Thinking of Building a "Quasi Pool Table"

[johnnymk]

I joined a billiards team in September. I am at level 2 in nine ball. A guy on my team works at a pool hall intermittently. He made an agreement with the owner to allow any of his team members to shoot free while he is working there.

Well, I have taken advantage of this, going at least once a week shooting for about three hours at a time. It has helped my game dramatically. I may go to level 3 soon.

But I want to get better. I am not very accurate and consistent. So I am thinking of building a pool table, but triangular in shape. It will be 4 feet wide at one end, 8 feet long and about 1-1/2 feet wide at the other end with 4 pockets. Hopefully, I will be able to tilt it on it's side to get it out of the way. It will be used in my living room.

I am thinking of using particle board with a reinforced steel frame. Cushions will probably be installed.

It will be used just to practice aiming and nothing else.

Seem like a good idea?

[VTGreg]

It may work, but I'm not sure how much it would improve your game. Going from your pool table with partical board to an actual pool table with a slate base may be extremely different in touch and feel.

You could work on making solid contact with the cue ball, but past that I don't think it would offer a whole lot.

[johnnymk]

It may work, but I'm not sure how much it would improve your game. Going from your pool table with partical board to an actual pool table with a slate base may be extremely different in touch and feel.

You could work on making solid contact with the cue ball, but past that I don't think it would offer a whole lot.

What if I glued laminate to the particle board first?

[VTGreg]

What if I glued laminate to the particle board first?

It is worth experimenting with but the particle plus anything else you put on top of it will not be nearly as hard the slate that is under a regular pool table. As a result, you are going to get dents in the partical board and will not receive as true of a role.