There is no layout on a pool table except the location of the foot spot. This is located in the same location regardless of table size. It is located at the intersection of the centerline of the table and the second diamond from the foot end.
There is no spot for the black ball on a pool table.
There are no pool table markings except the foot spot dot. It is called the rack spot by some people.
The head string is a line across the table at the 1/4 point. The center of this line is where the head spot is located. For an 8' x 4' table, the head string is 2' from the head end of the table.
There are no marks on a pool table cloth that need to be reproduced. The only mark on a pool table cloth is the foot spot. You can locate the foot spot by taping 2 long strings to the rails of the table. The first string needs to go the length of the table, from center diamond to center diamond. The second string needs to go at the end the balls will be racked from, from the second diamond from the end to the same one on the opposing side. Wher ethese intersect you place the foot spot.
It was not a pool table if it only had 4 pockets if it was made since about 1800. A 4 pocket table is most likely a bumper pool table.
It is located on the opposite side from where the balls are racked, and it is the area down to the second diamond on that end the table.
Nord Pool Spot was created in 2002.
I do not own a pool table.
The dot is halfway between the second set of diamonds (from the end) on the long sides of the table. The "dot", or "spot" as it is more commonly called, goes on the imaginary "foot string", and is where the balls are typically racked. You can see a diagram explaining this in the Related links section, below.
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