Table specification for Gold Crown V

[Black-Balled]

Thanks. You just taught me something I didn't know. As I said, I'm having a fine mechanic do the set-up but it's nice to know these things beforehand.

I had dinner with rkc once!

The subrail extension is a pretty major overhaul and requires new rubber.

Shimming the pockets is far cheaper.

 

[hang-the-9]

Wow, you someone managed to explain to me why simply using a few shims is not as good at longer rails, if the ball hits the side of the rail instead of the facing it will bounce funny. Duh so simple if you think about it! And yet I feel enlightened after over 20 yrs of playing. Never really thought of that part of the shim that faces the table, just the part that in the pocket opening.

You're not longer just the "stupid bicycle picture guy" to me, you're not thw "stupid bicycle picture guy that taught me one thing"!

Oh, and by that I mean the pictures are stupid not you :grin-square:
Although I don't know you really so I reserve the right to call you that at some point in the future :thumbup:

It isn't quite that simple. A properly made pocket has cushions that extend to a point, then have a facing that forms the inside, ' mouth' of the pocket. Therefore, the with of the pocket is determined by the length of the cushions.

The length or the cushions is determined by the length of the material they glue onto, a part of the rail called the subrail. To properly tighten up a pocket, the subrails need to be lengthened. What that gets is a rail that plays properly along its whole length.

Proper:

Or you can jus lump a bunck of rubber in there, but the cushions will play different in the areas close to the pockets: