Golden west tables
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I never liked the ones I saw. The rails were bolted thru a round plate that was screwed at the bottom of the rails ( not a floating washer inside the rails ).
They made a thuddy sound and corners made balls hop.
They made a thuddy sound and corners made balls hop.
They had a couple 7 footers in a room I played in back in the 90s. The slate when so far into the pockets that a ball could hang and you couldnt go rail first to get shape. Needles to say they played extremely tight.
It may have just been that model, but it wasnt much fun to play on lol.
It may have just been that model, but it wasnt much fun to play on lol.
That's what I rememeber about them, they had a deep shelf at the pockets. We had them in a poolroom in Vista, CA, a long time ago.
Agree
My condo has two six legged 9 foot Golden Wests. I think they play as tight as the very few Diamonds I have encountered. Mostly Brunswick Gold Crowns in the pool halls around here.
On a scale of one to ten, I'd give them a three and I'm being generous. One point for being the right shape (rectangle), one more point for having the correct dimensions and one final point for having a slate bed (five-eighths to three quarters inch thick). Pretty much the bottom of the line in home tables. Just one man's opinion.
Golden West Slate
All the Golden West tables come with 1 inch slate standard, not 5/8 or 3/4.
They are built in Oregon, not imported as most tables are now. The best advantage is the materials are not Asian hardwoods and I believe the lumber is more stable. Prices are comparable to most import tables other than the very cheap tables from stores like Sears. Shooting on the 8 footers is about like playing Snooker. Very unforgiving pockets. The 9 foot tables are more similar to the Gold Crown feel, but a little tighter. I have played on a few and assembled a few. One reply stated the issue with the design of the rail installation and I agree it could use a little better engineering. Banking is also an issue for some reason.
All the Golden West tables come with 1 inch slate standard, not 5/8 or 3/4.
They are built in Oregon, not imported as most tables are now. The best advantage is the materials are not Asian hardwoods and I believe the lumber is more stable. Prices are comparable to most import tables other than the very cheap tables from stores like Sears. Shooting on the 8 footers is about like playing Snooker. Very unforgiving pockets. The 9 foot tables are more similar to the Gold Crown feel, but a little tighter. I have played on a few and assembled a few. One reply stated the issue with the design of the rail installation and I agree it could use a little better engineering. Banking is also an issue for some reason.
had a 9 footer with simonis, played good. its at my friends house now it still plays good.
I used to work as an installer for a Golden West retailer. These are mainly furniture tables. As most furniture tables they wont' play to the expectations of a seasoned pool player. The Pro 8 and 9-footers have a much better construction than the small tables, at least on the older ones that were made in canago park. I built a high end table for them last year and I thought it was a very nice furniture table.