Rip-off Report on Glen, The Real King Cobra

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Fatboy said:
im gonna beat the bush and i aint got no biz being here, sue me lol


this is true, glen did walk away from all that, he has also designed and revolutionized some things on tables. he has invented many things, it aint BS, i checked out what he claimed and sure enough it was all true, Glen is a one of a kind person. heavy handed, not always his best friend , but he lives on his own terms and i admire that. he is nobodies trick. He is independent too independent sometimes.

I like him, he is a good man, no i dont always agree with him, we argue sometimes. but always with respect for each other, im sure he pissed me off a time or 2 and i probably pissed him off too. but were better than that. this thread really isnt a accurate picture of Glen, the internet isnt always accurate in that way.
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No, I've never been mad at you Eric, not for anything, and if I ever was you'd have know about it, as friends...we'd have talked our way through what ever was the problem, cuz that's what friends do:thumbup:
 
realkingcobra said:
No, I've never been mad at you Eric, not for anything, and if I ever was you'd have know about it, as friends...we'd have talked our way through what ever was the problem, cuz that's what friends do:thumbup:
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that was a great dinner we cooked up that night, man what a kitchen, i do miss that. I am happier, MUCH happier not living in Vegas tho. When you do get by LA let me know, we will do it again!!!!:thumbup:
 
Fatboy said:
that was a great dinner we cooked up that night, man what a kitchen, i do miss that. I am happier, MUCH happier not living in Vegas tho. When you do get by LA let me know, we will do it again!!!!:thumbup:
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I'll be in your area before the end of this year doing billiard table sales for Diamond, and working on a few tables on the side...for at least a couple of months. I wouldn't miss coming by and spending time with you and Kelly...miss you guys:thumbup:
 
Did we really jump from hoping for 20 to hitting 35 coz of a Fatboy/ RKC love exchange?

If somebody has a video camera, DO NOT TURN IT ON until everyone is dressed.
 
Black-Balled said:
Did we really jump from hoping for 20 to hitting 35 coz of a Fatboy/ RKC love exchange?

If somebody has a video camera, DO NOT TURN IT ON until everyone is dressed.
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LOL, were doing the biggest PPV iin the history of the world then a VOD deal right after....:eek:
 
I had a table question, plus I want this thread to never stop. I understand one piece slates not being on most tables anymore because of the size. So why not two, wouldn't that be better than three for set up and leveling, and not that much more cumbersome than three?
 
YubaCushion said:
I had a table question, plus I want this thread to never stop. I understand one piece slates not being on most tables anymore because of the size. So why not two, wouldn't that be better than three for set up and leveling, and not that much more cumbersome than three?
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Slates should be odd numbered (1 or 3 or 5)...otherwise you would have
a slate line at the side pockets.

I played on a 4-slate table once, but it was an old 9 ft billiard table.
 
this thread represents everything wrong with airing personal business dealings on an internet forum. There are no winners...ever!
 
pt109 said:
Slates should be odd numbered (1 or 3 or 5)...otherwise you would have
a slate line at the side pockets.

I played on a 4-slate table once, but it was an old 9 ft billiard table.
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Glen does not do slate lines....I actually forgot I had 3 piece slate when he did mine until I sold it lol....that's real talk
 
YubaCushion said:
I had a table question, plus I want this thread to never stop. I understand one piece slates not being on most tables anymore because of the size. So why not two, wouldn't that be better than three for set up and leveling, and not that much more cumbersome than three?
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Well, I guess we can keep this thread going then. First of all you'd have to understand this industry as a whole. Diamond went to the one piece slates for a very special reason, because they don't have any seams that means they can flip their tables up into carts and move them in or out of a tournament location faster than any other company on earth, which makes since for Diamond tables to be used in most major tournaments. But, on the other side of the coin, when dealing with most home tables, the 3 piece slate becomes much more weight manageable for the installers to be able to move in to the location or out of it depending on what's needed. Now, to go to a 2 piece slate you would encounter a few problems of a different nature. First of all, pool tables are not designed to have the cross beam structure right down the middle of the table from side pocket to side pocket, so table manufactures would have to redesign their frames in order to address the issue of the slates being seamed down the middle of the frame. Second, if you're going to use a multi piece slate on a pool table, 2 seams means the slate pieces are still going to be lighter than 2 halves of the slate, especially where a 9ft slate is concerned.

But, to better address your question, I've developed a steel plate joining system that Diamond is now switching all their 3 piece slates over to, which takes the 3 piece slate and turns it back into a one piece slate when needed, yet can be taken back apart again. In fact, it's such an impressive system that if Diamond wanted to drop the use of the one piece slates, there'd be no issues with the tournament tables having the 3 piece slates used in them, and flipping the tables up into carts, transporting them all over the country and using them in tournament after tournament would be no different than if the tables still had the one piece slates still in them, only difference is, the tables would also be ready for sale to a customer that needed a table to have a three piece slate come with the table, in order to have it installed in the house.

So, this is another change that Diamond is making that pushes them that much farther than the competition, and trust me when I say it's the future of slates on pool tables, because it really is when combined with the Diamond leveling system. It don't take a table mechanic to level the seams on the slates with the steel plate joining system, and the slates don't get mounted to the frame of the table either, they're treated just like they're a one piece slate, and leveled as such...after the table is already assembled, cloth and all.

I just delivered a 9ft ProAm with a steel plate joined slate to a customers house in MN, and the customer actually stood up on the slates, walking all over the seams to hang the light over the table...and no seams came apart, no super glue was used to hold the seams together...and bondo was used to fill the seams, but wax could have just as easily been used with the same end results...seams don't come apart unless they're TAKEN apart.

Glen
 
Slates in the frame then the frame on the table. Say that three times fast.
That's a brilliant idea. One of those things that should of been thought of a while ago. You should work on pool tables for a living.
 
YubaCushion said:
Slates in the frame then the frame on the table. Say that three times fast.
That's a brilliant idea. One of those things that should of been thought of a while ago. You should work on pool tables for a living.
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aahhh...notice the date of this thread? I've been doing this kind of work for a while now, but just turning it over to Diamond now as a new change for their pool tables, cuz see the problem is when you screw down the slates to the frame on a ProAm, you can no longer use the leveling system because you have no way of backing off on the slate screws mounting the slates to the frame...but, with this new system, no slate screws are even used, so the leveling system gets used just like it is with a one piece slate;)

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=197600
 
Has someone tried that before? I'm a tool and die maker and I love all that kind of stuff.
How much can you tell about it.
 
realkingcobra said:
aahhh...notice the date of this thread? I've been doing this kind of work for a while now, but just turning it over to Diamond now as a new change for their pool tables, cuz see the problem is when you screw down the slates to the frame on a ProAm, you can no longer use the leveling system because you have no way of backing off on the slate screws mounting the slates to the frame...but, with this new system, no slate screws are even used, so the leveling system gets used just like it is with a one piece slate;)

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=197600
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I read how long you worked on tables, just funin ya.
 
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