Whats important in a pool table?

[greyghost]

no matter what you get just make sure you get a full length table light....bad lighting can really make a nice table not fun to play on.

Everyone was telling me oh i can get you a budweiser light for $50 lmao, i went to rockwell billiards online and got a 72" for 150 shipped and like it alot. Its not as good as a diamond light but its good enough taking into consideration how cheap it was.

this is my setup, its a Brunswick Classic and i cut the pockets to 4 1/4" and have the full length light....just a crappy web cam pic tho. I would have rathered a diamond or GC, but I found that table for $900 and it was close by so I just shimmed it up and it plays and looks great.

The biggest issue with getting a table is making sure that its installed correctly from the first bolt to the last tack on the cloth (or glue if your RKC )

 

[stljohnny]

What about those Fusion tables? I think the WBPA tournament of champions and the trickshot challenge were just played on a Fusion table (saw it on ESPN a few weeks back). I would love to get some players' feedback about those tables, but judging by the action they played pretty well.

 

[TheBook]

Interesting...What size is the corner pocket - moputh and throat?

Thanks,
Ryan

The mouth is 5 and the throat is 4.25. The toughness rating is a tad over 14 at 14.16. according to this link

http://www.azbilliards.com/rogerlong/roger2.php

If I took 1/2 off by "shimming" or perferred by lenthening the cushions it would be 4.5 and 3.75. Using the toughness rating 4.5 x 3.75 / 1.5 = 11.25.


To get down to 7

3.75 x 3.0 / 1.5 = 7.5

I think would be a little rediculous. I think with pockets like this it would be impossible to make a rail shot.

I found a flaw in the above assumption. As the pocket size gets smaller the shelf decreases. On my table by adding
1/18 to each side the rail extends into the pocket and the shelf becomes .9 so the rating would be

3.75 x 3 / .9 = 12.5 so the shelf would also have to be extended. But try this. Take some 3 x 5 index cards and stack them up to get the shim thickness that you want and try to pocket a ball. It gives some interesting results.