The one billiard item you wish some company would make for you?

Icon of Sin said:
I like that Idea, more so about the automatic ball cleaner. How about set a timer on the table to have it do it every 6 hours when the table is not in use.
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Hmm, perhaps the balls go into a permanant bath in the ball return area, then get automatically dried off as they dispensed at the beginning of the next game?

And on the subject of automation, how about going the whole hog and combining a Sardo with a bowling pin-setting machine and have the whole process automated from start to finish?
 
What I want ....

Better and more unique Pool clothing. I have seen some clothing that is cool by some Poolrooms around the country, but no way to know of it without them being on the Internet. Pool rooms need heavier coats (ski jackets) with Pool stuff on them. Only 1 I ever saw I have, from here, from a now defunct Montana Billards, black with yellow inside and collar which I originally paid only $60 for. I have had several people offer to buy it right off my back. Areas that have cold winters need these.

Pool shoes, from classy to casual.

Automatic score keepers (Bowling did it, we can too).

Portable removeable small wheel set for cases (actually I designed some, but did not have enough money to get it to production)

Perhaps when the IPT gets real big, we might even have Pool caddies... lol

Small electronic anti-theft devices for cues and cases.

Big Screen display of brackets at tournaments away from tournament director running tournament from a laptop. Quicker and better method.

Poolrooms that have a way to tell someone you need a waitress, instead of getting up and chasing one down.
 
Snapshot9 said:
Better and more unique Pool clothing. I have seen some clothing that is cool by some Poolrooms around the country, but no way to know of it without them being on the Internet.
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Nice idea, but have the reason people buy such items is as souveneirs of where they've been.

Snapshot9 said:
Pool rooms need heavier coats (ski jackets) with Pool stuff on them.
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Hmm, perhaps with a special inner pocket made like a soft cue case you can fit a pool cue into?

Snapshot9 said:
Pool shoes, from classy to casual.
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Oh no, you didn't just go there?

Snapshot9 said:
Automatic score keepers (Bowling did it, we can too).
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This would be pretty cool, especially for leagues; everyone can see across the room the names and scores, with special flashing graphics when a player gets a B&R or snaps the 8/9 on the break.

Snapshot9 said:
Small electronic anti-theft devices for cues and cases.
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I've thought about this. You could do it with a movement sensitive device, but the problem will be if it has an alarm sound that is loud enough to be useful it will disrupt the entire room. Imagine every time the table you've put your case on gets bumped and this thing is going off in the middle someone's shot.

Snapshot9 said:
Big Screen display of brackets at tournaments away from tournament director running tournament from a laptop. Quicker and better method.
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If you can get your Bowling-style scoreboards you can have ongoing scores/brackets across the room displayed in the same place.

Snapshot9 said:
Poolrooms that have a way to tell someone you need a waitress, instead of getting up and chasing one down.
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Ahh, but the chase is half the fun ;-). Seriously though again if you can get your Bowling-style scoreboards you just have to have a "Service" button.
 
Pool Shoes?

What are the requirements?

And you want casual and classic so what do you want in them and what are the differences between the two?

I think some nice pool related Jacket would be nice, especially if it has a big red X on the back!!!:) :) :)
 
I was hoping you would make your break shafts available for different joints. I have a cue that I use as my break cue and I'd like to have one of your shafts on it.

TommyT
 
nipponbilliards said:
What about cue extension?
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A cue extension would be great. It would need to fit in most case pockets. It could be telescopic. It would also need to be butt friendly. Great idea!!!

TommyT
 
Pool table with a memory!

We all have played a shot which worked, or didn't work, and wanted to try it again! Or had someone come up and say "you should have---", with the Memory Table you could have the balls reset to the original positions for another try. Then you could show someone how to do something, or receive instruction on their method. Balls would need to go back to exactly the same positions, as there could be quite a change in the shot with even a small change in placement of the balls.
 
TommyT said:
I was hoping you would make your break shafts available for different joints. I have a cue that I use as my break cue and I'd like to have one of your shafts on it.

TommyT
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Thank you. May be in the future but we really do not have any time to do something like that now. I am sorry.

Besides, one of the biggest benefits of the X Breaker is the control, and it has a lot to do with the balance of the X Breaker. We are not sure for example, will the cue ball still be so "flat" when a X Breaker shaft is attached to a regualr butt? I need to run some test first.

I will have more time after the BCA hopefully. Please check back at our forum from time to time, we announce our new products there.
 
Other than extension to a cue, what about those finger extensions, anyone wants to have a set of those?
 
without a question of any doubt the single most important piece of billiard equipment is the tip. there ain't nothi'n even close! i wish a company would come out with a tip, that would have the following features:

1- the perfect blend of hardness, a tip that's 50% medium and 50% hard, this tip would give you the yielding softness and pastel colours of the niceness spectrum, for full english and grab of the cue ball, but the hardness part would give you a semi crisp feedback that is needed, the speed control would be unsurpassed.

