Tom's Billiards Page

Tom's Billiards Page

Brunswick Collender Balke Billiard Table, Circa 1912

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Latest Update: 16-July-2024

Welcome!

Website's 23rd Year of Billiards Enlightenment!

This web site is dedicated to the game of billiards. It provides both entertaining and educational content.

Images, drawings, and descriptions are the result of many years of billiards practice, study, experimentation, and match play experience.

No claim is made here to having all the correct answers or solutions to every shot.

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One-Fifth Scale Billiard Table

It is possible to build a billiard table with materials available at a lumberyard, hardware store, and Walmart for an inexpensive cloth. I purchased several yards of green durable fabric for about $10. (If I recover the table, I will buy a cloth with less nap that plays faster so I don't have to shoot as hard.

Here is an image of a small table and cue I made in my workshop earlier this year (follow link below). The cue was shaped with a hand plane, wood rasp, and sand paper. The butt of the cue was wrapped with strong upholstery thread.

I have also included a video of the table in use (linked below).

The playing surface measures only 2' x 4'. The rails have 1/2" bungee cord inserts rather than conventional cushion rubber. Standard size carom billiard balls are used.

Click here to view image of home-made Billiard Table and Cue

Click here to view Billiards Table Video

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Most of the images displayed at this web site are billiards table diagrams created in different formats. Images will be two-dimensional diagrams of pocketless billiards tables and three-dimensional drawings from either the end rail or side rails. Some of the side rail views will also be animated.

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Here are two old video clips that I recently converted to MP4 format. They are solo snooker practice sessions recorded from a web cam setup in my game room. The first video shown was recorded in 2004 with a duration of 5:50. The second video was recorded in 1995 and is only a few seconds in length. Image degradation occurs if enlarged screen settings are applied. Files had to be kept small in those days because of limited storage, slower processors, and much slower internet speed. In addition, the video source was a VHS camcorder which by today's standards was inferior to current digital devices. The second video is a demonstration of a Masse' Shot where the cue is elevated to almost 90 degrees.

Snooker -- 78 Point Run

Duration of .mp4 video is 5 minutes, 50 seconds

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Masse' Shot

Masse' Shot (32k Mp4 Video)

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