Why the dimple in a piece of chalk???

[Maniac]

Because of this thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=481652&page=3, it got me to thinking...if most people are brushing their chalk onto their tips (as many posters claim is the proper way) then why wouldn't the chalk manufacturing process just have the surface made flat?

I too brush my chalk on and simply have no need for the dimple. In fact, I have been known to sand the dimple out and cut a tad bit of paper off my chalk (until I started using a more expensive brand).

Does anybody think that it would be a good thing if the chalk companies offered both flat and dimpled chalk? Hey...let's get something going with this idea.

Maniac

 

[measureman]

Dimples are cute.

 

[RichSchultz]

Because of this thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=481652&page=3, it got me to thinking...if most people are brushing their chalk onto their tips (as many posters claim is the proper way) then why wouldn't the chalk manufacturing process just have the surface made flat?

I too brush my chalk on and simply have no need for the dimple. In fact, I have been known to sand the dimple out and cut a tad bit of paper off my chalk (until I started using a more expensive brand).

Does anybody think that it would be a good thing if the chalk companies offered both flat and dimpled chalk? Hey...let's get something going with this idea.

Maniac

remove paper and use bottom of chalk? maybe sand it off if it won’t peel off.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

remove paper and use bottom of chalk? maybe sand it off if it won’t peel off.

Pretty good idea, especially if you use a chalk holder. If not, I guess you'd have to put it down on its side (or face the chalkophobic wrath of your opponents).

Just brushing the top side across your tip will flatten the dimple out of it. There are cubes like that among the rest in the box on the counter at my local joint.

pj
chgo

 

[easy-e]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have a problem brushing on the chalk WITH a dimple? I think we may officially be at the point where we are inventing problems.

 

[The Renfro]

There isn't....

 

[GoldCrown]

then why wouldn't the chalk manufacturing process just have the surface made flat

Flat or round? Like the world itself.

 

[GoldCrown]

There isn't....

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The buyer gets .001% more chalk. Is it easier to chalk with a slight bevel or flat surface. Let's reduce this to lowest common denominator. Let's break it down.

 

[Maniac]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have a problem brushing on the chalk WITH a dimple? I think we may officially be at the point where we are inventing problems.

Well, I don't have any problems whatsoever. In fact, I use a piece of dimpled chalk every time I play.

That said, why shouldn't chalk manufacturers offer an undimpled chalk version to go along with the standard cubes? It could not possibly be hard/expensive to set up one of their pieces of machinery to make dimple-less chalk. Really...why not???

Maniac

 

[Maniac]

Dimples are cute.

Not the ones on my a**.

Maniac

 

[simco]

To help the bangers aim the chalk?

 

[Bob Jewett]

To help the bangers aim the chalk?

You mean the ones that use center-to-edge strokes when they brush the chalk on?

 

[Black-Balled]

Well, I don't have any problems whatsoever. In fact, I use a piece of dimpled chalk every time I play.

That said, why shouldn't chalk manufacturers offer an undimpled chalk version to go along with the standard cubes? It could not possibly be hard/expensive to set up one of their pieces of machinery to make dimple-less chalk. Really...why not???

Maniac

You maniac!

 

[Black-Balled]

Dimples are cute.

I sure it is more aerodynamics,as opposed to looks.

 

[WildWing]

I sure it is more aerodynamics,as opposed to looks.

True. That chalk flies fast through the air. Especially if it involves the Boggs Brothers. Or maybe Shorty. Or.... well, it's a lot of them...

All the best,
WW

 

[pt109]

To help the bangers aim the chalk?

That’s it, IMO
Ya gotta give the drillers something to aim at.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Has anybody given the actual answer yet? It's the most obvious one: the dimple is about the shape of a tip, so it can chalk the most surface at once.

pj <- also the drilling target answer
chgo

 

[jimmyco]

Economics.

Do you have any idea how much chalk is conserved by leaving that cute dimple void in each and every cube?

Neither do I.

 

[jasonlaus]

Not the ones on my a**.

Maniac

Dimples not pimples:yikes:
Jason

 

[Maniac]

Dimples not pimples:yikes:
Jason

I got both! :embarrassed2:

Maniac