Moving a 9 foot GC3

Fyi... to breakdown a gold crown 4 you will need the following items.

9/16 socket, 1/2 socket 3/4 socket, 8-12 inch extension for ratchet drive, # 3 Phillips bit, #2 Phillips bit.
tack or staple puller, pliers, 3/Th's wrench 1/2 wrench. 9/32 Allen wrench.

Start by removing Allen screws in the pockets, remove pocket (or gully liners if ball return) Next remove 9/16 rail bolts and studs from rails, these are found under the rails looking up from the bottom. Next remove ball track if ball return and ball ball receiver box. The hardware for the ball receiver box is a number 2 Phillips with a 3/8 nut run up through the two angle brackets and attached under the ball storage area. (ball return only) Next, with a helper lift the rail and apron Assembly off the table and flip upside down. Next remove the #2 Phillips screws from the metal brackets in the corners of the aprons, Next remove the the 1/2 head bolts from the aprons and stack finished side to finished side, two short pieces 2 long pieces. Next carefully remove the 1/2 inch head bolts that go through the castings into the round receiver bolts in the rails, 2 per side on the corner castings 1 per side on the side pocket castings. Start with the castings on the head rail where they connect to the side rails first. IE you will be removing just the short end rail first. Next remove the foot rail casting bolts. Slide the two long rails to wards the center of the table and remove the single casting bolt on both sides of the long rail. and repeat on the other long rail. You should now have 6 separate rails, transport the bottom face to bottom faced avoid scratches to the Formica rail cap.

Now remove ALL the staples from the bed cloth with your staple remover and pliers. make sure you check under and around the pocket openings. With the cloth removed you'll see the bare slate, remove the 12 slate screws with the # 3 Phillips bit. Remove the slate and place flat in your truck wood side down slate side up. You can stack the three slates on top of each other.

Now remove the 3/4 inch bolts from the angle iron between the frame and the pedestal. Now set the frame on the floor and remove the 3/4 inch bolts from the left hand side of the frame. Now do the right hand side (4 bolts). With the bolts removed you can tap on the sides of the frame and separate the short pieces from the long. Stack and load into you truck.

Now remove the 3/4 inch bolts from the leg sections through the center connector (2 on each side) load the legs and center stretcher into your truck. cover the loaded items with packing blankets and load the rails, aprons and hardware box ball track etc...

When unloading into your room, keep the frame components together, keep the legs and center stretcher together, keep the rails and aprons together and lean the slates vertical against any solid wall one against the other in a single stack is fine.


Jay Spielberg
Quality done right the first time!
You forgot the most important part, cut the seam between the slates with a razor blade and slide them apart in case they are pinned. My late GCI was pinned, I sure am glad that I didnt crack one of my slates trying to lift the slate straight up. I also kept my frame assembled and just removed the legs when I moved it. I'm not sure when/if Brunswick stopped pinning the slates.

Figured BEM handle, on a Players PureX pool cue. Real, or Fake / Decal / Graphic Overlay?

From what I learned (thanks to Chris, for the really great reply below), this Players PureX cue is nothing but Decal / Graphic Overlays, over Maple.

I still think that the nicely figured BEM handle is real though.

What do you think?

Real, or Fake / Decal / Graphic Overlay?

I feel pretty foolish now, but I originally thought that the stuff innthus cue was real. Thought it had real Rengas Wood, and real points abd veneers, and a real BEM handle, which really caught my attention, on 1st sight.

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Two fundamentals of pool to avoid sounding foolish for years

Pre-stroke he’s always had a LOT of unnecessary movement, but if you watch when he brings that final stroke through, it’s straight as an arrow and smooth as butter.
When you see overhead views of players you start to see a lot of curvy strokes. Maybe they are steering the shot, there's no way to tell unless every view was from overhead. I have been more than surprised how many strokes that I have seen that veer, even on the final stroke. If you guys have not seen it you aint paying attention. if you watch on a PC you can hit left/right arrows and jump 5 seconds back/forward to make sure that you just saw what you thought you saw.

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