Recent content by markmdz

Tate, I think you hit the nail on the head with that logo. I'm about 90% certain it says Made in Italy.

more pics (sorry they're so damn huge). I see they all decided to upload weird. I'll have to fix then later. Sorry guys.

Thank you to RKC and everyone else who has offered up some advice on the table. Here's a few more pics of it that I just got from the guy I bought it from. I'm expecting to pick up the table early next week if all goes as planned.

I appreciate the advice and don't doubt that's the better of the options, but being the glutton for punishment that I am, I picked up this behemoth and brought it home tonight. Honestly, dumping a couple hours into it, meeting some cool people, and kicking the can down the road is fun to me...

Thank you for clarifying. That's exactly what I was looking for. I'll reach out to my local mechanic and get an idea of what I'm looking at there.

So I'm a bit of a veteran weekend-warrior when it comes to doing anything 'handy'. Having done whole home renovations, built some furniture, reupholstered boats & cars, built and restored a couple cars, etc, there's really nothing I'm afraid to roll up my sleeves and jump into. I'm a stickler...

I appreciate the suggestions of Murrey and Gandy, but so far, I can't find anything from either name that matches the aprons and ball return slots in the end. One interesting thing with this (not saying good or bad, just interesting) is the lack of aluminum over the side pockets.

I couldn't agree more. When I walked in the room and saw that there were glass cabinets everywhere, I cringed. (Those pics are from the seller.) As evidenced by the oriental fan sun baked into the cloth (no, that's not dust), I don't think the table got much of any use other than acting as...

I won't even pretend to know why, so I'll ask... Why do you think it'd need new rails? I do agree that new cloth is all but a guarantee. I posted up a "help me ID this table" thread for another table I had already committed to buying, so I'm thinking I'll use that other table (and try my...

First and foremost, I'm very grateful to have found this forum. I've spent the past 2-3 days pouring over the various threads from table restoration, to re-felting, and everything in between. I know I just posted a thread about a possible GC I just purchased, but unfortunately (or maybe...

Sorry in advance for the poor pictures, but I've been looking for a table for my new (to me) house, and as luck should have it, I stumbled across this sad looking unit on eBay. Much to my surprise, it is only a couple towns over from me in CT. To my very amateur and untrained eye, this...