2- the tip would never miscue.

the tip would take 5 years to wear down.

3-the tip would never ever need any sort of maintnence at all.

4- the tip would cost $70, because of how great it is and how long it can last.
currently there is no such animal, too bad, because if there were all top players would be one now, and their games would improve tremendously.
 
> I don't want this just for myself,but for ALL of us. What I'd most like to see is a revolutionary new shaft material,something that plays nice and feels slick like wood but will never warp,change due to weather/humidity,can be made in large enough quantities that new shafts can be prepared in a few days and still cost reasonably. Ideally,this material can be tweaked to a customers preferences,and once you order shafts the first time,you get exactly the same thing every time,unless you change it. It would even be nice and white,unless specifically ordered darker. That Virtual Reality idea has promise too,imagine a training mode that offers the same tracking lines and precise execution of Virtual Pool 2-3,allowing things that can't be done consistently physically to be burnt into muscle memory,or maybe one of those helmets from The Matrix. How cool would that be to have someone dial up a training simulation for pool,and never have to guess at the table,regardless of the situation?
 
Tommy-D said:
> I don't want this just for myself,but for ALL of us. What I'd most like to see is a revolutionary new shaft material,something that plays nice and feels slick like wood but will never warp,change due to weather/humidity,can be made in large enough quantities that new shafts can be prepared in a few days and still cost reasonably. Ideally,this material can be tweaked to a customers preferences,and once you order shafts the first time,you get exactly the same thing every time,unless you change it. It would even be nice and white,unless specifically ordered darker. That Virtual Reality idea has promise too,imagine a training mode that offers the same tracking lines and precise execution of Virtual Pool 2-3,allowing things that can't be done consistently physically to be burnt into muscle memory,or maybe one of those helmets from The Matrix. How cool would that be to have someone dial up a training simulation for pool,and never have to guess at the table,regardless of the situation?
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Good point. A new shaft material will certainly be a breakthrough.

I hope someone can come up with a virtual reality pool room. It will feel just like a real pool hall, when you hit a ball, you will feel exactly the same as when you hit a real cue ball. You can even play with your own cue.

The difference is now you do not need to pay table time, and you do not need to buy your own table. You can now play pool in your bedroom, or even your washroom! Imagine that!

Also, the table will always be in perfect condition. Wouldn't that be nice?

Richard
 
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A tip that needs no chalk or shaping like someone said before would be great. I know the company that makes chalk would hate it, but why on earth do we have to chalk every shot, shape the tip, change the tip, burnish, rough up. I realize it would kill the industry for shapers and such, but we've been doing it the same for what?.....200 years?.....Gerry
 
Gerry said:
A tip that needs no chalk or shaping like someone said before would be great. I know the company that makes chalk would hate it, but why on earth do we have to chalk every shot, shape the tip, change the tip, burnish, rough up. I realize it would kill the industry for shapers and such, but we've been doing it the same for what?.....200 years?.....Gerry
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Well, in case you dont realize, unlike phenolic tips, the Xtreme tip used on the X Breaker needs no piking, scruffing, or any maintainence at all. It is maintainence free.
However, it still needs to be chalked because chalk offers friction.
 
nipponbilliards said:
Also, I want to have a tip like Moori which will not harden over time and can hold chalk really well.

Richard
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If one thing has been a pet peeve it would be this. I'm not a Morri fan although they are decent tips. WB use to make a lighter brown color tip. This tip stayed consistant closer to it's end. Like all others though it would get hard at the end but the life span was much longer. What did they do? They changed the mixture, now there to hard and I don't use them.

Rod
 
This is a good post

This post is a good one- very interesting.

I have always thought some form of digital scorekeeps above the table would be neat- so people could see them. Also, for people who slowplay- a chess clock that would give you an allotment of time for an entire session.
 
A friend had a pretty good idea. He wants a airtight case that has an area you can put dessicants in ( little pouches that absorb moisture); the basic idea is to have something to minimize the moisture in the case. I don't know if they make re-usable pouches. Chemistry labs have the little rocks that absorb moisture to keep chemicals dry- you just heat them in an oven and can re-use them. You'd have to find a way to make sure the rocks aren't crunching around making a racket, though. Maybe you can find a way to pump out the air when you're storing the cue for awhile.
His predator shaft warped on him and he thinks pool players really could use something like this.

I like the automatic ball scorer idea. It would help in games like one pocket. Might make you nervous in 14.1 though.

How about a table that talks smack to you when you miss a ball. Sensors can tell how bad you hit a shot. You miss a shot and the table fires off on you, tells you to try bowling instead, calls you a bum.

You can have different settings like Minnesota Fats, Cornbread, Bucktooth,etc...
 
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