Simonis 860 Tear

[mdavis]

Thanks Glen. Great advice. This is the table in question.....Olhausen Dona Marie manufactured in January 2010. I will be disappointed if it has the more poorly designed lower rails, as I assumed I was paying for better quality. Where would I be measuring? Just the thickness of the top rail?

VERY Nice looking table...it's sad that the table can look that good and have issues and construction like this...while a Diamond Pro-Am doesn't have the looks, but is constructed like a tank.

Wonder how long it will be before we see a table that has the best of all worlds in terms of look and design?

...and good call Glen. You've been doing this stuff for too long...

 

[realkingcobra]

The reason I called out that corner pocket is because balls are fired in harder in the corner pockets than in the sides. And balls are shot harder down the lenght of the rails rather than from side to side...so therefore...the balls going into the corner pockets come into contact with the pocket facing on the end rail before the pocket facing on the side rail side of the corner pockets. What that means is that when the balls are coming off the facing on the end rails...the ball circles around the back of the pocket...because the back of the pocket on rails that are 1 1/2" thick....are lower in the back of the pockets compared to say Diamond's or Brunswick GC's...so, when the balls circle around inside the pocket they end up hitting the lip of the slate right there where you see the cut in the cloth....before they drop into the bottom of the pocket. To back this up...if you ever see a table with the cloth cut at an angle in the pockets right over the facings...you'll see it first on the facings on the foot end of the rail first....because that's where balls on the break hit the hardest in the corner pockets....then circle around the pocket and hit the slate...cutting the cloth....and because more balls are fired into the foot corner pockets rather than the corner pockets at the head of the table. Then you'll start to see the cuts developing on the facings on the head end rail in the corner pockets...once again because balls come into contact with them facings first before the opposing side of the corner pocket. Then...the points of the side pockets will start to wear through next. After that, then the cuts will start showing up on the opposite side of the corner pockets at the foot of the table...followed by the opposite sides of the pockets on the head rail. Using 1/8" facings speeds this wear process up, using 3/16" neoprene facings stops the wear from taking place, and 3/16" neoprene facings stops the balls from bouncing right out of the pockets on YOUR table...even though they were hit with a good stroke...because they stiffen the sides of the pockets and get rid of that Olhausen rattle in the corner pockets....caused by the soft 1/8" facings combined with the use of the soft Accufast cushions...which compress when the balls come into contact with the facings...causing the balls to change angle instead of falling deeper into the throat of the pocket...which also helps to eliminate the wear of the cloth on the lip of the pocket slate....

now...did you follow all that?

Glen