Rose and Doc usually try to hit the bottom of the table/practice rig about 4 to 6 inches from the back wall. This should give you the bounce you need to reach the back wall and not have the dice bounce all over the place.

The 3/4 inch plywood is probably a little too thin and may well be giving you a little more bounce (energy) than you want. Since you obviously are good at working with wood, we would suggest that you add another 1/2 to 3/4 inch piece of plywood to the bottom of your receiving station to make it thicker and a solid bounce. This should give you a little less bounce than what you are seeing right now.

Remember to make your throw a soft one–a slow short back swing (about 4 inches), just as slow forward swing, and reaching out should get your dice to the back wall with ease. Remember the dice do not weight much (or practically nothing) and your are not throwing the dice very far.

You may also not be having enough height in your throw. Having the dice come down at about a 45 degree angle, and dice landing flat (not on the edge) will take more of the energy out of the dice.

Hope this will help. Thanks for taking the time to post your question as others may learn from your experience.

Dom—your thoughts.

Rose and Doc

PS–Rather that set the receiving table on a desk you might want to add some legs. You can get a set of folding legs that easily mount on the bottom of the table.

Thanks, Doc.

I will do all of those things. I was hoping the wood from the desk would add to the mass of the landing area but I think it would need to be screwed into it for the vibration to stop. Adding to the plywood will be better. The angle into the felt will be the next factor I track better. My next question will be about video angles and the best way to debrief each roll. I’ll do it under another post so it has its own subject line. Thanks for the help.

Repo

Could be the extra material under the felt adding the bounce as well.

That is a question I should have asked when I was in the course. If you take the underlayment issue to an extreme conclusion, say 10 layers of felt, that would deaden the energy. In fact, when I am on the road I will practice my roll onto a mattress so there is no chance of a random movement. It does not bounce. I use it as a test of staying on axis. If there is a 1 0r 6 I am way off. So, is microfiber bouncy because it is thinner or is it due to the underlayment?

"Repo" wrote: So, is microfiber bouncy because it is thinner or is it due to the underlayment?

The underlayment is usually the factor that causes the bounce.

NFF

I found old post for you to read .
Good Rolling. 😀 😉 🙂

As NFF said it would be the underlay and Doc is correct as well

I would remove the felt underlay and go to a billiards store and buy billiard quality felt with a backing. That is what we use on our talbes

Dom

I would leave it the way it is for the simple fact that all most all tables have gone to a livelier covering, why practice on something you can not find to play on?

Now even though you had put it on a desk it does not increase the density of the wood for the simple reason they are not a solid piece they are separate and act as so, now if you screwed it to the desk that would make it one piece and it would do what you are trying it have it do.

New member here. I have a practice rig and believe the plywood is only a half inch thick which is way to thin and does not give you a " true bounce". Like getting a high speed billiard cloth. Will place my rig over a wooden base. How thick?

I enjoy practicing and play at the 2 Ct casinos. I toss both UH and OH. Was a main poster on the Dice Institute for 5 years. Look forward to participating in this forum.

DavidGCt

Add a 3/4 inch birch plywood and add billiard quality backed felt

Dom