The pool cue just broke again. It's done it twice already, and I've
repaired it with Titebond II. It broke once near the tip collar, once
splitting down about 2 inches, and now it's broken near the tip collar
again. There's no glue on the wood fibers, so it looks like the glue joint
held.
I'm about to fix it a third time, but since it's breaking in the same place
should I be looking at a different fix next time? I'd probably drill the
center out and replace it with a dowel, but I'm open to suggestions.
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
On 8/21/2010 4:18 PM, Steve B wrote:
> But still, it's like playing a musical instrument, shooting, or other things
> that involve ingrained talent. You either have it, or you don't. And after
> that, it's practice, practice, practice. Yes, eyesight and physical shape
> has something to do with it, mainly eyesight.
You're right about it being like playing a musical instrument. You get
in a groove, your "chops" are honed to razor sharp, and you back off
playing for a while and you feel almost like you have to start over
again. It's a great feeling when you know your chops are solid.
And that was indeed Willie Hoppe someone mentioned ... I think he also
had an autographed cue stick that was much coveted. IIRC, both the
Mosconi and Hoppe cues ran in the $75-100 range, which was a helluva lot
of money in those days (early 60's).
So much so that I copied them by taking my two part custom el cheapo to
the college industrial arts wood shop, chucking the handle up in the
lathe and cutting a slight groove in the handle just deep enough to wrap
it with braided fishing line.
Also bored a hole into the handle end and filled it with with two ounces
of lead, making my store bought 22 oz a 24, with some inertia behind it.
This was after carefully sandpapering the barrel to just the right
taper, with a very slight concavity to it, which I preferred.
Of course, if you walked in a strange bar with a custom two piece cue in
a case, the hustle was either over, or just starting! :)
Most of the time it was best to leave it in the truck, until the nut
cutting ...
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
>>Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>>Steve
>I prefer a Gus Szamboti but they aren't cheap. Having known Gus and
>having him work on my cue was a priviledge.`Casper
The one on the left is almost dead on for my que, including the case.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140415243137&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
I should have bought several of Gus's cues back then. I'll never stop
kicking myself for letting go too many good deals on those cues.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote
> It's fun to go to Las Vegas to watch the pool tournement finals there even
> if you no longer play. I've watched 3 times at the Riviera. I'm not sure
> where they play now, because I think the Riviera may no longer be there.
> I'm not sure about that.
>
> Bill
I grew up in Las Vegas, and hung out at the Cue Club on East Sahara. I
watched Ed Kelly play about a thousand games. Frank Butterfield, Pug, and
the others. Doyle Brunson came in, but didn't play pool. They'd play for
$500 and a thousand a game on one pocket. At the Stardust in about 67, 68,
and 69, they had some great tourneys, before it got all big time with TV
crews and all. I believe "The Riv" is still there, but a shadow of its
former self, now resembling a carnival more than a casino. I parked cars
there for about a year. Shecky Greene tried to choke me one night because I
wouldn't give him his car because he was drunk, and security called and had
us hide it.
Ah, the old days.
Steve
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"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>> That was then and this is now.
>>
>> The eye and the touch are history.
>>
>> Picked up a cue a few years ago, took a couple of shots and hung it
>> back in the rack before embarrassing myself further.
>>
>> Lew
>
> Wrong way to look at it, IMO. Get a rack of balls, go find a big table by
> yourself, and Have Fun!
>
> bill
Exactly. I used to love to go to an old pool hall, get a rack of numbered
balls for the snooker table (not the snooker balls, but the ones colored
like 8 ball) and just play for hours. I'd get people trying to hustle me,
but I just liked to play and practice.
I have a 4 x 8 table in my house now. And at odd moments, I'll run a few
racks. You can learn a lot by yourself when you can try lots of new things.
The transference of English being the most interesting to me, then making
multiple rail shots, followed by bank shots, then transference of English
bank shots.
Steve
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Bill wrote:
>
> Not everything that is shaped like a good pool cue
> is a good pool cue. You want consistency around the
> full radius of the tip or it's a piece of junk (to a serious player).
> I'm not saying that goal is impossible with epoxy, because
> I'm not sure, I'm just skeptical. I'd rather eliminate that factor
> from the get-go.
>
> OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
> than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
>
Bill... it looks like you're coming into your own in this thread.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"Bill" wrote:
>
> Not everything that is shaped like a good pool cue
> is a good pool cue. You want consistency around the
> full radius of the tip or it's a piece of junk (to a serious
> player).
> I'm not saying that goal is impossible with epoxy, because
> I'm not sure, I'm just skeptical. I'd rather eliminate that factor
> from the get-go.
-----------------------------
Repair of a damaged section only.
My preference was a two piece, 18 OZ, well balanced cue with quality
elk hide tip.
Earned quite a few tuition payments with that little beauty.
That was then and this is now.
The eye and the touch are history.
Picked up a cue a few years ago, took a couple of shots and hung it
back in the rack before embarrassing myself further.
Lew
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in news:O1lbo.65160$Bh2.56782
@newsfe04.iad:
>
> "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> I'd be looking for a new pool cue...
>
> Yep, it must have too much grain runout.
I took a closer look at the end, and I'm inclined to agree with you. The
grain seems to run at an angle from side-to-side rather than being close to
parallel.
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Is this a temper tantrum thing after missing that important shot?
>
> How, the hell, do you break a pool cue?
>
> LOL
No temper tantrums.
Wood has many interesting properties due to being alive at one time, and
some of those appear to be coming in to play here. Each time this cue
broke, it was after hitting the cue ball, so it's an impact along the
grain type thing.
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> Fix it as best you can, and retire it to the rack. I have some CueTec
> fiberglass cues I like that are bulletproof, although I did have to
> replace the tips that popped off with elk hide. Made a drill/lathe to
> turn them to finish off the oversized tips.
