Re: Deno ????

Thanks Bob
I appreciate your information and am going to have a shaft
made for one of my existing cues.
Its nice to know that the place is taking good care of the tables.
frank howe

"Bob Jewett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Frank Howe <frankhowe@@vvzavenue.net> wrote:
>
> > Is there a place that will give me some specs to have a billiard
> > shaft made? What are your thoughts for the taper and size?
> ...
>
> Schuler Cue offers several standard carom tapers, and their shafts
> are supposed to be interchangeable, so you won't have to send your
> stick back for a new shaft.  But any custom cue maker who cannot
> describe his possible/recommended tapers for carom shafts should
> be avoided, since he doesn't know what he's doing.
>
> > The place I play 3C at cleans the tables and balls alot.  Is
> > this good?  Can you over clean a table or balls?
>
> It is a bad idea to clean the table during a shot, but after
> every match is not excessively often.
>
> > They have this thing that they use to wipe down the cloth with.
> > I am unsure as to what it is but it is reminds me off a 2x4
> > covered with a cloth kinda like corduroy and it has two handles
> > on top.  They place it on the table near the center and pull it
> > to the rails and continue all the way around the tables.  Have
> > you seen anything like it?
>
> It is fairly standard to wipe down tables like this.  Sometimes
> strips of table cloth is used.  I'm not convinced that it makes
> things cleaner, and with the current napless cloth, it won't have
> any "brushing" benefit.  It will smear out any chalk marks and
> make them less obvious.
>
> > They vacuum the tables at least 2 times per day and wipe them
> > with that thing alot.  During the tournaments they clean the
> > balls every round in a polishing/cleaning machine.  The tables
> > are vacuumed before each tournament and after each one as well.
> > Is this normal?  Will it wear the cloth faster?
>
> It is normal for serious carom rooms.  Contrast this with a
> celebrated action room in Las Vegas where the pool tables seem
> never to have seen a vacuum cleaner, a table broom, a brush, a
> wiping- down device.  The cloth goes on, and when it gets too
> torn and dirty to use, it's ripped off and another goes on.
> Or at least that's how it looked to me.  A pig sty.
>
> There are good reasons to keep equipment clean for serious play,
> including reducing the wear and tear on the balls, but some
> proprietors haven't caught on yet.
>
> -- 
>
> Bob Jewett
> http://www.sfbilliards.com/
>