I had a custom made table installed about 8 months ago. It is a 92' table with k-55 superspeed cushions.
Anyways the problem is it plays very short and the rails are very fast. I dont play near as good as I used to on the old table (which had beat up cushions) I had that didn't play as short or fast and I am a much better player now....
For example if I hit a ball perpendicularly into the short rail with max side spin I can only get about 2 diamonds of travel regardless of tip height or speed. With my old table it was close to 3. I suspect this might have to do with why my english positions off one rail come up short often.
So I have had a mechanic look at the table and he says they really messed up the rails as they are too low. He installed some cloth under the rails to raise them a little bit and the shortness problem still persisted but it wasn't as bad. One rail was so inconsistent in height across the face he had to bend the rail a bit to make it the same height but now if you lag a ball the rails at the same speed the ball comes off a few inches shorter off the tweaked rail than the other rails.
In addition to the rails being too low they are not glued on at a consistent height across the rail. This means the nose height probably fluctuates about 1mm across the same rail.
So basically I need new rubber at this point and if that doesn't fix it then I need to replace the table. I am wondering what cushions have a nose height higher than superspeed k-55s? He said he thought accufast or the Diamond Blacks were possible options.
I am also wondering if any other people who had a problem similar to this felt they played better on their table once they got the problem resolved?
Basically I feel the table plays less consistent than any of the hall tables around here except for one hall with Gandys from the 60s where it might play a little better. In either case both my table and the gandys from the 60s play bad, even though they probably have the best rubber....
Anyways the problem is it plays very short and the rails are very fast. I dont play near as good as I used to on the old table (which had beat up cushions) I had that didn't play as short or fast and I am a much better player now....
For example if I hit a ball perpendicularly into the short rail with max side spin I can only get about 2 diamonds of travel regardless of tip height or speed. With my old table it was close to 3. I suspect this might have to do with why my english positions off one rail come up short often.
So I have had a mechanic look at the table and he says they really messed up the rails as they are too low. He installed some cloth under the rails to raise them a little bit and the shortness problem still persisted but it wasn't as bad. One rail was so inconsistent in height across the face he had to bend the rail a bit to make it the same height but now if you lag a ball the rails at the same speed the ball comes off a few inches shorter off the tweaked rail than the other rails.
In addition to the rails being too low they are not glued on at a consistent height across the rail. This means the nose height probably fluctuates about 1mm across the same rail.
So basically I need new rubber at this point and if that doesn't fix it then I need to replace the table. I am wondering what cushions have a nose height higher than superspeed k-55s? He said he thought accufast or the Diamond Blacks were possible options.
I am also wondering if any other people who had a problem similar to this felt they played better on their table once they got the problem resolved?
Basically I feel the table plays less consistent than any of the hall tables around here except for one hall with Gandys from the 60s where it might play a little better. In either case both my table and the gandys from the 60s play bad, even though they probably have the best rubber....
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