THIS IS A GREAT POST PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT, THANK YOU-ERIC P
One of the cool things about pool for me and I'm sure alot of us is learning about new things. And Doing new things, so I am with a table.
About 10 months ago I had a Diamond table installed by none other than RKC-Glen-o
. I would bet that table got more hours of play than any other home Pro-Am Diamond box that Glen set up this year, It really had alot of hours played on it, perhaps only 30% by me. The Tournment Blue cloth Greg Sullivan invented that color of showed a good bit of wear(I really love that blue), The rest of the table looks new. I really enjoyed that table and will use it again for action challenges with TAR in a few months(more on that later). I just wanted to switch back to a GC for a while, I'm sure I will install a Diamond table again, I recommend them to anyone. But varity is the spice of life. I switched back to green just for a while, the balls definatly look better on the blue Greg devloped.
A while back I made a poll asking what GC I should install, I ended up putting in a GC4 I bought new from the BCA trade show in 99 or 2000, I think 2000, It looks brand new-but It got alot of play the 6 or years I had it up, but not the use the Diamond got this pat year.
The pockets are a bit big 4 11/16" is my guess, 2 balls + 3/16" just eye-balling it. So later on I'm going to put GC5 rails, skirts, pocket castings, and drop pockets on it with 4 3/16" pockets when Mark Gregory is done with them(its going to be a Mark Gregory/RKC, joint project) and since Ernsto/Oscar are my friend's too, I will have them do something, all 4 top guys(East & West Coast) working on my table-to me thats cool as they are all very very good friends-in no particular order I think the world of each of them equally. It will be a GC 4.5 for lack of a better name (pretty cool/fun name, I think
). The frame and legs are from my GC4 the rest a GC5, but I dont have the leveling system the GC5 has. Glen-o has that table so level tonight it hurt, I couldnt get one funny roll anywhere, and believe me I tried. One great box 4 great masters of their trade...WOW, now If I could only play good, I'm working on that like never before! For me this is a collaberation of people who I respect and care about all comming together for a common cause the "GC4.5 Fatboy Limited Edition".<----I might be onto something here . The conversion to the GC4.5 will hapen after the holidays, probably after the Derby.
Think Fatboy isnt happy???? I'm very blessed and thank my mom and dad for raising me the way they did-or I wouldnt be like I am. I do miss them-Az is like my family(I only have one surviving relitative and the best girl in the world) in many ways-and I appericate each one of you, this aint about $$$, its about something much more important and very special and I'm proud to share it with my friends here, and please look me up when your in Vegas to come enjoy the table that the best in their trade built!!! I have had about 20 AZers over this past 10 months. I hope 100 this year comming up!! When the Fatboy Jamboree comes to life!! More importantly, if you cant share what you have, why own it??? But at the same time not be a mark/sucker either
I dont know how I'm going to get the B-Wick GC-5 parts and build the GC 4.5 someday :grin: , Then I will and have the triple nuts for a GC table, but again its no better than a Diamond just different, and in todays world any person who is serious about pool better be ready to play on ither table, Alot of rooms are switching out old beat up GC's and the GC5's cost too much compaired to a diamond for commerical upgrades considering how bad biz is, Diamond is the future for sure!
The 860HR cloth is a very interesting cloth to say the least, thats what RKC put on, I put a link to it here in this post. It is tough as nails. I broke with the butt jacked up on purpose to dig the CB inth the cloth to leace a mark, it took 3 times in the exact spot to get a tiny white mark, I licked my finger and wiped most of it away in 10 seconds. It really reduces ball marks-thats for sure. Simonis touts the 860HR as their strongest cloth, I believe them-It just feels like its very durable(You have to se it pulled tight/installed to fully appericate it), I played a race to 9 8-ball tonight, I played horrible, worst I hit the balls in months, that besids the point, the CB wasnt all squirly like it is on new regular 860, where the english takes a while to grab and you can make some Sehmeih Sanger(SP?) looking big power english shots, It played almost like broke in 860 not new sippery 860. Simonis site says its bit faster than regular 860, perhaps time will tell, but for new cloth-I HAVE NEVER SEEN BETTER!!! I will report in a few weeks
http://www.simoniscloth.com/weave.htm#860
I do know my Tournment Blue 860 was skidding 2-3 shots in each game of one pocket and the CB jumping 1/4" on soft 50% cut shots once an hour to the point you could see light under the CB, it was fast as 760 by the time we took it out. Perhaps it ws just worn out.
I hope you enjoyed this long post I enjoyed writing it, I'm still working on my writing skills. And yes I'm still a REP whore.:grin:
sincerly
eric
One of the cool things about pool for me and I'm sure alot of us is learning about new things. And Doing new things, so I am with a table.
