Thread: What's The Difference Between A Pool Table & Snooker Table & Billiard Table

Bob have a look at this Its a yank company with heaps of tables and a construction page that shows pics of a table in construction and has one great cut away view of the base/cushion/legs/rails etc

http://www.ahpooltables.com/pool-table-construction.htm

Have a go at building the "Versailles"

Bob,

Are you going to give it a slate top? I would like to build one (after I've finished building me house) and research that I have done is sourcing the slate.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

In some states the cue ball was slightly smaller (and more difficult to control) than the coloured balls and in some states the white ball was bigger (which made trick shots easier).

The odd-size cue ball is typically used in coin-operated tables, so that it can be returned to play after a scratch. Normal-size target balls are retained; similar to grading aggregates with sieves.

Joe

Hi Lig,
I like the general lines of some of the mission tables
I wouldn't bother building the Versailles (unless it was a commission job)
I like your earlier suggestion of a round or oval table - very intriguing.
Rectangular is a bit ho-hum, a kidney shape might even be interesting

Rod,
I won't bother with slate because of the environment it'll live in.
I'll probably use 32mm mdf or hmr chipboard with either a tempered masonite or compressed fibre cement overlay.

I realy like this. The way the top floats looks great and it has the Art Deco style base. The end aluminimun looking bit on the base i dont like but the rest i do

Originally Posted by Lignum

I realy like this. The way the top floats looks great and it has the Art Deco style base. The end aluminimun looking bit on the base i dont like but the rest i do

Could be a bugger to level up.

Originally Posted by abitfishy

Whats the game then where one person has to sink all their half coloured balls, the other the full coloured balls, then the black ball to win? Or am I confused? Are there white balls included on the table as well??

The game is called Eight Ball. As stated the rules are simple. Which ever type of ball thast you sink first is your set of balls to sink. If you knock in the black or eight ball before all of your type of balls have been sunk, you lose the game.

The game was created because of the tables found in many American pubs. Usually, the players insert coins to release the balls from the table and start a game. Any ball put into a pocket is trapped by the table. The white or cue ball is slightly smaller than the coloured balls and will fall out of the table if a player scratches or pockets the cue ball.

BTW - Here the low numbered balls (1-7) are solid in colour while the high numbered balls (9-15) have a colour stripe. (Affectionally known as stripes and solids.)

Originally Posted by rrich

The game was created because of the tables found in many American pubs.

I most humbly doubt this. I'm pretty sure Eight-Ball was around long before the advent of coin-operated tables. Just one of many, many variations developed over the centuries. And the coin-op tables swallow non-cue balls no matter the game: nine-ball, straight, etc.

Joe

Originally Posted by Lignum

I realy like this. The way the top floats looks great and it has the Art Deco style base. The end aluminimun looking bit on the base i dont like but the rest i do

A bewty awright. I wonder how many Dominoes it would take to make it?

Originally Posted by rrich

BTW - Here the low numbered balls (1-7) are solid in colour while the high numbered balls (9-15) have a colour stripe. (Affectionally known as stripes and solids.)

Same here. They're a bit backwards in Tasmania.

Originally Posted by DanP

Same here. They're a bit backwards in Tasmania.

Sorry, I stand corrected. Dunno what I was thinkin. 1 - 7 are solid colour and 9 -15 are striped.
We're not backward here. Its nice and peaceful, just how we like it. SO stay away you rowdy buggers..

Back in Perth, which was the last time I played pool, we called the solid coloured balls (1-7) smalls and (9-15) bigs

Makes sense really.

Pool was an important part of me mis-spending my youth.

So now to get you all
What are the proper rules of 8 ball regarding a miss,, in off, hitting the wrong ball, hitting the 8 first , in off the 8 after hitting your ball first, when does the opponent get two shots , does any foul on the 8 cost the game , and finally where do their rules come from
Cause I have played around Australia and have seen so many diffrent rules it actually becomes difficult to win even when you have the skill espically in TAS.

I started playing snooker as an 18 year old lad in Belmont Newcastle and the two clubs I was A member of and playing snooker with granted c Grade at the time, The Sportsmans & The 16' Sailing club....... One Had Eddie Charlton Playing A Grade & his brother Jimmy Charlton playing A Grade at the other ( at the time one was The World Professionsl Champion And the other was the World Amature Champion) and to see those play against each other in local club comps was a memory I shall always have.

Originally Posted by Ashore

What are the proper rules of 8 ball regarding a miss,, in off, hitting the wrong ball, hitting the 8 first , in off the 8 after hitting your ball first, when does the opponent get two shots , does any foul on the 8 cost the game , and finally where do their rules come from

In our house, over the fence is 6 and out.