>
> Then I found a couple of outstanding cues at yard sales, one from the
> forties or fifties that looks as good as a Palmer, for $1. The other
> is a bit gaudy, with its dark inlays, but is light and shoots good.
> Then I found my wife's old Brunswick in the attic that she bought new
> in the sixties for $32. Fat handle, I like it. Got good punch.
>
> Once that wood splits, the repeated blows just keep working on the
> fracture until it pops again. I had one that I tried to fix, and
> finally gave up.
>
> Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Barry-Szamboti-Custom-Pool-Cue-w-Many-Extras-see-be
> low-/260651764642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
>
> You deserve it. ;-)
>
> Steve
>
> visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
> special free book offer!
>
You guys are good at spending my money. ;-)
I borrowed my sister's cue last night, and it's got a nice tip on it. It
seemed to cushion the shot a little bit, so the cue ball didn't feel like
it was shooting off.
If I keep going, I might wind up with a particle board tip... Half glue,
half wood stuffs. :-)
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
> What a shame. I'm a hack when it comes to golf, but I can still
> have fun going around the course with a couple of friends. Don't
> ask me my score, I probably stopped counting by the 6th or 7th hole
> since I already got my par 72. No, I won't hold you up because I
> won't play when the course is crowded out of respect to the good
> golfers.
---------------------------------------
When I couldn't consistently break 80 off the tigers, quit playing
golf and started sailing.
Had nothing to do with competing with other people.
Like pool. it had to do with competing with the game.
Didn't make any difference whether I was playing as a single or in a
foursome, my opponent was the course and my abilities.
BTW, refuse to get involved with sailboat racing.
On a boat, the only thing I race for is down below for a cold one.
Lew
Swingman wrote:
>But Sheeeeesh! Back then the coveted pool cue was a "Willi Mosconi",
>and
>I have NEVER even heard of any of the above, so times have indeed
>changed. :)
------------------------------
I'm with you, but there was another Willi along about that time (early
'60s) whose name I can't remember.
Lew
All these pool stories. OK Here's mine.
First of all, although I enjoy the game, I suck at it.
But when I was 19, there were a number of pool halls in the neighborhood.
Also at that time I was part of a new, experimental program of "mainlining"
deaf students into the community colleges. These kids have spent their
entire lives institutionalized in deaf programs and schools throughout the
country. I was their age, had a hearing problem, so was immediately accepted
by them. They did not trust almost any adult and most hearing people. I
became the liaison between the deaf kids and the staff there.
Two blocks from the school was a large pool hall. I was asked to "chaperone"
a group of deaf kids for a pool hall visit. There was an older deaf guy who
hustled there and met them there. What unfolded before my eyes was amazing
and soon became local folklore.
It turns out that these kids were raised in environments where there was and
abundance of pool tables. They have been practicing since they were
children. And since most people think of deaf kids as being "slow" they
made the perfect hustlers. My part in this scheme was to orient these
budding hustlers to this new, garish pool hall environment. It took a little
while for them to get there interaction with hearing people down. And they
were not permitted outside of the dormitories at night at first.
But over about three months, they learned to blend in, And they started to
let them out at night. They went to school during the day. The hustled pool
at night. After awhile, they started hitting all the pool halls in town.
And the average pool player in town soon was poorer for the experience. Some
of those kids, who never help a regular job in their life, were buying cars
with their earnings. They were taking cabs everywhere, eating in nice
restaurants and wearing nice clothes.
They called me in to ask if I knew anything about it. I did not know how
extensive it had become. After a few polite inquires, I told them to tone it
down and not buy anything that would draw attention to themselves. Since I
was "one of them", they took my advice. After all, I wasn't telling them to
stop. Just cool it a little. I ran into some of those kids years later. They
were still hustling pool. And it was a big portion of their income.
And they were grateful to me. They were kind enough to give me a few
lessons. But I never had the eyesight or physical coordination for it. But I
still like to play a game now and then.
"DanG" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]
september.org:
> My suggestion was not meant to shorten the cue, only to see about
> finding an appropriate diameter tube or pipe that equals the
> existing OD and turn down the diameter of the tip enough to
> install it.
>
> I agree that time spent is only worth it if this is something
> special.
>
Nothing special about the cue, except I like the feel. I know it's
useless, but I'll keep playing with it here and there to see how it goes.
Maybe I'll learn something useful... if not it's still fun to see the end
go flying after a shot. (Same reason we'd keep playing with a baseball
with missing seams.)
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Bill" wrote:
>
>
>> Wrong way to look at it, IMO. Get a rack of balls, go find a big table
>> by yourself, and Have Fun!
> -------------------------------
> I find no pleasure in being a hack.
>
> When you no longer can compete, you get out.
>
> Lew
Only if winning is all that counts. Having fun shooting pool with friends
(however badly) isn't about competing, it's about having fun with friends.
>> Hoppe?
>Yep.
>Thank you.
>Lew
William Frederick Hoppe was a true billiard champion. You don't hear
much about him or Greenleaf and those guys anymore.
Another great player, IMHO, is one I affectionately call "Wille" but
his real name is Nick Varner. A masterful Kentucky boy. Why do I call
him Wille? Well it's because he always reminds me of Gene Wilder
playing Wilie Wonka, having almost the hair style and body size.
`Casper
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>> Fix it as best you can, and retire it to the rack. I have some CueTec
>> fiberglass cues I like that are bulletproof, although I did have to
>> replace the tips that popped off with elk hide. Made a drill/lathe to
>> turn them to finish off the oversized tips.
>>
>> Then I found a couple of outstanding cues at yard sales, one from the
>> forties or fifties that looks as good as a Palmer, for $1. The other
>> is a bit gaudy, with its dark inlays, but is light and shoots good.
>> Then I found my wife's old Brunswick in the attic that she bought new
>> in the sixties for $32. Fat handle, I like it. Got good punch.
