If you could have any table for free???
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But, that's not a Brunswick...that's a "Gregory" original, Brunswick never built a table that plays that good
But, that's not a Brunswick...that's a "Gregory" original, Brunswick never built a table that plays that good
That's the 2nd great Centennial I've seen from Mark, or is that Dean's table too? I know Dean was looking to sell his.
Kevin
My choice as well. Grew up with a 5x10 Kling in our parlor
and was allowed to begin play in the late 1940's.
Dad sold it while I was "vacationing" in Southeast Asia in the 1960's.
I was devastated but soon got over it, as Uncle Sam kept my mind
and body occupied with other things.
Pictured is a 10' snooker table convereted to a 10' drop pocket pool table, Dean bought a 9ft. Mark has more in inventory for sale if anyone's interested
I sat in my dorm room listening to the radio as they pulled the lottery numbers for that tropical vacation. Mine came up 312 so I never got to go. I hear the weather was balmy.
Pictured is a 10' snooker table convereted to a 10' drop pocket pool table, Dean bought a 9ft. Mark has more in inventory for sale if anyone's interested
That's 2 great tables I've seen him restore.
I have an old Regina that I actually got on CL for FREE! Needs A LOT of TLC, but it's very cool to look at. Still not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. VERY cool table!
Thanks for the info. :thumbup2:
Well then for me it's the Diamond Paragon (with 1-piece slate, just because I want my cake and eat it too
).EDIT: http://www.diamondbilliards.com/index.php/home-tables/paragon
Fatz
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I think I would take this one : http://most-expensive.com/pool-table for $177,000. Then I would sell it and buy both a Diamond AND a GC after I used the extra money to build a huge man cave extension onto my house.
Yes, it was SO "bomby" I stayed three years.
9 foot pro-am, in cocobola (okay, I'll settle for cherry finish). I'm gonna get one, too! (as soon as the wife agrees...) :thumbup:
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I did not say exact copy... I said basically copied/on steroids....diamond made the changes with extending the slate shelf... Other than that Brunswick almost had it pinned..so other than 1 degree and 1/16 of a inch their specs are the basically the same minus the slate shelf and the miter pocket angle..... You want to know something else that's scary...? I ran into a pool table from Italy made by the de blasi billiardi company that is moons older than diamond but once looking at the hardware and fit you'd swore it was related to the earlier round of diamond pool tables ...oh' the de blasi subrail is 1-11/16ths .. The pocket angles are crazy as a shit house rat but de blasi was working on quality and perfection..
Rob.M
Rob, think about this for moment. If Brunswick had it right as yout put it, and Diamond copied Brunswick's design, then that means I shouldn't be able to take a brand new GC and make it play better than it was built, right? Diamond is not using the same spec's as Brunswick does, and I'll clear that up for you. Brunswick's down angle for mounting the cushions is 23.5 degrees bevel, with a sub-rail thickness of over 1 11/16" thick. Diamond's is 24.5 degrees down angle, with an exact 1 11/16" thick sub-rail. Diamond's pocket angles are 141/102 with a 15 degee down angle. Brunswick's are 142/104 with a 13 degee down angle, but most of the miter angles in the pockets are inconsistant, meaning not the same from corner pocket to corner pocket, as well as in the side pockets, so you don't really know what they are.
So now, where is the "copy" of Brunswick's design that has made the Diamond's play so much better today? The table mechanic that told you Diamond copied Brunswick was wrong
Glen
I did not say exact copy... I said basically copied/on steroids....diamond made the changes with extending the slate shelf... Other than that Brunswick almost had it pinned..so other than 1 degree and 1/16 of a inch their specs are the basically the same minus the slate shelf and the miter pocket angle..... You want to know something else that's scary...? I ran into a pool table from Italy made by the de blasi billiardi company that is moons older than diamond but once looking at the hardware and fit you'd swore it was related to the earlier round of diamond pool tables ...oh' the de blasi subrail is 1-11/16ths .. The pocket angles are crazy as a shit house rat but de blasi was working on quality and perfection..
Rob.M
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So, you don't have it yet....I guess that means you're still washing the dishes, doing the laundry, cleaning house, and cooking right?:thumbup:
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