Who would like to see Diamond produce a Pro pocket, 5x10 ProAm?

realkingcobra said:
Lets just say Diamond did build a 5x10 ProAm. With the corner pockets being 4 1/2" and sides 5"....six legs, and Iwan Simonis 760 cloth. And on that table you could bank the cue ball 5 times the length of the table, as well as 9 banks around the world. How many of you would go to your local room owners and recommend they have at least one 5x10 Diamond installed as an action table, TAR location, Pro match up table? How many of you would seriously be interested in purchasing a 5x10 Diamond? A one piece slate might be possible, but for sure I could turn a 3 piece 1" slate into a one piece slate at the time of the installation....so, inquiring minds would be interested to know...what YOU know?;)

Glen...the "Realkingcobra";)
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I grew up on 10' Centennials, and have wanted a 10' table for more years than I care to remember, so if the price is not cost prohibitive, I would definitely consider getting one.

As far as local pool rooms getting one, first, someone in my area has to open up a damn pool room! LOL!!!
 
Glen
I love the idea but how many 10' tables would diamond have to sell each year to make money?
If you are not talking about one piece slate to me they need to build the frame and slate for pool and 3 cushion.
Just my humble opinion.
 
I'd like to see one only if they would become the norm and every other 9ft would be ditched.
 
Glen, how about if the table could be ordered configured for either either pool or snooker?

Geez, I want to see a resurgence of snooker! :sorry:
 
realkingcobra said:
Since everyone seems to be talking about this right now, I'm just curious as to who and how many would like to see Diamond produce a 5x10 ProAm? As soon as I get to the factory, I'm finishing up the 9ft ProAm straight rail billiards table...so, maybe a 5x10 could be the next table I work on with Diamond;)

Glen
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I would love to see that. I was in Youngstown last week and everyone loved watching that match on a 10ft. table. The only problem is I do not think A brunswick can ever tighten the pockets and have the ball accepted properly. On a Diamond you can do it right.Call Mike Guylassy who is the current owner of that 10ft.table, his first choice was a Diamond.
 
My bad

realkingcobra said:
Most straight rail billiards tables are either 8ft or 9ft tables. 3C is really only accepted on a 5x10, totally different game. We are almost finished with the 9ft ProAm straight rail billiards table...which can be ordered as a pocket ProAm with a second set of changeable rails for straight rail billiards, or as a straight up straight rail billiards table...meaning with no guts in the table for the option of turning it back into a pocket/ball return 9ft ProAm.

So, the straight rail commercial market is going to be able to purchase new straight rail billiards tables right from Diamond to replace the junk they have been forced to play on for as long as I've been working on pool tables:D
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Glen:

That's my bad -- wrong terminology (sorry about that). I was actually thinking 3-cushion to refer to the table, when I used the term "straight rail" but obviously I'm wrong.

In any case, please take this post as a correction to my former post, and wherever you see me mention "straight rail" -- substitute just "billiard" or "3-cushion billiards".

I do stand behind the idea, though, of a quality convertible 10-foot table to go from pocketed to non-pocketed with either a quick rail/cushion change, or else custom "plugs" that go in the pockets. I know of a couple pool room owners that would love to look at a table like that.

-Sean
 
Most pool junkies would love to see a 10' table and to play on it a couple times, but the reality is it's not going to ever replace professional pool and every room in america isn't lining up to see how they could convert their 9' tables to 10' in the limited space they already have.

Where would the Pro's all practice? Where would all the up and coming players all practice? Amateur's that feed into the big events, etc.?

Just not realistic IMO.

Fun for challenge matches, but regardless it will still be some gaff as not everyone will have the same opportunities to practice on the tables for years and years.

I want to play on a 9' x 9' table with 8 pockets.
 
I would love to play on a 10 foot pool table.

But what room owner would want a room full of bigger tables that take up more space, therefore having less tables and less money.
Doesn't sound like good business to me.

I have played alot of golf on a 10 footer, pool is a different animal.
 
spanky79 said:
I would love to play on a 10 foot pool table.

But what room owner would want a room full of bigger tables that take up more space, therefore having less tables and less money.
Doesn't sound like good business to me.

I have played alot of golf on a 10 footer, pool is a different animal.
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Keep in mind, a 5x10 is only 6" wider and 12" longer than a 9ft table. If it had 1 hour a day more play on it, and brought in customers that wouldn't normaly go to a said pool room....then...for the money, it would be worth it...to have it when all others pass;)
 
sfleinen said:
Glen:

That's my bad -- wrong terminology (sorry about that). I was actually thinking 3-cushion to refer to the table, when I used the term "straight rail" but obviously I'm wrong.

In any case, please take this post as a correction to my former post, and wherever you see me mention "straight rail" -- substitute just "billiard" or "3-cushion billiards".

I do stand behind the idea, though, of a quality convertible 10-foot table to go from pocketed to non-pocketed with either a quick rail/cushion change, or else custom "plugs" that go in the pockets. I know of a couple pool room owners that would love to look at a table like that.

-Sean
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You keep forgetting that there's a world of difference between "Pool" cloth and "Billiards" cloth....and that is not something that would change just because the rails exchanged. I'd rather keep pool tables as pool tables....and billiards tables as billiards tables. Now, that's not saying that Diamond couldn't manufacture a set of billiards rails that could be changed out on a 5x10 quick and easy, but that still won't make the 10ft Priam a real billiards table overall. Even changing the rails to snooker rails on a X wouldn't really be right....even as deep as Diamonds pocket shelves are...changing the rails out for snooker rails still won't make the table play like a real snooker table because the balls would fall in the pockets to easy because of the short pocket shelf depth....so you might as well be playing snooker with 4" pockets instead of 3 1/2" snooker pockets.

Glen

PS. What people need to understand is that "Pool"..."Billiards"...and "Snooker" are three very different games, played on 3 very different...distinctive tables, and to try and cross breed them into an all around table just won't do the game any justice.

Straight rail billiards is the only game I know of that uses the same thickness of slate...and the same HR bed cloth and rail cloth....interchangeable with the same Priam for playing pocket pool just simply by changing the rails out.
 
what's with all the straight rail talk? Is this a special order for someone because nobody really plays that

I would say a 10 foot pool table would be beyond awesome, say a 6 leg version without the ugly angular corners of the pro-am a la that colaboration they did with Samsara a few years back

the three piece 2000lb 2.6 inch slate used on carom tables would be sweet, just build the table to support it OR a one piece 1-2 inch would be pretty sweet also, Italian of course

this would give them bragging rights over Gabrielles (hard not to rank them as undisputed king of tables) which doesn't do 10 foot pool and a competitive edge over Olhasuen which currently offers 10 footers on many tables using Brazilian Slate plus more custom options than I can count

I know Connelly will do a 10 Foot also in non ultimate version so there is a market
 
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