9-Ball
Topic: Aramith Pro Cup TV Balls

they do last, i have no problems with any of mine and i will have had them 3 years after xmas.

I do suppose the 1 ball is more prone to chipping though (other than the cue ball) as it is the ball that is normally hit the hardest on break, unless you play a soft break lol.

Balls shouldn't chip because of breaking, my 7 ball chipped because someone it came off the table at some speed.....

because someone hit it and it came off the table at some speed.... lol to much stella....

My 4 ball has a tiny chip in it also but i think this was caused when it hit a tiny screw sticking out inside the pocket.

ouch, bad table maintenance lol

It wouldn't suprise me if it was a SAM K-Steel table as the pockets on those tables are high maintainence

Willie

I have a small chip in my brown 7 ball after a certain Mr Boyes whipped it off the table in a mini hissy fit at the scottish championships, last time i lend my own ball set out. Still surely he can afford to replace it now lol.

Them dodgy tables i Mansfield Dazza, They are K-Steel table Willie...

I know this because the club I used to work in, has the same tables and the screw that hold the side pockets in place, kept coming out and happened when I got my new cetennials, to which the same thingt happened, were one of the balls had a very small chip out of the ball, which oddly enough was the 7 ball of the set also, and as one can imagine, I was seriously angry off as I had only gotten the Centennials in the mail earlier that week.

Sam K-Steel tables are a good quality table with the exception of their drop pockets, on which they use wooden facings which are frickin useless and the rubber drop pockets are high maintainence, to the point that the screw fixings on the rail itself, tend wear away quite quickly, which results in the pockets dropping out repeatedly because there's no screw fixings to hold the pockets in place and if there are, the rubber pockets are too thin, which makes it easy for screw/bolt heads to sit out and therefore ball sets get dings and chips more easily and frequently.

If given the oppertunity, I could soon be able to give SAM Billiards details on how to make the K-Steel a much better tournament table, but the quition to ask is, is it worth my time and effort?

Willie


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If ya got 'em, smoke 'em

Question to ask is how much iws that gonna earn you Willie..... not a lot..

Exactly, which is why I question whether it would be worth my time and effort?

I think that table manufatures could learn alot from players as to what player like/dislike about their products, that way the companies can improve the standard of their equipment, therefore improving the standard of pool playing overall

Willie


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If ya got 'em, smoke 'em

I agree 100%, just companies like same and such like just don't listen, they think they know it all....

Which is why pool is much slower at progressing as a professionaly recognised and organised sport, than other sports out there

Untill the industry are willing to LISTEN to the players, pool as a sport is going to take alot more time for the sport to progress towards getting the recognition and the rewards that it deserves.

Willie

EDIT - Typos corrected

2nd EDIT - Someone's taking the pi$$ here, that was fine this morning.


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If ya got 'em, smoke 'em

Just look at how many snooker players play Pool. With the exception of Selby (8-Ball) and Drago (9-ball, although admittedly he has not been a top 16 player for a while now) not many bother with it.

If prize money was equal, the top cueists would play for definate (I would hazard a guess at maybe half of the top 16). That is the only thing that will bring on the game of Pool but unfortunately, players like me will be squeezed out of the top tour if that happened, so as long as the grassroots are looked after then I'm all for it.

On 2007-12-18 20:53 , TheWizard Wrote:

Hmmm... We've only got one order so far (1 x No.7 ball)... So if you know of anyone who is looking for a single replacement ball please let them know they can now buy individual Super Aramith Pro Cup TV balls.

Click here to see The Pro Shop price and choose the number you want!

Click the link and view the great price at The Pro Shop.

Oi, Dave, behave lol

Willie

Hitler could have been in the market for one apparently, according to the old war time song, as he only had one - I think Goerring and Himmler must've played English Pool though, and Goerbles would have needed a full set!