Unusual/weird/unique billiard tools and implements

[Chip Roberson]

Lay two of these down one on each side at the very base of the cue ball , with the cutout touching on each side. That's the way we handle marking the spot. Just pick up the ball clean it and put it back in place between the two scuffers.

Willard Pool Cue Tip Shaper - Dime Radius | eBay

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[SSDiver2112]

That is very cool! Is it yours or just a pic off of the net?

It is on eBay right now.

Antique Pool Cue Lathe Ferrule Machine | eBay

This is a really cool item. No room to showcase it. My loss is your gain. Not sure in value so starting with no reserve.

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[JusticeNJ]

I recall years ago the X1 Shock Absorber or something. I was a long rubber extension that fit into the rubber bumper on the cue. Made the cue bounce like a pogo stick.

Edit: Found it!

Pro9 American Cue sports shop

American pool cues and billiard accessories

www.pro9.co.uk

It boasts the following, in addition to curing your asthma too. How all of this is possible with a little rubber butt plug is beyond me.

• Dampened vibration of your cue stick.
• Enhanced energy on your break.
• Consistent English.
• Controlled spin.
• Easily installed - replaces standard bung.

 

[DynoDan]

About 35-40 years ago, I played an older gentleman in Buffalo NY that only had one arm. He fashioned some kind of weighted mechanical bridge thing that he slid around the table with his cue. Only unlike a bridge where the cue only rested on it, this thing had a hole in it lined with what looked to be silk. He just dragged it around the table from shot to shot. He was able to pick it up over balls but it looked pretty heavy so he tried to avoid it. That guy played pretty good with that thing! For someone really short playing on a big table, it would probably be a better option than a traditional bridge.

I used to play a little guy who was in a wheelchair, and his chair had mounting hardware for a custom-made/extra-long telescoping bridge, and an extra-long cue extension. When the CB was left far away from the rail, he could whip out & extend that bridge, pop on the extension, and compete with the best.

 

[Poolhall60561]

I recall years ago the X1 Shock Absorber or something. I was a long rubber extension that fit into the rubber bumper on the cue. Made the cue bounce like a pogo stick.

Edit: Found it!

Pro9 American Cue sports shop

American pool cues and billiard accessories

www.pro9.co.uk

It boasts the following, in addition to curing your asthma too. How any of this is possible with a little rubber butt plug is beyond me.

• Dampened vibration of your cue stick.
• Enhanced energy on your break.
• Consistent English.
• Controlled spin.
• Easily installed - replaces standard bung.

Grady Mathews was selling that Limbsaver at a pool tournament years ago. He said it would fit any cue. When I returned it because it would not fit my cue he gladly gave me my money back. I ended up buying him a drink at the hotel bar. Grady was unique.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I recall years ago the X1 Shock Absorber or something. I was a long rubber extension that fit into the rubber bumper on the cue. Made the cue bounce like a pogo stick.

Edit: Found it!

Pro9 American Cue sports shop

American pool cues and billiard accessories

www.pro9.co.uk

It boasts the following, in addition to curing your asthma too. How all of this is possible with a little rubber butt plug is beyond me.

• Dampened vibration of your cue stick.
• Enhanced energy on your break.
• Consistent English.
• Controlled spin.
• Easily installed - replaces standard bung.

If it damps the vibration it does so by absorbing energy. That is probably going to reduce -- very slightly -- how much energy goes into the cue ball. Also, the increased weight is going to reduce how fast you can move the cue stick -- slightly.

On the other hand, getting rid of your asthma is priceless.

 

[spktur]

That is very cool! Is it yours or just a pic off of the net?

That's a Taylor tenoning machine for cutting tenons for ferrules. Worked kinda like a pencil sharpener but with the taper just square shoulders. They were fairly common in pool rooms when I was young for the owner who repaired his house cues.

 

[Tennesseejoe]

If it damps the vibration it does so by absorbing energy. That is probably going to reduce -- very slightly -- how much energy goes into the cue ball. Also, the increased weight is going to reduce how fast you can move the cue stick -- slightly.

On the other hand, getting rid of your asthma is priceless.

Did it split the butt of the cue?

 

[Bob Jewett]

Did it split the butt of the cue?

I don't see how. The adapters replace the plug-in bumper on your cue and the main part screws into the adapter. Those "fins" on the main part damp out vibrations.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I don't see how. The adapters replace the plug-in bumper on your cue and the main part screws into the adapter. Those "fins" on the main part damp out vibrations.

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40 (Rob Hart) in Philly had one of these about 25 years ago. I asked him about it then. He said it didn’t do anything, but he kept it on the cue as it made it a hair longer for some reach shots.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Speaking of Hopkins and lasers, the one year he tried a summer expo event (in addition to the March expo), he had a sponsor that had lasers built into the rack to prevent crooked racks. I believe this was the “million dollar” event that Corey won with a bracelet as the trophy. Just like all the other rack contraptions, he was there with the inventor the night before tapping the hell out of the tables to rack tight.

 

[JusticeNJ]

Speaking of Hopkins and lasers, the one year he tried a summer expo event (in addition to the March expo), he had a sponsor that had lasers built into the rack to prevent crooked racks. I believe this was the “million dollar” event that Corey won with a bracelet as the trophy. Just like all the other rack contraptions, he was there with the inventor the night before tapping the hell out of the tables to rack tight.

I was there for that event and remember the laser racks now that you mention it!

 

[flyrv9]

Tom Rossman (Dr. Cue) had a trick cue that had a spring loaded shaft. He cocked it by sliding the shaft into the butt of the cue where it locked and released it by pushing a button on the side of the cue. The shaft then shot forward striking the cue ball. I got to try it a few times. It was pretty cool once you got used to the recoil. Obviously not legal for play. There was also a guy on that short lived Hustlers program that had lost a hand in an accident of some kind. He had a prosthetic device that slid over his arm that had a bridge built into it. He'd put his arm on the table and cradle the cue like you would using a normal bridge. He shot quite well too.

 

[JPB2]

I think the aprons the old timers used to keep chalk off their pants is pretty much a relic by now.

Wasn't just chalk. The black line from some of the tables - Gold Crown IME- was ugly. My Colfax Billiards logo apron is just a relic but I will surely keep it as a souvenir

 

[oldroller]

Some of those also promised to grow hair on ya head!!

 

[TheBasics]

Anyone interested in trying an apron?

https://www.grainger.com/product/38GV42?gucid=N:N:FPL:Free:GGL:CSM-1946:tew63h3:20501231

Won't find one cheaper.

hank

 

[JABSolstice]

I recall years ago the X1 Shock Absorber or something. I was a long rubber extension that fit into the rubber bumper on the cue. Made the cue bounce like a pogo stick.

Edit: Found it!

Pro9 American Cue sports shop

American pool cues and billiard accessories

www.pro9.co.uk

It boasts the following, in addition to curing your asthma too. How all of this is possible with a little rubber butt plug is beyond me.

• Dampened vibration of your cue stick.
• Enhanced energy on your break.
• Consistent English.
• Controlled spin.
• Easily installed - replaces standard bung.

I bought one many years ago. It was fun bouncing my cue on the ground while waiting to get back to the table.

No clue if it really did anything.

 

[Nick B]

I love mine...but nothing I can't do with a sharp blade. Nice having the rounded cutting area.

 

[Tennesseejoe]

I don't see how. The adapters replace the plug-in bumper on your cue and the main part screws into the adapter. Those "fins" on the main part damp out vibrations.

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OOOPS...I was thinking about the old Meucci pool cues that had a rubber insert for a bumper. I was redesigned because it would split the butt if you hit it hard on the floor.

 

[Biloxi Boy]

As a good Catholic Boy, I know little about them, but I have been to enough protestant funerals to know that Masons wear aprons, sometimes, and that they run the gamut from plain to fancy. That's as far as I can go with it -- someone else will have to take it from here. But if I was looking for an apron, that's where I would start.

My old one pocket guru wore aprons. When I asked, he paid homage to tradition, etc., but I could not help but observe that he often wore some very serious threads underneath his aprons.

https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/pool-waist-aprons.215296/

Aprons

My old one pocket buddy would often wear an apron when we played. It made sense to me at the time, because he was often attired in serious suits. I got the idea that there was some other significance to the apron beyond clothing protection...

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