jay helfert said:
alot heavier-which accounts for alot. but i think the slates these days on newer tables have a more level surface and les rolls, they might show up more often with faster cloth, the old nap stuff might have not let the balls roll off as much(just a theory-i have zero proof)
after seeing all these old tables i want to set up my Centennial box, its in mint, mint mint condition. I need a bigger house.
Seriously you know how some guys have a garage with 30 colector cars they doent drive, how nice would it be to have 20-30 old/new tables set up in a big room all perfect, GC1 and a G5, a Monarch, Kling, Diamond, Valley barbox, etc.etc.etc all dialed in perfetly, no windows so no faded cloth, the correct balls on each table, a 5X10 with stevens cloth and mud balls. a couple heated billiards tables. Like a private mueseum with all the old cue racks and chairs like Merk Stellinga had. Edit: 12' European snooker table, a gaff table like Big Bertha from Hardtimes(Fatboy will own that EXACT box someday-bet on that!!!, its a piece of history i must own, lost alot of $$$ on it 
), a american 10' snooker table. I mean everything in perfect condition. I tool shop for Glen to keep cloth, pocket facings, tools in-so he can just fly in to work and I wont have to wait so long for him, or Ernesto too!!! Top guys only working on the boxes.It would be to expensive to build as a public pool room and it would get beat up. But a private pool table collection and a cue vault with like $5,000,000 worth of the best, most historical cues ever made. What a man-cave that would be. the only thing stopping me is $$$(right now), when I get in gear again I might just do this. mayber not 5M in cues but $2 or 3 million in tables, the building, and cues. why not? i'd use that more than a $3,000,000 boat. What a place to hang out!?!?!?, all the right pics on the walls, perfect lighting, a rail for the rail birds. Bar, soda pop. A way to display the cues with out risking them getting stolen(that wouldnt be to hard),
a place a pool player-especially the old guys would love to see. The pics on the walls from the 60's to current. Autographs of the pool celebs that come through. Maybe even some sort of Hall-of-Fame(not to compete with the ones in existance but a different one and a display of all the members of it and when and why they were inducted, a real shrine for our champions, give them that-they deserve the recognition!
just add $$$ to Fatboys brain and I come up with "cool" plans. that would be more fun than owning a break even poolroom in a shopping center somewhere. less headaches, let a few friends have access all the time. like I kinda do now with 3 friends. I could preserve history, build a hang out and hit a few balls. 20-30 tables differnt cloth types/balls/table sizes the best of everything and the ommercial stuff we use all the time and antiques.
now there is a dream!!!
not to brag but i turn most of my dreams into reality(havent got a private jet yet), but if things work out I would do this, heck had I not closed up shop this idea would come together easiy, now that i'm just putting things together this is a couple years away and who knows how long it would take to fill the room with all the tables, some are hard to find. and the old lights too. I'll stop here but you get my point.
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