>>
>> Once that wood splits, the repeated blows just keep working on the
>> fracture until it pops again. I had one that I tried to fix, and
>> finally gave up.
>>
>> Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Barry-Szamboti-Custom-Pool-Cue-w-Many-Extras-see-be
>> low-/260651764642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
>>
>> You deserve it. ;-)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
>> special free book offer!
>>
>
> You guys are good at spending my money. ;-)
>
> I borrowed my sister's cue last night, and it's got a nice tip on it. It
> seemed to cushion the shot a little bit, so the cue ball didn't feel like
> it was shooting off.
>
> If I keep going, I might wind up with a particle board tip... Half glue,
> half wood stuffs. :-)
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
I like elk hide. Tricky to get on, to trim, and to get to stick, but that's
part of the game.
Steve
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visit my site, leave an e mail, and get a free book!
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
>
>> What a shame. I'm a hack when it comes to golf, but I can still have
>> fun going around the course with a couple of friends. Don't ask me my
>> score, I probably stopped counting by the 6th or 7th hole since I already
>> got my par 72. No, I won't hold you up because I won't play when the
>> course is crowded out of respect to the good golfers.
> ---------------------------------------
> When I couldn't consistently break 80 off the tigers, quit playing golf
> and started sailing.
>
> Had nothing to do with competing with other people.
>
> Like pool. it had to do with competing with the game.
>
> Didn't make any difference whether I was playing as a single or in a
> foursome, my opponent was the course and my abilities.
>
> BTW, refuse to get involved with sailboat racing.
>
> On a boat, the only thing I race for is down below for a cold one.
>
> Lew
I took up golf last year, and gave it up. It hurt too much, and I was
slowing down the other players and affecting their game
Steve
>Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>Steve
>I prefer a Gus Szamboti but they aren't cheap. Having known Gus and
>having him work on my cue was a priviledge.`Casper
> The one on the left is almost dead on for my que, including the case.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140415243137&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
>
> I should have bought several of Gus's cues back then. I'll never stop
> kicking myself for letting go too many good deals on those cues.
>If I hit that eighty million on super ball this week, I'll buy it for you.
>Steve
>visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
>visit my site, leave an e mail, and get a free book!
>Somehow, I feel confident making that offer ................
LOL! Thanks. That would definitely get me playing full time again.
I kept meaning to catch up with Gus and ask him to teach me his craft.
Was a time in there when I lost my day job and put a lot of time in at
a local pool hall Gus frequented. Someone was always showing off their
new Szamboti. I was all set to ask Guz is I could apprentice but that
was about the time of his heart problem and surgery and I just
couldn't bring myself to impose on him with his bad health. Boy do I
regret that now. Been woodworking all kinds of other things for years
and always keep wondering what I'd be doing today if I had learned
that craft.
Wow. Now you've got me really remembering those days, all my practice,
tourneys and such. Didn't realize how long it's been and how much I
missed them. Now I'll have to make a trip back east just to see if the
halls are still there, especially the Four Seasons where Steve Mizerak
used to occasion. Even he is gone now, sadly. What memories. :)
`Casper
"Casper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>>Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>>>Steve
>
>>I prefer a Gus Szamboti but they aren't cheap. Having known Gus and
>>having him work on my cue was a priviledge.`Casper
>
> The one on the left is almost dead on for my que, including the case.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140415243137&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
>
> I should have bought several of Gus's cues back then. I'll never stop
> kicking myself for letting go too many good deals on those cues.
If I hit that eighty million on super ball this week, I'll buy it for you.
Steve
visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
visit my site, leave an e mail, and get a free book!
Somehow, I feel confident making that offer ................
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote
> I'd be looking for a new pool cue...
Yep, it must have too much grain runout.
--
Jim in NC
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The pool cue just broke again. It's done it twice already, and I've
> repaired it with Titebond II. It broke once near the tip collar, once
> splitting down about 2 inches, and now it's broken near the tip collar
> again. There's no glue on the wood fibers, so it looks like the glue
> joint
> held.
>
> I'm about to fix it a third time, but since it's breaking in the same
> place
> should I be looking at a different fix next time? I'd probably drill the
> center out and replace it with a dowel, but I'm open to suggestions.
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
Fix it as best you can, and retire it to the rack. I have some CueTec
fiberglass cues I like that are bulletproof, although I did have to replace
the tips that popped off with elk hide. Made a drill/lathe to turn them to
finish off the oversized tips.
Then I found a couple of outstanding cues at yard sales, one from the
forties or fifties that looks as good as a Palmer, for $1. The other is a
bit gaudy, with its dark inlays, but is light and shoots good. Then I found
my wife's old Brunswick in the attic that she bought new in the sixties for
$32. Fat handle, I like it. Got good punch.
Once that wood splits, the repeated blows just keep working on the fracture
until it pops again. I had one that I tried to fix, and finally gave up.
Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Barry-Szamboti-Custom-Pool-Cue-w-Many-Extras-see-below-/260651764642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
You deserve it. ;-)
Steve
visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
special free book offer!
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote
> And they were grateful to me. They were kind enough to give me a few
> lessons. But I never had the eyesight or physical coordination for it. But
> I still like to play a game now and then.
I'm 62, and have been playing pool since I was as tall as a pool stick, the
requirement at the youth center where I learned to play. I always liked it,
but to get over to the snooker tables, you had to prove yourself with
"Pappy", a great pool player, and dominant male at the youth center. So, I
learned from a master.
But still, it's like playing a musical instrument, shooting, or other things
that involve ingrained talent. You either have it, or you don't. And after
that, it's practice, practice, practice. Yes, eyesight and physical shape
has something to do with it, mainly eyesight.
But it's like bowling. Anyone can do it, whether they suck or are good, but
it's fun anyway.
Steve
visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
Get your free book while they last. They're electronic, and the supply is
endless, but they are going FAST! ;-)
May have been a lot like some of the golf I have seen played....LOL
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
No temper tantrums.
