We have Gold Crown lV’s at Hard Times in the tournament room. They have Diamond rails with the Diamond pocket cut and 4 1/8 pockets. You would think with the Gold Crown shallow shelf they would play easier than a Diamond, but the opposite is true. With the shallow shelf and pocket cut smaller in the back, balls spit out and hang up much more often. They are fine for one pocket but the rotation players are not happy with them.
They will turn a little dog into a big dog.
Hey John, get a t-bevel and put the handle against the cushion then put the blade in the pocket against the facing, screw it tight and go check other pockets.
You'd be surprised about the difference in angles of the pocket, even on the same table.
T-bevels are only 2-5 bucks.
It just seems weird how you say they play because if you took a diamond table and cut the slate at the same depth as a gold crown for sure that diamond is going to play easier than before. That's why I think the pocket angle must be tighter for the balls to spit out.
We used to go to a place that had Connelly tables and you could NOT make a ball down the rail because the angle was so tight. If we had ball in hand and the ball was froze to the rail more than a foot from the pocket we just started banking them cause you couldn't make them straight in with any speed.