Steaight Cut Rails
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What that means is that the pocket miter angles are made to parallel each other so that the mouth of the pocket and the throat of the pocket are the same width, so that balls will fall in much easier....it's a chicken shit way of making a circus pool table.
People that have their pockets set up like that so that THEY can make balls easier, are to stupid to realize that it's just as easy for whom ever they're playing as well, so there's no advantage to win.
Why would somebody want to gaff their table like that??? It may be easier for you to make balls on your table but what happens when you go play on a normal table? Thats kinda like the real tight pocket thing, If you make your pockets tighter than the standard right now your game changes so much because there are so many position shots you can no longer play, it may even force you to skip shots that you would normally take on a standard pocket table. How is that going to help you improve?
Tight pockets on a home table are a tool in pocketing accuracy. A seasoned player will understand the cheating of a the pocket on a larger pocket table when the opportunity presents itself. Novices should not have 4" pockets on their home tables until they are more advanced and understand the game. One of Oscar's home tables has 3.75" pockets. It hasn't seemed to hurt his game much. I'd rather have every other table look like buckets vs thinking the pockets are tight.
It is my opinion that it could change the way so much that it could actually be bad for your game rather than helpful.
I see your point but we will have to agree to disagree.
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JC
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A long time ago before I knew any better there was a guy I had work on my rails named Pat Sheehan here in the Northwest. For some reason he had a good reputation. I had read about his work in a billiard magazine.
Those straight cut pockets were his "thing" and he ruined my GC3 with them. I learned what I needed to after that.
JC
JC
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I did in fact at no small expense. I since sold that table and bought a diamond.
Which is exactly why I laugh when I hear folks trying to compare pockets using the size only. It's not apples to apples. Doesn't mean the table won't play tough if you get the opening small enough with those parallel facings. But it's not tough in a good way. And if he's doing that to the pockets then I will dispute his status of "top flight". I personally don't believe a pool pocket is meant to play that way but to each his own.
JC
That still does not make a "mechanic" gaffing a perfectly good table acceptable.