Wood has many interesting properties due to being alive at one time, and
some of those appear to be coming in to play here. Each time this cue
broke, it was after hitting the cue ball, so it's an impact along the
grain type thing.
Puckdropper
"Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Is this a temper tantrum thing after missing that important shot?
>
> How, the hell, do you break a pool cue?
>
> LOL
Puckdropper wrote:
> The pool cue just broke again. It's done it twice already, and I've
> repaired it with Titebond II. It broke once near the tip collar, once
> splitting down about 2 inches, and now it's broken near the tip collar
> again. There's no glue on the wood fibers, so it looks like the glue
> joint held.
>
> I'm about to fix it a third time, but since it's breaking in the same
> place should I be looking at a different fix next time? I'd probably
> drill the center out and replace it with a dowel, but I'm open to
> suggestions.
>
I'd be looking for a new pool cue...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:52:50 -0700, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
>
>> What a shame. I'm a hack when it comes to golf, but I can still
>> have fun going around the course with a couple of friends. Don't
>> ask me my score, I probably stopped counting by the 6th or 7th hole
>> since I already got my par 72. No, I won't hold you up because I
>> won't play when the course is crowded out of respect to the good
>> golfers.
>---------------------------------------
>When I couldn't consistently break 80 off the tigers, quit playing
>golf and started sailing.
>
>Had nothing to do with competing with other people.
>
>Like pool. it had to do with competing with the game.
>
>Didn't make any difference whether I was playing as a single or in a
>foursome, my opponent was the course and my abilities.
>
>BTW, refuse to get involved with sailboat racing.
My brother used to race Snipes and then when his crew was old enough,
Lightnings. I crewed for him occasionally, but the idea of the race was
always to do the best *you* can. Winning wasn't that important, and he/we
didn't. The only time he came close he took a tack that no one else did and
was rewarded with a wind shift in his favor; then the tiller broke. His only
worry was how to get back without a tiller. ...and then, of course, replacing
it.
>On a boat, the only thing I race for is down below for a cold one.
Don't slip. ;-)
On Aug 19, 5:58=A0am, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> The pool cue just broke again. =A0It's done it twice already, and I've
> repaired it with Titebond II. =A0It broke once near the tip collar, once
> splitting down about 2 inches, and now it's broken near the tip collar
> again. =A0There's no glue on the wood fibers, so it looks like the glue j=
oint
> held.
>
> I'm about to fix it a third time, but since it's breaking in the same pla=
ce
> should I be looking at a different fix next time? =A0I'd probably drill t=
he
> center out and replace it with a dowel, but I'm open to suggestions.
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
Better take up golf. It's much harder (not impossible) to break a club
and you have a lot of spares in the bag. And you get more exercise,
too. Plus all that space in the rec room taken up by a big pool table
that SWMBO uses for folding laundry...the list goes on <G>
Joe
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Bill" wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Wrong way to look at it, IMO. Get a rack of balls, go find a big table
>>> by yourself, and Have Fun!
>> -------------------------------
>> I find no pleasure in being a hack.
>>
>> When you no longer can compete, you get out.
>>
>> Lew
>
> Only if winning is all that counts. Having fun shooting pool with
> friends (however badly) isn't about competing, it's about having fun with
> friends.
Most things lose the fun factor when they become competitive.
Steve
>> Not everything that is shaped like a good pool cue
>> is a good pool cue. >>
>> OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
>> than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
A lot of pool is mental. Yes, a good cue is vital to a good pool player,
but it is not a necessity. Knowing human nature and reading people is a
better edge.
Still, it is nice to have a nice stick, even a good wooden bar stick.
Steve
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:21:49 -0400, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>Mike Marlow wrote:
>> Bill wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Not everything that is shaped like a good pool cue
>>> is a good pool cue. You want consistency around the
>>> full radius of the tip or it's a piece of junk (to a serious player).
>>> I'm not saying that goal is impossible with epoxy, because
>>> I'm not sure, I'm just skeptical. I'd rather eliminate that factor
>>> from the get-go.
>>>
>>> OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
>>> than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
>>>
>>
>> Bill... it looks like you're coming into your own in this thread.
>
>
>Ah, The Color of Money...
>
>Break 'em! : )
He'll be a New man soon.
>To be honest though, Mike, like Lew suggested, the game is not quite the
>same with bifocals.
Agreed. My pool playing has never been the same since I went to
wearing glasses full-time.
>I never quite mastered the game as well as I wanted
Nor did I, but it was fun for awhile.
>to, but maybe that was part of its appeal? Woodworking and luthery are
>evidently tough to master too--and you don't have to get smoke all over
>your clothes. So far, mainly drywall mud instead. ;)
Drywall dust and mud are far, far preferable to cigarette smoke. Feh!
--
We're all here because we're not all there.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> RE: Subject
>
> Good laminating epoxy and patience.
>
> Forget the 5 minute stuff.
>
> Lew
>
>
Not everything that is shaped like a good pool cue
is a good pool cue. You want consistency around the
full radius of the tip or it's a piece of junk (to a serious player).
I'm not saying that goal is impossible with epoxy, because
I'm not sure, I'm just skeptical. I'd rather eliminate that factor
from the get-go.
OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
Bill
Mike Marlow wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Not everything that is shaped like a good pool cue
>> is a good pool cue. You want consistency around the
>> full radius of the tip or it's a piece of junk (to a serious player).
>> I'm not saying that goal is impossible with epoxy, because
>> I'm not sure, I'm just skeptical. I'd rather eliminate that factor
>> from the get-go.
>>
>> OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
>> than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
>>
>
> Bill... it looks like you're coming into your own in this thread.
Ah, The Color of Money...
