I have heard of the Era of bad Brunswick rubber
and I pray that never happens again!
Beyond cushion failure of that nature,
I think cushion installation/ cloth installation
error is more to blame on "playability" issues.
I have heard from 3 of 4 mechanics that
I consider to be the "best" that they mount the
Artemis canvas side down! I have not tried it yet,
but, I sure am interested!
As for Brunswick Superspeeds on older GCs, Anniversary's
and Centennial's it comes down to this to me: If the
cushion nose height is 1-7/16": getting at least 4 lengths of
the table back and forth, the ball is not hopping or
playing too fast off the rails, the ball is not "biting" under
the rail, banks are not coming up short or long and applied
english is holding correctly off the rail, the cushion
is playing properly. These are things that can be
done to test the rails. Their is the final variable of
NEW CLOTH, so these have to be tested again
after the cloth "breaks in" and if the table passes
these tests, in my opinion the cushions are playing correctly.
These are things I have learned and I think that
most who know how to work on tables and play
on them can agree on. I am not claiming I "know it all"
or anything like that. I hope that others will chime in and
provide their experiences in detail to help us all
understand more.
I am simply tired of hearing unsubstantiated claims saying
this or that. In college I learned that you must PROVE your
w orkand not just make claims. Anyone who is a
professional and is making claims about their work
needs to be able to prove what they are claiming:
it is called having CREDIBILITY!
Examples:
Brunswick Billiards has influenced every pool
table manufacturer in the WORLD, that shows
they are credible. On a mechanics level: RKC
changing the red label Diamond table rails to Blue
Label shows credibility in the pool table mechanic world.
Just my $0.02 from my experience working on
these old & new Brunswick's and old and new Diamond's.
Trent from Toledo
Here is a Brunswick SuperSpeed Cushion mounted on a GC1 Subrail: