Table leveling gizmo

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John oleson

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Has anyone ever seen a device that would allow a ball to roll straight back and forth from short rail to short rail, diamond to diamond?

It would be something like an elevated trough allowing the ball to exit device straight to other diamond and back?

Did I describe it eloquently :)

Your ideas most welcomed ... johnoleson@comcast.net
 
Purpose: to ensure table is level.

Ball returns back to same launch site, i,e., as if you shot the ball perfectly from one diamond to the other and it returned to your cue tip.
 
Wow … thx! Looks like a trip to Home Depot!

Had hoped to find a commercial version used by table mechanics.

Again, thank you!!!
 
Sounds very much like a stimpmeter that is used to measure the speed of golf greens.

You can certainly find one of those that should work, or very easy to make…

Of course, the other alternative is to simply learn to hit the cue ball straight. 😁
 
take 2 shafts together
use a laser to be sure they are pointed from one diamond on short rail to opposite diamond on far short rail
let ball roll down the the 2 shafts
ball should roll straight
jmho
icbw
 
btw
you should be able to roll a ball slowly(lag speed) and watch to see if there is roll off
i see gamblers do this all the time prior to a big money one pocket match where balls are going to be hit at pocket speed
 
John oleson said:
commercial version used by table mechanics
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David in FL said:
Sounds very much like a stimpmeter that is used to measure the speed of golf greens.

You can certainly find one of those that should work, or very easy to make…

Of course, the other alternative is to simply learn to hit the cue ball straight. 😁
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Great sense of humor ... appreciated.
 
It seems to me, any very slight misalignment in your ramp would make the test faulty. Tough to get perfect.

A method I was taught is shown below. Freeze all six balls together and touching the rail. The three balls furthest from the rail should be parallel to the rail, and eliminate throw on the final ball (which means you can be clumsy in hitting the 1 into the 2 with your hand), so the final ball should roll parallel to the rail (and any deviation is easy to see). You test it on all four sides of the table (both directions if you want to be very thorough), and expect at least one to fail because the slate isn't perfect. So you try to achieve a good compromise in how badly each rail rolls off.
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