Break 'em! : )
To be honest though, Mike, like Lew suggested, the game is not quite the
same with bifocals. I could still do okay on the smaller tables, but I
always preferred the 9-footers. I've played the game most all of the
ways people play it: one-pocket, straight pool, snooker, 3-cushion
billiards, and also, but certainly not least, 9-ball. I enjoyed my
"misspent youth". I never quite mastered the game as well as I wanted
to, but maybe that was part of its appeal? Woodworking and luthery are
evidently tough to master too--and you don't have to get smoke all over
your clothes. So far, mainly drywall mud instead. ;)
Bill
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> That was then and this is now.
>
> The eye and the touch are history.
>
> Picked up a cue a few years ago, took a couple of shots and hung it
> back in the rack before embarrassing myself further.
>
> Lew
Wrong way to look at it, IMO. Get a rack of balls, go find a big table
by yourself, and Have Fun!
bill
Puckdropper wrote:
> "Josepi"<[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Is this a temper tantrum thing after missing that important shot?
>>
>> How, the hell, do you break a pool cue?
I once accidentally broke a real cheapy over my knee in a college bar
when the 8-ball went in the wrong pocket. I really didn't mean to break
it. This real big bouncer dude, who didn't understand that it was an
accident, asked me to pay him $15 or $20. I suspect that was probably
health-insurance money well-spent.
>>
>> LOL
>
> No temper tantrums.
>
> Wood has many interesting properties due to being alive at one time, and
> some of those appear to be coming in to play here. Each time this cue
> broke, it was after hitting the cue ball, so it's an impact along the
> grain type thing.
>
> Puckdropper
Steve B wrote:
> "Bill"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>
>>> That was then and this is now.
>>>
>>> The eye and the touch are history.
>>>
>>> Picked up a cue a few years ago, took a couple of shots and hung it
>>> back in the rack before embarrassing myself further.
>>>
>>> Lew
>>
>> Wrong way to look at it, IMO. Get a rack of balls, go find a big table by
>> yourself, and Have Fun!
>>
>> bill
>
> Exactly. I used to love to go to an old pool hall, get a rack of numbered
> balls for the snooker table (not the snooker balls, but the ones colored
> like 8 ball) and just play for hours. I'd get people trying to hustle me,
> but I just liked to play and practice.
>
> I have a 4 x 8 table in my house now. And at odd moments, I'll run a few
> racks. You can learn a lot by yourself when you can try lots of new things.
> The transference of English being the most interesting to me, then making
> multiple rail shots, followed by bank shots, then transference of English
> bank shots.
>
> Steve
You don't have to convince me. I think all of the physics involved can
get pretty deep. OTOH, winning players play a consistent and thus
relatively boring game. The more english you try to use, the less
consistent you'll be.
It's fun to go to Las Vegas to watch the pool tournement finals there
even if you no longer play. I've watched 3 times at the Riviera. I'm not
sure where they play now, because I think the Riviera may no longer be
there. I'm not sure about that.
Bill
Bill wrote:
> Steve B wrote:
>> "Bill"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>>
>>>> That was then and this is now.
>>>>
>>>> The eye and the touch are history.
>>>>
>>>> Picked up a cue a few years ago, took a couple of shots and hung it
>>>> back in the rack before embarrassing myself further.
>>>>
>>>> Lew
>>>
>>> Wrong way to look at it, IMO. Get a rack of balls, go find a big
>>> table by
>>> yourself, and Have Fun!
>>>
>>> bill
>>
>> Exactly. I used to love to go to an old pool hall, get a rack of numbered
>> balls for the snooker table (not the snooker balls, but the ones colored
>> like 8 ball) and just play for hours. I'd get people trying to hustle me,
>> but I just liked to play and practice.
>>
>> I have a 4 x 8 table in my house now. And at odd moments, I'll run a few
>> racks. You can learn a lot by yourself when you can try lots of new
>> things.
>> The transference of English being the most interesting to me, then making
>> multiple rail shots, followed by bank shots, then transference of English
>> bank shots.
>>
>> Steve
>
> You don't have to convince me. I think all of the physics involved can
> get pretty deep. OTOH, winning players play a consistent and thus
> relatively boring game. The more english you try to use, the less
> consistent you'll be.
>
> It's fun to go to Las Vegas to watch the pool tournement finals there
> even if you no longer play. I've watched 3 times at the Riviera. I'm not
> sure where they play now, because I think the Riviera may no longer be
> there. I'm not sure about that.
>
> Bill
>
Yep. Still there. Here ya go:
http://www.poolplayers.com/ntc.html
>> "DGDevin" wrote:
>>> Having fun shooting pool with friends (however badly) isn't
>>> about competing, it's about having fun with friends.
What you are describing is not pool, the way a few of us here think of
pool. As has been pointed out, one can play pool perfectly-well alone.
One can have fun at a pool table with their friends, but it is not the
same as playing for $5 or $10 a game against pool players. I used to
enjoy watching people play for hours for even $100 a game--and all of
these numbers are 30 years old. It's all about having a good pool
room--one that occasionally allows after-hours drinking and card playing
is a plus. The one I frequented, technically a "private club", has been
torn down and their is not a (decent) pool room near where I live now.
I always made sure I had the car back before my dad had to leave for
work at 7:30 a.m. For some reason, there were a lot of big arguments
about the hours I kept back then. To be honest, walking out of the pool
room at 7 am and seeing sunshine gave me a strange sort of sick feeling.
If you haven't experienced the "excess" then you probably haven't been
there. Being a pool player is not all fun and games! : )
Bill
On 8/21/2010 1:51 AM, Steve B wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
>>
>>> What a shame. I'm a hack when it comes to golf, but I can still have
>>> fun going around the course with a couple of friends. Don't ask me my
>>> score, I probably stopped counting by the 6th or 7th hole since I already
>>> got my par 72. No, I won't hold you up because I won't play when the
>>> course is crowded out of respect to the good golfers.
>> ---------------------------------------
>> When I couldn't consistently break 80 off the tigers, quit playing golf
>> and started sailing.
