The great chalk mission!

[samad]

Now calculate how many frames that chalk has lasted for and how much the in time and money the tables have cost you

i'll do that from now on........

[checkSide]

I actually look at my chalk and plan my chalkings accordingly so that it wears down level .....

OCD, lol.

[Dan27]

OCD, lol.

Obsessive chalking disease ?

[The Statman]

I never finish chalks.

Firstly, rather like ballpoint pens and cigarette lighters, I tend to leave them somewhere before they are anywhere near finished (and of course then about a dozen turn up weeks later all at once!).

But also, I like the chalk to be the comfortable shape to fit my tip – a shallow hole such as when new is so flat it requires a load of chalking in all sorts of directions, whereas if the hole gets too deep it tends to chalk around the edges of the tip but no longer does the very tip.

So I tend to discard chalks whose hole becomes more sharply rounded than my tip.

[crucible77]

sounds like a challenge, will let u know how i get on

[RGCirencester]

see you in a few years then haha

I dont like new chalk... feels wierd having this massive piece now

[ChatLag]

see you in a few years then haha

I dont like new chalk... feels wierd having this massive piece now

This opens a new market niche: Custom chalk...
You can define the size, height, weight, shape and color.

[RGCirencester]

I'd like one shaped like Elvis Presley please

Oh and make it flourescent pink

[ChatLag]

I'd like one shaped like Elvis Presley please

Oh and make it flourescent pink

In the shape of complete Elvis or just his As*?
Would have the right shape then...

[noel]

Good one Dan...

Obsessive chalking disease ?

I like that!


=o)

Noel


... how many players do we see totally unconsciously scrubbing away at their tips pondering a shot or nervously hoping to be let back in a frame?

[felipecocco]

Has anyone considered making convex-shaped pieces of chalk? If you did them like that you could insure perfect tangency with your cue tip just by brushing against it, and it would always wear out evenly, slowly becoming flatter and flatter, without a hole in the middle. You could also construct it such that at the point that it becomes perfectly flat its also at the point in which its almost over, so you'd replace it.

[bongo]

When I start my new chalk I should note the date I started it and when I finish it, just out of interest of how long a cube of chalk lasts.

The chalk I have now is pretty worn.

[unclevit]

I feel sorry for the people just taking up snooker that buy boxes of 144 chalks in preperation of joining our great game lol!

Only 11p per block!!

And your grandchildren won't have to buy any either

I just ordered 2 dozens, shame

[rollingegg]

why do chalks have to come in the same shape? as we all know the sides are way less used than the center of the chalk, why dont just use plastic or other stuff around the sides, leaving the center tube of chalk? this may save us lots of trouble to wear the whole chalk, and the sides could be recycled. is this idea weired?

[samad]

why do chalks have to come in the same shape? as we all know the sides are way less used than the center of the chalk, why dont just use plastic or other stuff around the sides, leaving the center tube of chalk? this may save us lots of trouble to wear the whole chalk, and the sides could be recycled. is this idea weired?

No , buts its just that the way others chalk , not everyone uses the middle hole thingy for chalkinng .
e.g When I chalk , I kinda rub the surface of the chalk ACROSS the cue which makes the chalk wear down evenly , try using this style and you won't waste chalk