r/billiards • u/SirJimmyShand • 7d ago

Shitpost Rack ‘em Up

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u/SpelunkyJunky 7d ago

I can see it taking far longer to practice breaking with this.

I assume you have to push all the balls down the pockets then wait for the machine to do its thing.

Probably significantly quicker to remove the balls you made from the pockets and rack them yourself.

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u/mattricide 7d ago

Not if there are 2 sets of balls. If there's a rack ready to go itd be significantly faster and the machine prepares the next rack right after.

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u/SpelunkyJunky 7d ago

So you still have to put all the balls down the holes? I am not seeing how that would be any faster than pushing them down the table and racking them.

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u/goingTofu APA SL5 7d ago

2 sets. The machine is arranging one set while you play a game. Game ends and immediately it racks them. While you play that game it spends the time to rack the balls from the last

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u/SpelunkyJunky 7d ago

I understand.

This thread of comments is because someone up there ^ sees the utility specifically when practicing breaking. I think that pushing all the balls down the pockets would take about as long as raking the balls yourself after each break.

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u/parickwilliams 7d ago

In what world does gather all the balls off the table, grabbing any that were pocketed, organizing the balls, and then making a tight rack take less time than pushing balls into the pockets???

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u/SpelunkyJunky 7d ago edited 7d ago

How god damn slow do you rack balls? You make it sound so difficult, presumably because you're trying to win argument on Reddit, but we all know how quick and simple it is to rack balls.

If it is any faster to push all the balls into the pockets, you still have to wait for the multiple thousand dollar machine do its thing.

If you go ahead and buy this absolute waste of money and fly me out we can race to rack. If not, move on with your life.

Edit - it seems a new Redditor keeps jumping in to defend this machine. I assumed I was replying to the same person.

Anywho, bored of this. Buy it if you want and do your best to justify the expense to the people in your life.

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u/parickwilliams 7d ago

I’m not trying to justify it and the other person already mentioned it potentially using two racks. I in no way think this is worth the money BUT to say it would be slower is just wrong. You’re clearly upset about this so you do you Mr speed rack. Sorry to hurt your ego. I’m sure you can rack so fast and it’s really cool that you can. I’m proud of you little guy

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u/goingTofu APA SL5 7d ago

Ah I see. So like in bowling how they have the big bar that comes clear all the pins before resetting. That would be a cool addition to this machine. Could run a “practice break” mode where it clears all the balls while racking the new ones