The worst pool table ever……

[Fatboy]

I’m not much of a thread starter. I like to play off other peoples threads. However I thought I’d share this. It’s unlikely anyone here has seen this as it has very few views.

Clearly if it was level and the guy could shoot straight it wouldn’t be a problem. Hard to explain……

This guy actually thinks he shoots straighter than his table. Well his idea of a table…..

 

[justnum]

The video has a good narrative on many concepts. Good link.

 

[skip100]

DIWhy?

 

[David in FL]

Good grief.

 

[Poolhall60561]

Shot #1

 

[Quesports]

Jeez Fatboy where do you find videos like this?? I know why... You got too much time on your hands!

Interesting nonetheless.. Thanks for the video..

 

[Banger]

I think the last time I saw a straight piece of lumber was.......never.

 

[Fatboy]

Jeez Fatboy where do you find videos like this?? I know why... You got too much time on your hands!

Interesting nonetheless.. Thanks for the video..

I knew that was coming.

Where did I find this?

Fair question,

For some reason YouTube recommended it. All I watch is pool matches. I saw this link and wondered. When I saw how few views it had-I decided to put it here as it’s unlikely anyone else saw it. If it had 50,000 views I’d wonder why it wasn’t linked here.

So being in the holiday spirit I decided to share my rare find of such relevant and important developments in our sport.

Your man on location……wait that was last week.

Your man lounging at home,
Fatboy

 

[straightline]

I take forays like this seriously. He comes down vertically on the shot which NASA would do. I think sticking the ball though, is not only a visual issue but a technical/structural issue. When the balls are close together on fast cloth, no problem. As the distance increases, you start flirting with and then exceeding all kinds of available headroom - stroke, torso, shaft and tip deformation, coreolis voodoo clouds etc... IOW distortion. No way around that with current gear and mindsets.

 

[tomatoshooter]

I think the last time I saw a straight piece of lumber was.......never.

That was my thought. It looked like he chose a decent piece of wood for the bed of the table but I doubt any piece of wood in a store is comparable to the flatness of slate until you send it through a planer or jointer.

 

[gregcantrall]

King Cobra could level it for him.

 

[JolietJames]

Well the whole thing is sitting on carpet. I suspect there is at least a little weight on his bridge hand he placed on the left side of his cueing platform.
That could cause a subtle tilt to the left. In most shots the 8B was traveling at a good enough speed for that to have limited effect on the path in my unscientific opinion.
I would think one could make a path on a pool table using drinking straws or something and achieve the same results without wasting half a day building that contraption to test a straight stop shot. You could make one using two laser beam breaks and it would be like playing operation. Break the beam and buzzzzzzz. That may make gambling at it more fun.

 

[Pin]

Does anyone remember Super Monkey Ball?

 

[Buzzard II]

Ten and a half minutes of my life I'll never get back. But then I'm sitting in my basement recovering from COVID so what else is there? OK, thanks Fatboy, I think.

 

[Fatboy]

Ten and a half minutes of my life I'll never get back. But then I'm sitting in my basement recovering from COVID so what else is there? OK, thanks Fatboy, I think.

Feel better

 

[Bob Jewett]

Well the whole thing is sitting on carpet. ...

Yup. Not stable. The first thing to do is ditch the flimsy legs.

Then, set the contraption diagonally on his pool table for proper, level support.

Then, throw the contraption out.

But it was an interesting idea. At trade shows you sometimes see very narrow tables used to do demos on, but not that narrow and they usually have side cushions of some sort.

 

[Fatboy]

Yup. Not stable. The first thing to do is ditch the flimsy legs.

Then, set the contraption diagonally on his pool table for proper, level support.

Then, throw the contraption out.

But it was an interesting idea. At trade shows you sometimes see very narrow tables used to do demos on, but not that narrow and they usually have side cushions of some sort.

This is the loosest representation of a “table” I’ve even seen……

 

[Bob Jewett]

This is the loosest representation of a “table” I’ve even seen……

But if you shoot straight, it's all you need. Next project, a web of five or six of those connected in various directions so you can run some balls.