How to test billiard table

Pool table is expensive and the most important part of the pool so its purchase should be taken very carefully in order to buy good quality pool table. And to find out what pool table to buy it’s enough to test several of its components, and then you will be 100% sure that you choose  pool table which deserves to be bought.

1. Check the geometry of the pockets.

The ball must be put right up to the board and with simple shoot  to send him to the nearest pocket. If you are not a professional player, the ball does not fall into the pocket, which means that the selected table passed this test. Deviation from the norm is to hit the ball into the pocket, which constitutes a violation of the geometry of pockets.

2. Check the railings.

Make the test, not the very strong kick, sending the ball so that it paralleled the board. In similar way to check all sides. If the board quality, the ball should roll parallel to the board, without altering its trajectory and, when struck on the opposite side, go back, also parallel to the board. If the ball returning change the path or when it strikes the side jumps, this is evidence of abnormalities that may be caused by poor quality rubber, the unevenness of the table, properly glued rubber hammer or irregular shape.

3. Checking the quality of rubber.

This test is carried out by strong blow from the long side of the table along its length.

The norm is, if the ball is able to "walk" along the entire length of the field, in the course of committing 3.5 - 5.5 hit the board (for a billiard table size 12 feet). If the ball makes less than 3.5 blow, hence, understate the rubber content of natural rubber, but if more than 5.5 strokes, respectively, of rubber in the rubber contains more than the norm.

4. Check the tension of billiard table cloth.

It is necessary to hold hand on the table, pushing on billiard cloth.

With the right (average) tension - the fingers on the cloth form a small wave, consisting of thin folds. In the case of the formation of large folds (wave) - cloth stretched slightly, and if the folds are very small or absent – the cloth is too stretched.

5. Check the frame of table.

Ask the seller about the material and construction of the frame, and if you can, then measure the height and thickness.

Quality frame of billiard tables are made from wood. The frame should be at least 40 mm for the tables of  12.9 feet size  and height - 200 mm for the 12-foot tables. At lower rates frame construction won’t have the necessary rigidity.

In addition, it is worth checking samples of cloth and stone. If the table is firm, you must provide documents proving the quality of these materials.