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    Hello folks, look closely at the balls you are using, do you hav little nicks on them about 1/8 to 3/16 inch. We just bought a brand new set of Aramith pro balls and it didn't take long to find 3 balls with a little nick. I checked some of our other league sets that were bought at the same time and they hav the same nicks. Sure would like to stop this from happening.

  • #2
    Check if the heads of screws in pockets protrude and are hit by the ball.

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    • #3
      Thanks for your reply, but there are no loose screws and the pocket screws are all recessed, the only bit of metal exposed is over one side pocket that would be hard for the balls to hit. The nicks or scraches are about 1/16 to 3/16". At the Leagion some of the balls hav similar marks and some with little cresent shape marks which we guess could be from brass furrells, other than that it is a mistery

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      • #4
        Originally Posted by cuebru View Post
        Thanks for your reply, but there are no loose screws and the pocket screws are all recessed, the only bit of metal exposed is over one side pocket that would be hard for the balls to hit. The nicks or scraches are about 1/16 to 3/16". At the Leagion some of the balls hav similar marks and some with little cresent shape marks which we guess could be from brass furrells, other than that it is a mistery
        Brass ferrules nicking the balls?
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        • #5
          We guessed furrells because of a few cresent shaped nicks, scratches and made sense with a worn out tip

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          • #6
            I checked out all the screws and found a few that the balls could hit, one screw had a sharp burr on it. Duc tape to the rescue, as a temp. fix, thanks.

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            • #7
              No offense to Red Green but duct tape is a very temporary fix.

              I have a very old red that has a patten of overlaying black 7 - 8 mm circles that can't be rubbed off and surface is not damaged. Always thought these were caused by impact with thin tips with part of rerule exposed.

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              • #8
                I have serious doubt that brass ferrule can cause damage to the ball. But of course I am just guessing.
                I think loose/exposed screw is the reason. Do you have a carpet floor in your Legion?
                With the Brunswick tables, I have noticed that the balls tend to get these black marks often from hitting those plastic/rubber pocket buckets.
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                • #9
                  Originally Posted by poolqjunkie View Post
                  I have serious doubt that brass ferrule can cause damage to the ball. But of course I am just guessing.
                  I think loose/exposed screw is the reason. Do you have a carpet floor in your Legion?
                  With the Brunswick tables, I have noticed that the balls tend to get these black marks often from hitting those plastic/rubber pocket buckets.
                  ferrules are the easiest way to damage a cue ball, playing a hard deep screw on a ball with virtually no tip etc you are going to cause contact with brass to ball

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                  • #10
                    Apparently this table is an OBS Monarch which looks the same as the Brunswick. The pockets are the black vinyl but hav never seen any black marks. I did find a few possible problem screws that hold the pockets in place. The screws tend to back out and will fall out. Used lock tite on them but I think that the fellow that replace the screws didn't hav the necessary 3 inch screw driver and created some sharp edges and maybe cross threaded them as a few are not all the way in. I peened the burrs down and put some tape over it for now. Could be a major job if you get right into it. The floor is carpeted. I hav seen similar nicks on other balls at different locations plus the cresent shape mark so I thought that this might be happening elsewhere. As far as brass being hard enough to damage the balls is my guess that it is possible, metal vs resin. Thanks

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                    • #11
                      Originally Posted by andy carson View Post
                      ferrules are the easiest way to damage a cue ball, playing a hard deep screw on a ball with virtually no tip etc you are going to cause contact with brass to ball
                      I guess if you play with no tip you could damage the ball...I always have a pretty thick tip on my cue so this has never happened to me.
                      If you have a member playing with a cue with virtually no tip then he will also damage the cloth, not just the balls, and should be adviced to put on a tip.
                      I did drop the ball on the floor in a very cheap place once when there was no carpet and the ball hit the leg of a table and got slightly nick.
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                      • #12
                        Originally Posted by poolqjunkie View Post
                        I guess if you play with no tip you could damage the ball...I always have a pretty thick tip on my cue so this has never happened to me.
                        If you have a member playing with a cue with virtually no tip then he will also damage the cloth, not just the balls, and should be adviced to put on a tip.
                        I did drop the ball on the floor in a very cheap place once when there was no carpet and the ball hit the leg of a table and got slightly nick.
                        always make sure i have plenty of substance on the end of my shaft as well....

                        its a pet hate of mine people who play with shoddy tips damaging both cloth and balls....

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                        • #13
                          worn tips

                          Now whenever I see a worn out tip on a cue I'll peel it off and replace it or if it is a favorite cue I'll just put it back in the rack without the tip. Tuff love. Best yet if you care for the equipment inspect the cues once and a while. The time to replace a cue tip is a little less than a table cloth.

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