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Snooker table question...
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Those are what I started on as a teenager...
...Brunswick Monarch...6x12, 5.5x11, and 5x10.
..never seen one in steelblock
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These had the snooker profile.
Brunswick of Canada was a branch of the original Brunswick....
...some of their tables made it down to Arizona and Texas.
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Steel block is only found on top of the line snooker tables - Riley, Star, Shender.
Steel block found on all tables for world and international competition.
Don't know if Brunswick made steel block tables - the brand never used in big tournaments - Brits using an American table for snooker
Once asked if any American pool tables had been built with steel block and reaped ridicule from the posters here.
Chinese table manufacturers use steel block - Star, Shender, Joy.
Another area where the U.S. manufacturing is losing out to a third world country?
Steel block found on all tables for world and international competition.
Don't know if Brunswick made steel block tables - the brand never used in big tournaments - Brits using an American table for snooker
Once asked if any American pool tables had been built with steel block and reaped ridicule from the posters here.
Chinese table manufacturers use steel block - Star, Shender, Joy.
Another area where the U.S. manufacturing is losing out to a third world country?
Same here. Back in the late 60's and early 70's I played a lot of snooker on those tables. Mostly the 6x12, though there were a few of the 5x10 around too.
Steel block is only found on top of the line snooker tables - Riley, Star, Shender.
Steel block found on all tables for world and international competition.
Don't know if Brunswick made steel block tables - the brand never used in big tournaments - Brits using an American table for snooker
Once asked if any American pool tables had been built with steel block and reaped ridicule from the posters here.
Chinese table manufacturers use steel block - Star, Shender, Joy.
Another area where the U.S. manufacturing is losing out to a third world country?
Steel block is inefficient, IMO.
If they stopped using side-mounted cushions, they wouldn't need it.
The theory is that steel is a more uniform material than wood. Purportedly, steel makes cushion performace more uniform and reliable.
Don't know what you mean by "efficient".
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American table makers used to side-mount their rails like England.
Steel-block is almost mandatory for this system to play world class....
....if not, you get a hollow 'thunk' and even inconsistent angles.
When North America went to the over size slate with the bolts going DOWN through
the slate, these problems disappeared.
In 1990, steel-block was a $2,000 option...just so the rails would hit as well as a Gold
Crown or an Anniversary.
I know a 6x12 Gold Crown that has good Northern rubber on it, it plays a half length
faster than any steel block table I've played....and I think I've played on all major brands.
If you put 1.75 inch slate on a Gold Crown, reinforced the frame, and put a Diamond top
on with their leather pockets, I feel you would have a better table than ANY used in
World competition today.
Many of the ideas used on official snooker tables weren't very good ideas a hundred
years ago.....and they still aren't.
You are 100% correct, steel block rails are only used on T-rails mounted to the sides of the slate, which has always been a flawed system of mounting the rails to the slate.
I'm glad you showed up....my experience is mostly player-based.
......but I knows what I likes.
I have said that if I won a lottery and wanted to open my ideal pool hall....
...there isn't one snooker table that has been made that I would use.
I would buy a Verhoeven carom table and tell them to make me a snooker table of the
same quality.
And you would be the overseer for all tables....
...if I could contact you some other way than FB....
AZ works....:smile:
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Gabriels website doesn't discuss the topic - obviously not a selling point.
So let us discuss the merits of solid granite legs.
http://www.gabrielsbilliards.com/gabrielsbilliards/caromtables/hermes
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But A Verhoeven is a T-Rail so the Cobra may turn you down.
Gabriels run their bolts through the top/bottom of the slate.
If, and when I finish Diamonds 10' billiard table, it's not going to be like any other billiards table ever built:grin: I'm not into copying mistakes already made by other manufacturers
I'm glad you showed up....my experience is mostly player-based.
......but I knows what I likes.
I have said that if I won a lottery and wanted to open my ideal pool hall....
...there isn't one snooker table that has been made that I would use.
I would buy a Verhoeven carom table and tell them to make me a snooker table of the
same quality.
And you would be the overseer for all tables....
...if I could contact you some other way than FB....
AZ works....:smile:
Greg and I have talked about the possibility of building a professional snooker table, so maybe...we'll see:grin: