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[Dave Walton]

When do you ever need a rest on a [UK 8ball] pool table ???? lol

errr ... quite often jrc ... even with a mini-butt, most players would struggle to reach the length of the table (say white 4 inches from the far cushion) and no-one could reach it if there is a ball underneath where you need to lean over ...

I've played about 30 competitive UK 8ball frames this season and probably used the rest 3 or 4 times ... I had to refuse one shot during an away game because they didn't have a spider rest available - chose a different shot instead ...

Exactly right mate

[MinnesotaSlim85]

well yes I have been playing pool for 26 years, I meant the playing area, but true I should have said 7ft the outside measurements, I have to say I cant remember the last time I used a rest but that's just me.

[jrc750]

... and a pool table is 7ft with a 6ft playing surface

I was thinking of pub type tables, they are only 6' overall ain't they ???

[MinnesotaSlim85]

no 7ft overall, my bad

[Dave Walton]

well yes I have been playing pool for 26 years, I meant the playing area, but true I should have said 7ft the outside measurements, I have to say I cant remember the last time I used a rest but that's just me.

Fair enough, but DandyA imo summed up where a rest or mini butt can be needed. As I said its not needed that often but handy to have a mini butt for the odd occasion they are needed

[DandyA]

I was thinking of pub type tables, they are only 6' overall ain't they ???

I've never got my willy out and measured one jrc ... but it's pub pool tables I'm talking about and I think they are officially called 7x4 feet tables with a playing area of 6x3 feet ...

at 6ft 1in I still certainly need to use a rest occasionally as explained in my post above ...

[jrc750]

Learn something everyday

[MinnesotaSlim85]

every little helps I guess, just never seen a pool player use a mini butt, maybe I need to play more :snooker:

[Dave Walton]

... and a pool table is 7ft with a 6ft playing surface

I was thinking of pub type tables, they are only 6' overall ain't they ???

Pub tables are a 6ft playing surface, the tables are actually 7ft. If you ordered a 6ft table which you do sometimes find in pubs the surface is only 5ft, standard size for a pool table though is 7ft with a playing surface of 6x3

[Dave Walton]

every little helps I guess, just never seen a pool player use a mini butt, maybe I need to play more these days :snooker:

Used mine twice last season but used it a lot more screwed into the shaft (3/4cue) to make a shorter cue when room was tight through obstructions lol

[MinnesotaSlim85]

I had a 6ft table at one time, with small pockets to match! killed my back carrying the bloody thing in the house! well me and my mate carried it, I'm not Geoff Capes

[Dave Walton]

I had a 6ft table at one time, with small pockets to match! killed my back carrying the bloody thing in the house! well me and my mate carried it, I'm not Geoff Capes

Haha slate is seriously heavy, I hate those small tables, balls always end up clumped together from the break

[MinnesotaSlim85]

Mine was in my front room, not really big enough to play a proper game, but was ok for a bit of practice, 2 of the corners I needed a 2 foot cue to play shots lol

[MinnesotaSlim85]

Haha slate is seriously heavy, I hate those small tables, balls always end up clumped together from the break

The slate was ok it was the rest of it!, we had to carried it up 6 steps up to my front door that was a killer!. it wasn't the frames weight so much, more the awkwardness or it.

[DandyA]

Used mine twice last season but used it a lot more screwed into the shaft (3/4cue) to make a shorter cue when room was tight through obstructions lol

you little poser Dave ... I've got a Welsh Pool cue that does that - the telescopic mini-butt can fit the butt socket or the shaft but I don't use it to play UK pool ... I use my much cheaper Cannon Scorpion 3 piece for pool ...

probably mostly because it's got a rubber bung up it's butt (unlike the one with the butt socket) so I can tap my cue on the floor to acknowledge a good shot by my opponent without fear of damaging it ...