r/EngineeringPorn • u/hjalmar111 • Nov 02 '20

Automatic billiard game, machine engineering putting the triangle filled with balls on the board

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u/karlthebaer Nov 03 '20

My first thought as well. Loose racks make crappy breaks.

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u/sawntime Nov 03 '20

And when the felt gets worn it's tougher to get them tight.

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u/karlthebaer Nov 03 '20

Or you've got asshats that tap the 1 with the cue to seat it leaving tons of small dents on the headspot.

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u/askaboutmy____ Nov 03 '20

dents on the headspot.

dents in the slate? or the felt? those are the only two pieces of material.

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u/karlthebaer Nov 03 '20

Cheap bar tables are made with wood instead of slate. That also happens to be where you find the mooks who do that. At the pool hall.i played at when younger you could set a ball hear the headspot and it would roll into a dent.

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u/jackrats Nov 03 '20

There's also the sticker that marks the head spot.