subrail angle?????

realkingcobra said:
BUT, this also is in respect to just exactly how thick are the rails at the top of the rails in relationship to the surface of the slate....
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Glen,
I measured the height of the rail top and it is 1 7/8" from the surface of the table. I am not sure if this is what you mean.
 
Bigkahuna said:
... The subrail is at a 23 degree angle relative to the table surface. I believe I could have lowered the rails with a relief cut as there is plenty of room around the bolt holes. ...
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A relief cut won't lower the rails - you would need to mill the whole bottom of the subrail first and then add a
relief cut for the cloth although that's not really necessary on a t rail since you could mill the whole bottom
an additional 1/16. That together with sufficient vertical adjustment in the rail bolt holes would effectively
allow the whole rail assembly to be raised/lowered as needed.

Regardless, the angle is still off which changes the horizontal orientation of the nose even tho set at 1 7/16
In other words, just having the nose height at 1 7/16 does not mean the cushions will play correctly.
In your case you lowered the cushion to achieve proper nose height however the whole cushion orientation
is skewed back 3-4 degrees because of the 23 degree bevel. This would cause improper ball rebound somewhat
similar to a nose height too high and sucking the ball under.

Ken has a good pic showing K55 specs here -
K55-34-fig-3.jpg


IMO it's more efficient to replace the subrails rather the rework or juryrig them.
 
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You should not have to cut off your rail liners because you have plenty of material to work with. Give me a call (402)423-8888 and I can explain to you some of your options on getting correct nose height, playing dimensions and getting your side rails to line up correctly.
 
OK here is where I am at. I have it under very good authority that I should be just fine with the 23 degrees of subrail angle. So, I have just shaved a 1/16" off the bottom and this has gotten me perfect on the cushion nose height. This person explained the difference between all of the other k55 profiles and Super Speed, Artemis. He suggested that in fact the 23 degree angle was preferable with these two cushion makes. I was concerned the 50x100 table dimension was going to grow when the cushions slid up the subrail. However, I am measuring just about 2" from the feather strip and my slates are 54" wide so this seems just about correct. I am thinking the playfield might increase about 1/16".

I am also chopping off the subrail extensions I did previously to further reduce the pocket size. The 4.5 inch pockets certainly helped my game so smaller should help even more. My buddy I play with on Friday nights thinks I am nuts.
 
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