I find this rule in print ?

The rules REQUIRE a line to be drawn around the triangle to allow determination of in/out at 14.1.

If someone has already broken that rule, you need to do the best you can to let the shooter know whether a ball is in/out. If that includes placing the triangle on the table, then I guess it's what you have to do. But if you really want to learn the right was to play 14.1, draw the outline. You can draw it very lightly with a tailor's chalk pencil and erase it when you are done, if the owner of the table doesn't want the line there.

 

[DynoDan]

where can I find the rule for this? I was raised to believe it was a foul to set the rack on the table to check for room , we always hovered it over the table where can I find this rule in print ?

Improper use of equipment? Likely confused with the rule against laying your cue on the table and letting go of it.
Plus, actually placing the triangle on the cloth is likely discouraged traditionally because that means it is then low enough to accidentally disturb the 15th ball, which hovering is unlikely to do. Also, actually placing it on the cloth then removes the ‘judgement gamble’ (part of the game?), since if your ‘hovering’ judgement is poor, and the racker must disturb the last ball after all, you may end up with an unplanned/more difficult ‘headspot’ breakshot.