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BigDave
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Posted: 2014-03-26 08:25
Can anyone help me find a link to precise information regarding the specifications for English Pool Equipment and the English Pool Table please? The more precise the data, the better, I'm really after "the ultimate authority" online - any ideas? Thanks in advance to anyone offering help. -----------------  Authorised Pro9 forum advertiser/sponsor [ This message was edited by: BigDave on 2014-03-26 08:27 ]
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HINGE
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Posted: 2014-03-26 09:01
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BigDave
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Posted: 2014-03-26 09:39
Dimensions: (edited)
"In the UK as well as a number of other British Commonwealth and European countries, the typical pool table is a 7-foot model – or even 6 × 3.5 ft (1.83 × 0.91 m) for the pub and home market. These are the sizes used by internationally-standardised blackball and the amateur World Eightball Pool Federation, as well as informal pub pool. The 7-foot size is also frequently used in North American amateur leagues, and are common coin-operated fixtures in bars and other venues. The playing surface for a 7-foot table is 76 inches (193 cm) by 38 inches (96.5 cm)."
Pockets: (edited)
WEPF pool (sometimes informally called "British-style" or "Commonwealth-style") is played with 2 to 2 1⁄8-in (51–54 mm) balls, and this type of table has smaller, narrow pockets (the width is calculated as the ball diameter multiplied by 1.6, and is consistent at all six pockets), with rounded entrances and nearly parallel sides, like those on a snooker table. One tactical consequence of this design difference is that the jaws of the WPA-type pocket are often used exactly like a horizontal version of the backboard of a basketball goal, to rebound the ball into the pocket; this technique does not work on blackball tables, and even shots down the cushion into a corner pocket are more difficult. The same also holds true of snooker and Russian pyramid tables, with similar "tight" pockets with rounded openings; all require more precise shots than WPA-style pool.Well, that's a start, cheers, but you're not going to be able to make a table from that info alone! Need more than this really, if poss. I wonder if there's a plan/schematic anywhere? [ This message was edited by: BigDave on 2014-03-26 09:45 ]
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HINGE
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Posted: 2014-03-26 13:34
www.bestbilliards.com/resources/build/
how tro build a pool table.
should have all the info you need
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BigDave
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Posted: 2014-03-26 19:12
I think that's for an American Pool table mate... We're looking for English Pool table plans if possible.
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PH
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Posted: 2014-03-28 14:54
Slightly off topic but people should give English Pool tables a go playing 15-Ball Rotation with ball-in-hand after a legal break... It's very tough! 
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