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Dimensions of the tables varied, seemingly at the whimsy of the designer. Still, most tables were approximately twice as long as they were wide. Today, standard pool tables vary from 7 feet in length to 10 feet. As a rule of thumb, pocket openings can accommodate two pool balls set side by side. Carom tables, which don't have pockets, are generally 5 feet wide by 10 feet long. Cushions As tables became more advanced, the need for reliable reactions of billiard balls off the cushions became more obvious.
The level of play, it was surmised, would never reach great heights unless players could come to expect consistent play from the cushions. In the early days of billiard tables, the cushions were nothing more than short walls of wood. Lining the walls with leather failed to produce acceptable results, so cloth was wrapped around the cushions and stuffed with hair or cotton. Further experimentation has been said to include cushions blown up with compressed air. Crude rubber from India made its way onto billiard cushions around , but the material turned rock-hard when the room temperature dropped.
Remedies included detachable rails, which could be warmed near an open fire before play, and hot irons with which to heat the cushions. Conversely, in excessive heat, the rubber softened to mush and needed to be iced.
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Vulcanization, the process of chemically treating rubber so it can retain its elasticity regardless of temperature, changed the billiard cushion for good around Combinations of the vulcanized rubber, leather, and cork helped make the billiard table cushions reliable and consistent. Because so many of the billiard games at the time required caroms, the new material helped the quality of play soar almost immediately. Balls The majority of billiard balls in use during the game's early years were made of wood. It was easily turned and shaped and was inexpensive.
Ivory balls, formed from the tusks of elephants, were in use as early as While preferred by most billiard enthusiasts, ivory balls were relatively scarce.
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Only the wealthy could afford the material. While beautiful to look at, ivory billiard balls were never very dependable. For starters, the elephant tusks had to be properly seasoned-sometimes as long as two years.
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Sometimes the goal is a cold or stiff one at the everybody-knows-your-name bar. But more often, billiards and snooker are the attractions for both participants and spectators. Hard hats tote tools in and out of the long-dead cinema and Sutler neighborhood pub and club, both being rehabbed into to-be-announced retail and dining establishments. And even as developers are putting a fresh face and injecting hope and vitality into the center and surrounding condos that will constitute The Melrose, the historical significance of the pool hall is being taken into consideration.
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The two bought the pool hall — it opened in the s — in , following a dream they had fashioned while they attended Michigan State University in their native state. The guy was in his 80s and was ready. Jim Chandler and his wife had been saving money in Michigan for a yet-undetermined entrepreneurial venture, and they trekked to Nashville to close the deal and begin their new lives and their futures around the basement pool parlor.
The water was up six feet inside the building.
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We put in some good drying equipment. The valuable tables for the most part dried out and were ready for eight-ball games as soon as the hall was re-opened for business. A volunteer army of regular customers, most enlisted via Facebook, helped in the rehab of their personal Mecca, getting it up and running as quickly as possible.