So now I have a Diamond

Order if you like, but go ahead and build the table as-is. It might take them 1 year or more to deliver your parts.
Yeah, I really want to get to banging.
I'd go ahead and set it up. Enjoy it in the meantime. If possible leave all the extra cloth on the edges so it will be easy to put on again and have something to get a hold on.

Brunswick Gold Crown 2 was not leveled correctly.

Not a mechanic but I do all my own work.

I would slap a level on the table and move it around. Find the low spot and make an adjustment of the feet and keep doing that until it is better. Can’t hurt, you can always reverse it and it won’t affect the slate.

Now if the slate is uneven then you will still see the issue and that will require disassembly.
I'm in the same scenario. The table guys around here are hacks with a capital H. I got a used Starrett machinist level on eBay for $165 shipped. It's paid for itself many times over and I can always resell it if I ever wanted to.

Leveling tables isn't rocket science, but there is an art to it. It pays to be meticulous. I think the first time I leveled and seamed my old Olhausen it took me a week or so to nitpick it and get it perfect. But it was done right and I didn't have any weird roll offs. It's the type you use wood shims. Tables with built in levelers are a bit different but easier in the long run.

It's something that almost anyone with patience and who can nit pick can do. Realkingcobra has a 3 piece slate leveling document here on the forums and his YouTube channel has a ton of invaluable info. The part where he shows how to level seams with a bottle jack is genius.

When I bought my Diamond, I watched the installers do a hack job on the seams but figured they knew what they were doing. Spoiler alert: They didn't. They seamed the 3 piece so badly balls would roll off 4" when going over the seams. They didn't flush them up. When I scraped the wax off one side was tissue thin and the other was about 1/16-1/8" thick. I used turpentine to remove all wax residue, re did the seams with super glue and a tiny amount of bondo. I used the jack trick to get them perfectly flush. I had an idea of how to level with the levelers but Glen was gracious enough to walk me through the process on the phone for about an hour or so.

But anyway, sorry for the book, but I'm with you, doing my own work so I know it's done right.

Scammers on this site

ESCROW. But with whom? The existing outfit which, in my mind, would be perfect is Proficient Billiards. (Y'all hear Scot running for the back door, muttering under his breath . . . ?)

Seriously. Proficient enjoys the trust of the Billiard World. It has vast experience in assessing cues. It is also efficient in packing and shipping cues. What else do y'all need?

There would be some expense involved, but how much is peace of mind worth? Sellers would not have to be concerned that their cues could be ripped off/not paid for, and buyers would not run the risk of receiving damaged or incorrectly described cues after their money was already out the door. Buying and selling cues might even become fun again. (As an incidental benefit in those instances in which a cue was going to shipped to Proficient after purchase to be worked on, duplication of shipping costs would be avoided.)

Think about it. Anyone else come to mind? Scot, or whoever, throw me some jelly if this pans out.
I do escrow for many of my cue groups in Facebook. I barely charge anything because I’ll tried to helping people prevent getting scam. Exposing them scammers got my old Facebook account locked, so I slowing down on doing that. I’m just concentrating on keeping them out of popular cue groups and banned them from it.

Rhino vs. Linc Cues

I got a full rhino cue (and a 2nd rhino carbon shaft) and was not a fan of the full cue at all.

The shafts are fine on other butts but I did not enjoy the way the 'composite' (composed of what?!?) butt played at all.
I felt the same way with the butts. They are alright and worth the money but I just didn't really care for the feel. Mine was the US flag one and the raised stars didn't feel great to me when playing. If it didn't have the raised stars I could have lived with it. It's minor but you know how those minor things can get lodged between your ears at times. :)

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