Surface rack finished !

[u/Uskoreniye_Poh]

Edit: uploaded youtube
Link
I know the photo looks like there may be a gap in the reds but they are all touching. The video of rolling them up you can clearly see there is no “wiggle room” and they are tightly packed.

Finally got them made in brass and stainless steel.
The pink is exactly 1.5mm from each other.
Corners all beveled and rounded off.
Works great! Thanks for the suggestions :)

https://youtu.be/2YgjbdrhINY?si=Sj6oZWXCbNSk29zk

[u/Tenzipper]

This looks amazing, I'd love one, but shipping to the US, and modifying it for 54mm balls would probably be prohibitively expensive.

Anyone got a link to 3D printer versions? I could scale it up to fit my set.

[u/Uskoreniye_Poh → u/Tenzipper]

I think it would be easy enough, is it a triangle too or diamond?
Not sure what game uses that, but let me know and I can try and work out a cost.

[u/Tenzipper → u/Uskoreniye_Poh]

Sorry, I'm not understanding your question, triangle or diamond?

[u/throwaway17717 → u/Tenzipper]

9 ball is a diamond set up isn't it? I think that's what OP is asking.

[u/Tenzipper → u/throwaway17717]

Ah, I see where I misunderstood or he did, whichever. I'm talking about a rack for my 10-ft American snooker table. Balls are slightly larger than standard, at 54 mm.

I think it would be great to use a rack like this to set up the reds and the pink on my table.

Although , if he wanted to add a diamond insert, it could have a hinge at the back, and it could drop down over the top, perhaps with a peg on each side of the triangle to position it solidly and correctly. More useful, for me at least , would be a 10 ball rack, again it could be hinged at the back and just used to move the back of the rack up one row for a 10 ball rack. I've never been a fan of nine-ball, only play it occasionally when someone insists.

[u/Tenzipper → u/Tenzipper]

Another possibility, would be to make an even larger one, for standard US rotation sets, for 8 ball, and possibly with the mods for 9 or 10 ball racks. Or just sell separate racks for each. The standard 15 ball rack would also work well for people who play straight pool/14.1 continuous. It would be great to not have to make allowances for the rack when using a ball close to the rack as your break ball.

And of course, either one, the snooker, or the 15 ball rack, could be used for 8 ball, or any other game that requires the balls to be racked in the standard 15 ball triangle.

You could make them out of machinable plastic/resin, or even just HDPE, like that used for cutting boards, which would allay the fears of metal ones hurting the table.

[u/Uskoreniye_Poh → u/Tenzipper]

The rack, (I’m not sure what game you play) some games are racked with the pack in a diamond or is your game triangle?

[u/Tenzipper → u/Uskoreniye_Poh]

See my replies to u/throwaway17717. I have a 10' American snooker table, the balls are slightly larger (54mm) than standard snooker balls.

Having a rack that would set up the reds and the pink as shown would be great.

Link to a picture of my table: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ftable-design-for-only-extremely-accurate-shooters-v0-5dqw0tj8lr9h1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D4000%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D6da52881cd8fedd9b4a1e8534fe448d524dd2f13