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  • 22-03-2011 2:28pm
    #1
    opengoal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭


    I own a slate pool table at home, but have a problem. When i hit a shot or roll a ball down the table it wobbles. Now the ball will travel ultimately in a straight line but moves back and forth slightly as it travels to its stop. Has anyone come across this or have any theories on what might be the cause?


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  • #2
    zack01
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭zack01


    Is the table heavy? for example could you move it by yourself? If it's heavy put a spirit level on the table, find out where it's off level, normally a beer mat under a leg does the trick.


  • #3
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    Hmm, it may even be an uneven slate, does it happen in just one area or does it happen all over. If it's a biggish pool table it may have a couple of plaster of paris joints between slates which could cause balls to deviate. I remember this happened at a snooker tournament a few years ago just next to the baulk line.
    zack01 wrote: »
    Is the table heavy? for example could you move it by yourself? If it's heavy put a spirit level on the table, find out where it's off level, normally a beer mat under a leg does the trick.

    Yeah, them big thick round Heineken beermats can be found on the floor in snooker clubs throughout the land. :)


  • #4
    opengoal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭opengoal


    thanks for the responses guys. It happens all over the table, celtic. I am concerned now that it may be the slate, however is there any possibility that it might be the balls? Could they be off shape for instance?


  • #5
    zack01
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭zack01


    If it happens all over the table you can be sure it's unlevel, whether it's your floor or table it can be fixed very easily, as I said earlier run a spirit level over the table and where it's off just and this is depending on the tables weight stick a beermat under the leg, in more extreme cases I've seen table fitters stick timber wedges under legs.

    This should sort your problem out.


  • #6
    oneillMan999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 482 ✭✭oneillMan999


    There shud be adjustable legs on your table, i used to own one and just spun the oval spinners the table rests on when i needed to level it off.

    This however seems to be a slate problem, after you level the table, try out the same shots and if it keeps happenin, you have a serious problem im afraid..


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