What exactly makes a Diamond the better table??

Oh by the way this is my table if you folks are wondering what my opinion is;)
 

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Run the Century and 5.5 rails

Look, I'm a fan of Diamond tables so let's not make this into me being a hater. But I gotta ask....

When do you actually need to make the ball go 5 and a half table lengths?
MULLY
When he tried to get out of one of my "Locked Up Tighter Than Janitor in a Drum, Safeties." Thats When! :grin: His Diamond plays the Lights Out Nuts versus his GC. I would also give some big time kudo's to the Marc Lehmacher Atlantis Table from the 90's. That was a straight pool players table for sure!
 
Oh by the way this is my table if you folks are wondering what my opinion is;)

Dude, that is nice. Real nice. I wish I had space in my house for a pool table. the Diamond is the way to go. Along with playing well they look so frickin' nice.
MULLY
 
Good question, I know that Diamond farms the pockets out to another company. The cool thing about this method is when you are done you have to look real close to even notice the color change because the inside of the pockets are still a dark gray.

Hand sanitizer....when put on a rag, and used to wipe down the inside of the pocket where the balls hit...will remove all the excess dye from the leather...and when used to wipe off the balls from the black marks....will remove them in seconds;)
 
Hand sanitizer....when put on a rag, and used to wipe down the inside of the pocket where the balls hit...will remove all the excess dye from the leather...and when used to wipe off the balls from the black marks....will remove them in seconds;)

Glen:

Wow! It will actually remove the balls from the black marks... in seconds? That's some powerful stuff! But what if I want the balls, and not the black marks?

:D

-Sean

P.S.: and nope, I didn't manipulate your post's text. ;)
 
Heat stroke is all I can say in my defence....I'm working outside rebuilding some rails down here in Phoenix, AZ....:D:D
 
What is the price of a new GC?. Brunswick charges way too much for anything billiards related. Johnnyt
 
Heat stroke is all I can say in my defence....I'm working outside rebuilding some rails down here in Phoenix, AZ....:D:D

That Phoenix sun will get to you. When I took my son to enroll at ASU, the temperature hit 117 degrees and I thought that was pretty warm (I was from Tucson where it peaks out normally at 108 degrees). When I moved to the California desert in 2006, the temperature hit 124 degrees. Now, that's hot.
 
What is the price of a new GC?. Brunswick charges way too much for anything billiards related. Johnnyt

They only charge what people are willing to pay. You could say the same thing about Black Boar, Barry Szamboti, Gina etc.... thousands of dollars for a piece of wood and tiny little shards of ivory, mother of pearl, abalone etc.... As long as people are willing to pay those prices they can charge them.
MULLY
 
What is the price of a new GC?. Brunswick charges way too much for anything billiards related. Johnnyt

The nearest Brunswick dealer to me qouted $8500 for a GC 5 tournament spec.

Chris
 
chime in on Gabriels if you can

and connelly too

OK, when I post the differences between Brunswick and Diamonds, I'll throw in the Gabriel's tables as well, but Connelly as far as I'm concerned has no business having a table in the commercial market place, home tables yes....but not commercial use tables because they won't hold up under that kind of use.

There's a room up in Oregon that has all Connelly Ultimates in it, 6 years old, and every table looks beat to death. The top rails are beat up, finish wore off. The leather drop pockets are all zip tied together. Seams are apart. Piles of shims under the legs of the tables trying to keep them level. I talked to the room owner about selling them new Diamonds and walked away when they told me they just bought the Connelly tables years ago, and wasn't interested in replacing them. My parting comment was like...."Oh....ok, the only reason I was asking is because it looks like you might have bought them about 30 years ago, because they look like they need to be replaced real bad"....and walked out the door.;)...The room closed a year later....lack of business:D

Glen
 
The only thing the Kim Steel's are good for....is recycling aluminum;)

Glen

:D

The poolroom in Roanoke has old Kim Steele tables, along with a couple of Diamonds. The Kim Steele tables have tape holding the pockets on them. I like the tables except for the crappy pockets.
 
:D

The poolroom in Roanoke has old Kim Steele tables, along with a couple of Diamonds. The Kim Steele tables have tape holding the pockets on them. I like the tables except for the crappy pockets.

Playing on them is way different than working on them, which is why they're out of business today:D
 
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