>>
>> Had nothing to do with competing with other people.
>>
>> Like pool. it had to do with competing with the game.
>>
>> Didn't make any difference whether I was playing as a single or in a
>> foursome, my opponent was the course and my abilities.
>>
>> BTW, refuse to get involved with sailboat racing.
>>
>> On a boat, the only thing I race for is down below for a cold one.
>>
>> Lew
>
> I took up golf last year, and gave it up. It hurt too much, and I was
> slowing down the other players and affecting their game
I just remembered the last time I smoked a joint and the last time I
played golf. Back in 1982 or thereabout the company decided to have a
golf outing and I got teamed with two other engineers. I was starting
to get seriously frustrated, having never played the game before, when
one of them lit up a big one on the ninth hole. My performance didn't
improve after that but my enjoyment certainly did. Odd--the stuff
previously hadn't done much for me.
If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the
tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this
one is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DanG
Keep the whole world singing . . .
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>> Fix it as best you can, and retire it to the rack. I have some
>> CueTec
>> fiberglass cues I like that are bulletproof, although I did
>> have to
>> replace the tips that popped off with elk hide. Made a
>> drill/lathe to
>> turn them to finish off the oversized tips.
>>
>> Then I found a couple of outstanding cues at yard sales, one
>> from the
>> forties or fifties that looks as good as a Palmer, for $1. The
>> other
>> is a bit gaudy, with its dark inlays, but is light and shoots
>> good.
>> Then I found my wife's old Brunswick in the attic that she
>> bought new
>> in the sixties for $32. Fat handle, I like it. Got good
>> punch.
>>
>> Once that wood splits, the repeated blows just keep working on
>> the
>> fracture until it pops again. I had one that I tried to fix,
>> and
>> finally gave up.
>>
>> Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or
>> Szamboti?
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Barry-Szamboti-Custom-Pool-Cue-w-Many-Extras-see-be
>> low-/260651764642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
>>
>> You deserve it. ;-)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com
>> special free book offer!
>>
>
> You guys are good at spending my money. ;-)
>
> I borrowed my sister's cue last night, and it's got a nice tip
> on it. It
> seemed to cushion the shot a little bit, so the cue ball didn't
> feel like
> it was shooting off.
>
> If I keep going, I might wind up with a particle board tip...
> Half glue,
> half wood stuffs. :-)
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
DanG wrote:
> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the
> tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this
> one is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
>
<<< Gasp!!! >>>
IMO, If it's really good 2-piece cue, I suggest you buy a new shaft for
it. If you paid less than $50 for it, then I think it's time for an
upgrade. No good cue's were designed to be made shorter anyway (the same
goes for fishing rods that get crushed in the car door).
Like Lew said about computers being a tool--replace it with one that
works and enjoy your game.
Bill
My suggestion was not meant to shorten the cue, only to see about
finding an appropriate diameter tube or pipe that equals the
existing OD and turn down the diameter of the tip enough to
install it.
I agree that time spent is only worth it if this is something
special.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DanG
Keep the whole world singing . . .
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> DanG wrote:
>> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down
>> the
>> tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where
>> this
>> one is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
>>
>
> <<< Gasp!!! >>>
>
> IMO, If it's really good 2-piece cue, I suggest you buy a new
> shaft for it. If you paid less than $50 for it, then I think
> it's time for an upgrade. No good cue's were designed to be made
> shorter anyway (the same goes for fishing rods that get crushed
> in the car door).
>
> Like Lew said about computers being a tool--replace it with one
> that works and enjoy your game.
>
> Bill
DanG wrote:
> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the
> tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this
> one is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
If you know anything about squirt and deflection, you would not use a
metal ferrule. You want the tip (last 6 inches) as light as possible.
--
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"Jack Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> DanG wrote:
>> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the tip
>> and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this one is
>> splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
I don't see why a plastic or bone ferrule wouldn't do the same job.
Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Jack Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> DanG wrote:
>>> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the
>>> tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this one
>>> is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
>
> I don't see why a plastic or bone ferrule wouldn't do the same job.
Recall too that a good installation of such a ferrule involves putting
on an over-sized one and taking it down with a lathe. With a new tip, it
would typically probably cost $30-40 to have that done. It sounds as if
the original tenon is long gone (broken off), so a bit more work is
required. If I owned a lathe, I would try to do it. Otherwise I'd be
cue shopping (hardly an unpleasant affair). I don't recall exactly
where the line in the sand is now, but I think anything over a certain
amount, say $150, is all for show.
Bill
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bob La Londe wrote:
>> "Jack Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> DanG wrote:
>>>> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the
>>>> tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this one
>>>> is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
>>
>> I don't see why a plastic or bone ferrule wouldn't do the same job.
>
> Recall too that a good installation of such a ferrule involves putting on
> an over-sized one and taking it down with a lathe. With a new tip, it
> would typically probably cost $30-40 to have that done. It sounds as if
> the original tenon is long gone (broken off), so a bit more work is
> required. If I owned a lathe, I would try to do it. Otherwise I'd be cue
> shopping (hardly an unpleasant affair). I don't recall exactly where the
> line in the sand is now, but I think anything over a certain amount, say
> $150, is all for show.
>
> Bill
Been a long time since I looked at pool cues, but the last time I looked the
low end McDermott was about $117. You could get a Diamond for about $80,
and a good quality Players for about $50. Never could bring myself to
spring for a McDermott, but I had a Diamond, still have a Players, and had a
number of the good old $39.95 Dufferin (carefully hand selected of course)
cues over the years.
Flash back time: I'll never forget the poor guy who challenged me to basic
$5 a game 8 ball once. I wasn't good, but I was better than him. After the
4th game he said it had to be my fancy pool cue, so I handed it to him
covered my eyes and randomly grabbed a bar stick off the wall, and told him
to put his money down. (I turned away from him so he wouldn't see the
expression on my face when I discovered what I would be shooting with. LOL.
