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Nice work Mark! Looks like time for a little subrail action on that bottom picture. Whoa!
perfectpocketz
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The screws were holding the cushions on. Really haven't seen many rails like that one. The rail just fell apart when I removed the cloth.
Mark Gregory
The screws were holding the cushions on. Really haven't seen many rails like that one. The rail just fell apart when I removed the cloth.
Mark Gregory
Arn't them pictures of your pocket work...the same pictures I sent you???...kind of bogus if you ask me...lmfao...j/k!
Glen
perfectpocketz
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Man you said that you wouldn't say anything....LOl
OK, you got me, I'll put some pics of my work up now. LMAO My pocket work looks somewhat like your's, right? LMAO
This is what you said, glue the cloth, RIGHT! LMAO
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perfectpocketz
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Glen, teaching all of us how to finish the pocket correctly, has changed the look of tables forever. Thanks for all the little trick of the trade.
You can't really tell if you did those pockets or I did them, or if Donnie did them.
That's what you are trying to accomplish, and you're doing a great job my friend.
"Thanks Glen for you're help"
Mark Gregory
You can't really tell if you did those pockets or I did them, or if Donnie did them.
That's what you are trying to accomplish, and you're doing a great job my friend.
"Thanks Glen for you're help"
Mark Gregory
Looks great Mark!!!! I was blown away with the glue down method man that cloth pulls so tight.
Mort
perfectpocketz
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I've worked with Glen, and we'll be working a lot more together in the
future I'm sure. Glen has some great idea's for the pool world, and if we all stay focused
on working together, and learning new and better ways of doing tables, then the mechanics will finally have some much needed respect.
Mark Gregory
future I'm sure. Glen has some great idea's for the pool world, and if we all stay focused
on working together, and learning new and better ways of doing tables, then the mechanics will finally have some much needed respect.
Mark Gregory
perfectpocketz
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I didn't make it up to alsip,.... Glen was here in Atlanta with me to set-up Diamond tables in a poolroom. We had a lot of fun working together, and shared some great info, and good idea's.
Glen's always looking to do the tables better. I'm sure he will be getting in touch with everyone soon. He got a lot going on right now.
Mark Gregory
Actually, yeah. Don and I have had a lot of opportunities come our way since the seminar. I know there were a lot of crews that had jobs on the schedule, and had other valid reasons to leave, but I was honestly surprised at how much thinner the crowd was getting as the weekend went on. We actually stayed until mid Tuesday to help finish the job that a lot of other crews left undone by Saturday and Sunday. Again, I'm not calling anyone out, because I know most people had valid reasons they could not stay. I can't help but feel like there were a few people though that left once they saw the gluing method, or whatever it was they were there to see. For those people, I don't know that the jobs are going to be flooding in right away from Glen and Simonis.
This job takes a lot of pride, guys. There aren't many worthwhile shortcuts in this business. Keep in mind that I've never studied business. I'm certainly not formally educated. One thing I've learned though while going into business for myself is not to expect to get rich quick. By that I mean that too many people expect to do something like just show up in Alsip and put your name on a list and expect immediate results. Results take time. Before the phone starts ringing off the hook, you may have to spend YEARS out in the field proving yourself. During those years, you have to spend months building rapport with your repeat customers and commercial accounts to get the steady jobs. During those jobs you may have to spend some extra hours making sure the job is done above and beyond your client's expectations. Too many people in business today want immediate results and aren't willing to put the long term time in. Most of the time it just doesn't work that way.
Alsip wasn't a doorway into wealth and prosperity. Alsip was an opportunity to be a part of a group of guys that shows pride in their work. It's still going to take a lot of hard work before the results of that seminar start to show. Most of what I personally gained from Alsip was the confidence that I/we have been pointed in the right direction. I just hope that if I continue to use the methods I was shown in Alsip and show the pride in my work like I did in Alsip, Glen and Felice, among many others, will take note, and more opportunities will start to come my way.
So short answer, yeah. I've gained a TON since the seminar. Thanks to everyone who was involved.
perfectpocketz
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Sorry, I didn't make the trip....had way to much work to get away. Alsip was set up and designed to help the mechanics learn new and better methods of working on tables, not to create work for them.
Hopefully we all take a lot of pride in our work, that's what makes us better than the other guy's.
Trust me, doing great work on tables, will get you more work.
I've put my time in (25 YRS ) and there are still new and better ways to complete the jobs.
Glen spoke highly of you Josh, don't think you will have to worry about getting work.
When the general public learns more on how a table should play, then we will be flooded in jobs.
Mark Gregory
Thanks, Mark. That's good to hear. By the way, your pockets look AWESOME. Glad you posted.