rail installation

[Mitch]

At my pool hall the tables were recovered. Several of the tables now allow coins to slip under the rail rubber. I checked the rail bolts & many were not tightened but merely seated. Even after I properly tightened all bolts, some of the rails still allow coins to slip under them.
Can you tell me why? I won't bother asking the installers, as they're work shows they are idiots. The room owners called them back to the job but they simply gave the owners excuses.I run the tournaments there. I level the tables & do other maintenance.
I'd love to be able to rectify this problem.

Thank You very much.
Mitch

 

[reverend]

At my pool hall the tables were recovered. Several of the tables now allow coins to slip under the rail rubber. I checked the rail bolts & many were not tightened but merely seated. Even after I properly tightened all bolts, some of the rails still allow coins to slip under them.
Can you tell me why? I won't bother asking the installers, as they're work shows they are idiots. The room owners called them back to the job but they simply gave the owners excuses.I run the tournaments there. I level the tables & do other maintenance.
I'd love to be able to rectify this problem.

Thank You very much.
Mitch

More than likely the rail cloth was not trimmed close enough or bunched up and not in the cloth relief, so it is being pinched under the rail and not allowing the entire foot of the rail to rest on the slate. The fix would be to take them off, trim the cloth so it lays in the cloth relief and then reattach the rails.