I was thrilled it still had decent leather.) He took me up on it. I got
one of those perfect one in a hundred spreads on the break and ran the table
on him. He must have enjoyed the show because he was grinning when he
handed me his fin. You just gotta love a good sport.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
> than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
Ages ago the "Our Place Bar" used to have a mop and broom tournament on
Wednesday nights. You could bring any mop or broom you wanted or select one
of those in the bar. The only rule was it had to be a complete unmodified
factory made and commercially sold mop or broom with everything in tact. If
a rag mop it had to have a head on it etc etc. The bar put up the prizes
which were 3 ribeye steaks for for 1st, and 2 for 2nd. I found the key was
to find one you could shoot with that didn't spin around too much on you,
and you didn't whack yourself in the ribs on a long stroke. I took home
some of those steaks a few times.
Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> OTOH, I've seen broom handles that would make better cues
>> than they have in many places. Just depends what you need.
>
> Ages ago the "Our Place Bar" used to have a mop and broom tournament on
> Wednesday nights. You could bring any mop or broom you wanted or select
> one of those in the bar. The only rule was it had to be a complete
> unmodified factory made and commercially sold mop or broom with
> everything in tact. If a rag mop it had to have a head on it etc etc.
> The bar put up the prizes which were 3 ribeye steaks for for 1st, and 2
> for 2nd. I found the key was to find one you could shoot with that
> didn't spin around too much on you, and you didn't whack yourself in the
> ribs on a long stroke. I took home some of those steaks a few times.
>
>
Reminds me of the Swiffer Sweeper advertisements: e.g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKZg_qLiIj8&feature=related
I'm scared to think what I might have come home with. : )
Bill
Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> "Jack Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> DanG wrote:
>>>>> If the is cue is something special, you might try turning down the
>>>>> tip and using a metal ferrule (copper pipe? or other) where this one
>>>>> is splitting. Install with epoxy to take up any gaps.
>>>
>>> I don't see why a plastic or bone ferrule wouldn't do the same job.
>>
>> Recall too that a good installation of such a ferrule involves putting
>> on an over-sized one and taking it down with a lathe. With a new tip,
>> it would typically probably cost $30-40 to have that done. It sounds
>> as if the original tenon is long gone (broken off), so a bit more work
>> is required. If I owned a lathe, I would try to do it. Otherwise I'd
>> be cue shopping (hardly an unpleasant affair). I don't recall exactly
>> where the line in the sand is now, but I think anything over a certain
>> amount, say $150, is all for show.
>>
>> Bill
>
> Been a long time since I looked at pool cues, but the last time I looked
> the low end McDermott was about $117. You could get a Diamond for about
> $80, and a good quality Players for about $50. Never could bring myself
> to spring for a McDermott, but I had a Diamond, still have a Players,
> and had a number of the good old $39.95 Dufferin (carefully hand
> selected of course) cues over the years.
Quite a collection of them here.
http://www.billiardwarehouse.com/cues/mcdermott/mcdermott_pool_cues.htm
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Swingman wrote:
>
>> But Sheeeeesh! Back then the coveted pool cue was a "Willi Mosconi",
>> and
>> I have NEVER even heard of any of the above, so times have indeed
>> changed. :)
> ------------------------------
> I'm with you, but there was another Willi along about that time (early
> '60s) whose name I can't remember.
>
> Lew
>
>
Hoppe?
> The pool cue just broke again. It's done it twice already, and I've
> repaired it with Titebond II. It broke once near the tip collar, once
> splitting down about 2 inches, and now it's broken near the tip collar
> again. There's no glue on the wood fibers, so it looks like the glue
> joint held.
>
> I'm about to fix it a third time, but since it's breaking in the same
> place should I be looking at a different fix next time? I'd probably drill the
> center out and replace it with a dowel, but I'm open to suggestions.
> Puckdropper
In all my years I've never seen a que break that much. I would look
for something stronger than Titebond. Epoxy sounds like it would last.
>Fix it as best you can, and retire it to the rack. I have some CueTec
>fiberglass cues I like that are bulletproof, although I did have to replace
>the tips that popped off with elk hide. Made a drill/lathe to turn them to
>finish off the oversized tips.
I'd retire it too. Never could stand fiberglass cues. Never had the
response that wood does, at least not for me.
>Then I found a couple of outstanding cues at yard sales, one from the
>forties or fifties that looks as good as a Palmer, for $1. The other is a
>bit gaudy, with its dark inlays, but is light and shoots good. Then I found
>my wife's old Brunswick in the attic that she bought new in the sixties for
>$32. Fat handle, I like it. Got good punch.
Yard sales and pawn shops are good places to find old treasures, but
it takes patience to find a real good one.
>Once that wood splits, the repeated blows just keep working on the fracture
>until it pops again. I had one that I tried to fix, and finally gave up.
Agreed. The damage is done. Better to replace it.
>Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>Steve
I prefer a Gus Szamboti but they aren't cheap. Having known Gus and
having him work on my cue was a priviledge. My second choice is a
Mali, but they don't make them as good as they did decades ago.
I once saw/touched a Balabuska. It's like the Stradivarius of cues.
If you've played enough, you never loose your touch. It just takes a
little practice to get back into the swing of things.
> While in college and young testerone charged youth, I played in
>college tournaments, and whipped up on the traveling salesman at the
>local beer joints playing nine ball. AAMOF, Used to practice my straight
>pool game on the snooker tables at the Texas A&M bowling and billiards
>in the MSC (was the student manager of same for a couple of years), won
>a few tournaments, a good deal of cash, and actually got pretty good at
>tournament three cushion billiards, mainly for the fun of it.
Yeah, I did college tourneys too. Feels like a century ago. I even
remember when a local community college once got a hustler in during
the evening classes trying to sap moeny from the students. The
director of activities knew me well and called me to come in, check
him out and, if possible, get him to leave. Sure enough there was a
guy in his early forties pretending to be a night student hustling
from the night classes. I watched him a couple of days, then one night
got there before him and was playing. He offered to play and teach me.
After several games he asked if I ever played for money. A couple of
games later he was winning a $10 or $20 here and there. An hour later
we were at $50. A bit later $100 and then I started winning. Last game
I cleared the table straight away, put my cue down, looked at him and
told him wrong turf. He realized I wasn't just a student either.
Heh.. but the other students were happy and got a real kick out of it.
I was just glad he took that well and just moved on to something
outside of colleges and poor students.
>But Sheeeeesh! Back then the coveted pool cue was a "Willi Mosconi", and
>I have NEVER even heard of any of the above, so times have indeed
>changed. :)
That is a while ago.I haven't seen a Mosconi in a very long time. I
loved Mosconi. He was always the best player in my mind.
>> If you've played enough, you never loose your touch. It just takes a
>> little practice to get back into the swing of things.
>
>I thought/was hoping so too, until Leon and our wives played a few games
>last year at a local billiard hall. My fingers wouldn't bend enough to
>make a decent bridge, and when looking over my trifocals I couldn't even
>see the damn object ball!
>
>So, yes Mable ... you do lose your touch, eventually. :(
Guess I'm luckier than most yet. Still got most of my eyesight and I
keep my fingers going all the time. Yeah I've got my share of
arthritis, but it's more in my spine than anywhere else. A few years
ago I stopped at a new local pool hall just to relax and see how I'd
do. I figured I'd be awful, but to my surprise, I was doing pretty
damn good after about an hour. Guess my turn will come tho, someday,
hopefully not too soon. ;)
`Casper
"Josepi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is this a temper tantrum thing after missing that important shot?
>
> How, the hell, do you break a pool cue?
>
> LOL
Breaking with it can break the cue. Also, slapping someone up side the head
will do it. Sometimes it will fall over, and crack, then the next hard
shot, boink! If you want to break one, it can be done.
And then there's temper tantrums, too.
Steve ;-)
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On 8/21/2010 9:01 AM, Casper wrote:
> After several games he asked if I ever played for money. A couple of
> games later he was winning a $10 or $20 here and there. An hour later
> we were at $50. A bit later $100 and then I started winning. Last game
> I cleared the table straight away, put my cue down, looked at him and
> told him wrong turf. He realized I wasn't just a student either.
> Heh.. but the other students were happy and got a real kick out of it.
> I was just glad he took that well and just moved on to something
> outside of colleges and poor students.
Good story that brings back memories ... the thrill of the head game was
exciting, and, after learning early the truism that no matter how good
you are there is always somebody better, to hustle the hustler made it
even more so.
If nothing else, taught you how to pick your battles. :)
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"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> While in college and young testerone charged youth, I played in college
> tournaments, and whipped up on the traveling salesman at the local beer
> joints playing nine ball. AAMOF, Used to practice my straight pool game on
> the snooker tables at the Texas A&M bowling and billiards in the MSC (was
> the student manager of same for a couple of years), won a few tournaments,
> a good deal of cash, and actually got pretty good at tournament three
> cushion billiards, mainly for the fun of it.
I could have made money at it if I didn't drink. But I almost always came
home with the same amount of money I left with, or more, had a good time,
and bought lots of drinks for myself and the entourage.
Steve
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"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "DGDevin" wrote:
>> Only if winning is all that counts. Having fun shooting pool with
>> friends (however badly) isn't about competing, it's about having fun with
>> friends.
> ------------
> Being a hack is not my definition of fun.
>
> Lew
>
>
What a shame. I'm a hack when it comes to golf, but I can still have fun
going around the course with a couple of friends. Don't ask me my score, I
probably stopped counting by the 6th or 7th hole since I already got my par
72. No, I won't hold you up because I won't play when the course is crowded
out of respect to the good golfers.
Is this a temper tantrum thing after missing that important shot?
How, the hell, do you break a pool cue?
LOL
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
The pool cue just broke again. It's done it twice already, and I've
repaired it with Titebond II. It broke once near the tip collar, once
splitting down about 2 inches, and now it's broken near the tip collar
again. There's no glue on the wood fibers, so it looks like the glue joint
held.
I'm about to fix it a third time, but since it's breaking in the same place
should I be looking at a different fix next time? I'd probably drill the
center out and replace it with a dowel, but I'm open to suggestions.
Puckdropper
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On 8/20/2010 8:02 AM, Casper wrote:
>> Isn't it time to get a Tad, Palmer, Mizuni, McDermott, or Szamboti?
>> Steve
>
> I prefer a Gus Szamboti but they aren't cheap. Having known Gus and
> having him work on my cue was a priviledge. My second choice is a
> Mali, but they don't make them as good as they did decades ago.
>
> I once saw/touched a Balabuska. It's like the Stradivarius of cues.
While in college and young testerone charged youth, I played in
college tournaments, and whipped up on the traveling salesman at the
local beer joints playing nine ball. AAMOF, Used to practice my straight
pool game on the snooker tables at the Texas A&M bowling and billiards
in the MSC (was the student manager of same for a couple of years), won
a few tournaments, a good deal of cash, and actually got pretty good at
tournament three cushion billiards, mainly for the fun of it.
But Sheeeeesh! Back then the coveted pool cue was a "Willi Mosconi", and
I have NEVER even heard of any of the above, so times have indeed
changed. :)
> If you've played enough, you never loose your touch. It just takes a
> little practice to get back into the swing of things.
I thought/was hoping so too, until Leon and our wives played a few games
last year at a local billiard hall. My fingers wouldn't bend enough to
make a decent bridge, and when looking over my trifocals I couldn't even
see the damn object ball!
So, yes Mable ... you do lose your touch, eventually. :(
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