About 10 months ago I had a Diamond table installed by none other than RKC-Glen-o
. I would bet that table got more hours of play than any other home Pro-Am Diamond box that Glen set up this year, It really had alot of hours played on it, perhaps only 30% by me. The Tournment Blue cloth Greg Sullivan invented that color of showed a good bit of wear(I really love that blue), The rest of the table looks new. I really enjoyed that table and will use it again for action challenges with TAR in a few months(more on that later). I just wanted to switch back to a GC for a while, I'm sure I will install a Diamond table again, I recommend them to anyone. But varity is the spice of life. I switched back to green just for a while, the balls definatly look better on the blue Greg devloped.A while back I made a poll asking what GC I should install, I ended up putting in a GC4 I bought new from the BCA trade show in 99 or 2000, I think 2000, It looks brand new-but It got alot of play the 6 or years I had it up, but not the use the Diamond got this pat year.
The pockets are a bit big 4 11/16" is my guess, 2 balls + 3/16" just eye-balling it. So later on I'm going to put GC5 rails, skirts, pocket castings, and drop pockets on it with 4 3/16" pockets when Mark Gregory is done with them(its going to be a Mark Gregory/RKC, joint project) and since Ernsto/Oscar are my friend's too, I will have them do something, all 4 top guys(East & West Coast) working on my table-to me thats cool as they are all very very good friends-in no particular order I think the world of each of them equally. It will be a GC 4.5 for lack of a better name (pretty cool/fun name, I think
). The frame and legs are from my GC4 the rest a GC5, but I dont have the leveling system the GC5 has. Glen-o has that table so level tonight it hurt, I couldnt get one funny roll anywhere, and believe me I tried. One great box 4 great masters of their trade...WOW, now If I could only play good, I'm working on that like never before! For me this is a collaberation of people who I respect and care about all comming together for a common cause the "GC4.5 Fatboy Limited Edition".<----I might be onto something here . The conversion to the GC4.5 will hapen after the holidays, probably after the Derby.Think Fatboy isnt happy???? I'm very blessed and thank my mom and dad for raising me the way they did-or I wouldnt be like I am. I do miss them-Az is like my family(I only have one surviving relitative and the best girl in the world) in many ways-and I appericate each one of you, this aint about $$$, its about something much more important and very special and I'm proud to share it with my friends here, and please look me up when your in Vegas to come enjoy the table that the best in their trade built!!! I have had about 20 AZers over this past 10 months. I hope 100 this year comming up!! When the Fatboy Jamboree comes to life!! More importantly, if you cant share what you have, why own it??? But at the same time not be a mark/sucker either
I dont know how I'm going to get the B-Wick GC-5 parts and build the GC 4.5 someday :grin: , Then I will and have the triple nuts for a GC table, but again its no better than a Diamond just different, and in todays world any person who is serious about pool better be ready to play on ither table, Alot of rooms are switching out old beat up GC's and the GC5's cost too much compaired to a diamond for commerical upgrades considering how bad biz is, Diamond is the future for sure!
The 860HR cloth is a very interesting cloth to say the least, thats what RKC put on, I put a link to it here in this post. It is tough as nails. I broke with the butt jacked up on purpose to dig the CB inth the cloth to leace a mark, it took 3 times in the exact spot to get a tiny white mark, I licked my finger and wiped most of it away in 10 seconds. It really reduces ball marks-thats for sure. Simonis touts the 860HR as their strongest cloth, I believe them-It just feels like its very durable(You have to se it pulled tight/installed to fully appericate it), I played a race to 9 8-ball tonight, I played horrible, worst I hit the balls in months, that besids the point, the CB wasnt all squirly like it is on new regular 860, where the english takes a while to grab and you can make some Sehmeih Sanger(SP?) looking big power english shots, It played almost like broke in 860 not new sippery 860. Simonis site says its bit faster than regular 860, perhaps time will tell, but for new cloth-I HAVE NEVER SEEN BETTER!!! I will report in a few weeks
http://www.simoniscloth.com/weave.htm#860
I do know my Tournment Blue 860 was skidding 2-3 shots in each game of one pocket and the CB jumping 1/4" on soft 50% cut shots once an hour to the point you could see light under the CB, it was fast as 760 by the time we took it out. Perhaps it ws just worn out.
I hope you enjoyed this long post I enjoyed writing it, I'm still working on my writing skills. And yes I'm still a REP whore.:grin:
sincerly
eric
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, Ray...please!) away from setting my IV up in Colorado. So please post some pics to keep a jones'n' brother going!