What are the correct measures for the markings on the felt of a 7ft pool table?

Question

I just recently brought a pool table, and the person i brought it off re-felted it but didn't mark it.

Answer 1

I'd just like to add a bit to explain the confusion. The term 'felt' is one that has been used so often by so many different people that it's widely regarded as correct.  We really have to look in the dictionary to see that it is, in fact, incorrect:

felt

–noun 1. a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.

The key word above is 'nonwoven' since I believe we all know that pool table cloth is woven.  I think the material difference that people are spotting is simply the difference between cheap cloth and good cloth (no one would ever call Simonis 860 'felt').

I personally like to keep things traditional and would like it if the practice of using the word 'felt' instead of 'cloth' would go the way of the dodo.  There comes a point when usage of a word becomes so widespread that it becomes, essentially, correct.

The word 'moot' for example, actually means 'debatable', but how often do you hear people using it that way?  People use 'who' instead of 'whom' so much (incorrectly) that 'whom' is on the road to being obsolete...Let's keep that from happening with cloth/felt.

Answer 2

Not to be picky, but it's called cloth, not felt.  Secondly, at least in the U.S., it's not necessary to mark the cloth.  If you're outside of North America, I can't really say what the convention is.  The diamonds on the table serve as landmarks.  The only place you may wish to mark the table is on the foot spot.  This is where the apex ball traditionally is positioned when racking.  You can check out the BCA website or pick up a copy of the BCA rule book for pictures.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.

P.S. Felt is a fabric made from compressed fibers and has never, ever been used on any kind of billiards table in history.  Pool table cloth is a woven fabric, usually from wool fibers.

Answer 3

actually, Straight, there's a difference between CLOTH & FELT...cloth is cloth..it has tiny mesh like material and it has a little rougher material....felt is smooth and cottony.......if you go into a pool hall that has tables with both materials, or go to a billiards store and ask them for samples of the two, you'll see the difference :).......but like he said though...you don't need to mark anything but the foot spot..which is the point where the one ball of the rack goes when you rack...which is in the direct center of the first 2 diamonds at the foot of the table, and a straight line down from the middle diamond at the head of the table, meeting at that point :)...kinda like an upside down lower case T "t"

Answer 4

Nuff Said Just mark the spot

Easy Dre Aint never been no felt on a pool table

It wouldnt last 10 games - never understood why they started calling it felt-Its on Lea's list The Official list of pet peeves