So I put my 8' Proline solid Oak pool table up for sale in order to get it out of my way and have a little Christmas money. Despite being a furniture table it plays really well. It has solid oak beams, and the only thing on the table that isn't oak is the plywood backing on the slate, the slate it self, the rubber, cloth, and pockets. LOL This thing weighs a ton as it has 1" slate, and although it isn't a commercial table it has always played well. It had deep shelves in the pocket so it plays really tight, and the pocket tightness when I measured were that of a diamond's pockets. (that was when I first got it I measured that.
Anyway, I want a 9' diamond or gold crown and this thing has been sitting in my shop and I didn't want to see it get ruined. So I put it up for sale and my wife thought I was nuts cause she knows how much I loved it, but she doesn't know how bad I want a 9' table. LoL
I had it for sale about 3 weeks with everyone that checked craigslist and facebook telling me that they wouldn't pay what I was asking for it. I didn't have cloth on it, so I told them they needed cloth too. I was selling everything I had for decoration too. I had 7 two piece action cues, an action jump break, 2 sets of Pro Am balls. Stain glass light, and stain glass sign too, table cover, etc, etc. I was asking $1000 for it all, but paid $4000 for the table when I got it. I figured if I was patient I could find the right buyer. Had to be someone that wanted nice furniture, but was sort of an newbie to the sport. Everyone was offering me like $300 - $500 for it.
Well after 3 weeks the right person came along said they had been looking at furniture tables and the reason they liked mine was that the whole thing was solid oak including the support beams that run down it both direction. We talked on cloth and set up, and the next thing I know they said hey we will pay you to set it up with some cheap cloth because we are going to move it in 10-12 months anyway when our new house is finished!
So I picked up some Champion cloth from HT at Paridise (he is the only one in town that had cloth.) I picked up some beeswax from Michael's crafts. Grabbed my trailer and tools and her Son and I moved the table to their current location. 5 hours later I found out that it still plays really well, but I am no table mechanic and RKC would probably laugh at my work! hahahaha
The table turned out pretty good, the two things that killed me were the cloth at the pockets, and the rails. Rails turned out great but took me a long time to get them just right. The cloth for the pockets don't look the greatest, but they are functional and no staples or anything will chip balls as I used the glue on the pockets. Leveling I hit it dead on, and it's a good thing I paid attention when Eric set it up for me a few years ago. It plays just as good as when he set it up for me.
5 hours worth of work and she gave me $150. Not too bad for not being a mechanic. I pocketed $1150 for everything, and even got to shoot on it one last time! I have mixed emotions cause I miss it already, but I am excited to pick out my 9' table soon! I really needed to sale this thing though cause I had stored it for 3yrs! I didn't realize it had been that long. It was in a climate controlled storage for most that time, and the last year in my shop.
Anyway green felt pics are when I very first got it back in 2005. All the decoration in the pics are what I let go with the table as well! The camel cloth is how it looks after I set it up. :thumbup:
Anyway, I want a 9' diamond or gold crown and this thing has been sitting in my shop and I didn't want to see it get ruined. So I put it up for sale and my wife thought I was nuts cause she knows how much I loved it, but she doesn't know how bad I want a 9' table. LoL
I had it for sale about 3 weeks with everyone that checked craigslist and facebook telling me that they wouldn't pay what I was asking for it. I didn't have cloth on it, so I told them they needed cloth too. I was selling everything I had for decoration too. I had 7 two piece action cues, an action jump break, 2 sets of Pro Am balls. Stain glass light, and stain glass sign too, table cover, etc, etc. I was asking $1000 for it all, but paid $4000 for the table when I got it. I figured if I was patient I could find the right buyer. Had to be someone that wanted nice furniture, but was sort of an newbie to the sport. Everyone was offering me like $300 - $500 for it.
Well after 3 weeks the right person came along said they had been looking at furniture tables and the reason they liked mine was that the whole thing was solid oak including the support beams that run down it both direction. We talked on cloth and set up, and the next thing I know they said hey we will pay you to set it up with some cheap cloth because we are going to move it in 10-12 months anyway when our new house is finished!
So I picked up some Champion cloth from HT at Paridise (he is the only one in town that had cloth.) I picked up some beeswax from Michael's crafts. Grabbed my trailer and tools and her Son and I moved the table to their current location. 5 hours later I found out that it still plays really well, but I am no table mechanic and RKC would probably laugh at my work! hahahaha
The table turned out pretty good, the two things that killed me were the cloth at the pockets, and the rails. Rails turned out great but took me a long time to get them just right. The cloth for the pockets don't look the greatest, but they are functional and no staples or anything will chip balls as I used the glue on the pockets. Leveling I hit it dead on, and it's a good thing I paid attention when Eric set it up for me a few years ago. It plays just as good as when he set it up for me.
5 hours worth of work and she gave me $150. Not too bad for not being a mechanic. I pocketed $1150 for everything, and even got to shoot on it one last time! I have mixed emotions cause I miss it already, but I am excited to pick out my 9' table soon! I really needed to sale this thing though cause I had stored it for 3yrs! I didn't realize it had been that long. It was in a climate controlled storage for most that time, and the last year in my shop.
Anyway green felt pics are when I very first got it back in 2005. All the decoration in the pics are what I let go with the table as well! The camel cloth is how it looks after I set it up. :thumbup:
