Nice room
Diamond pro am questions
- Thread starter 219Dave
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Thanks! It's not quite done, but it's my happy place for sure.
Great room. But do you need me to send you some Bruins gear to class it up a bit? Lol
You can't go wrong with a Diamond Pro-Am 7' table. They are the best small table on the market by far imo. As far as the finish is concerned that's just a matter of personal taste.
No, should I? How does it compare with the Diamond 7'?
I dont know. I was asking. I would like to try one though. I hear they play very well. Johnny Archer liked them well enough he put them in his new place.
Sometimes cost is a determining factor. Barboxes are typically the realm of amateur players anyway.
Nyquil
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Maple is more expensive but it does look better imo. The PRC is nice since it's a phenolic type material, really durable. Shouldn't have issues with the maple though. Pro am's are tough on balls just FYI so I would highly recommend ordering at least the single platter polisher. I use mine weekly to get marks off balls. I have the diamond LED light that works well and matches my table. You can usually get a combo type deal if you shop around and price match. I bought my table thru Heath Manning. He is solid to deal with and gave me the best price. I would recommend finding out who your installer is either way especially if your ordering a 3 piece get with Glen and make sure he approves of the installer.
I have a Diamond Professional 8' maple wood cherry finish. Ordered rosewood finish but received cherry finish, and was told they actually don't offer a rosewood finish on maple, even though Manning lists it. Got it right at the start of covid, and it's an incredible looking table and the maple is in my opinion the best wood of the wood options. Oak is porous, and cherry wood is really a soft hard wood. I will say that even though it's maple wood, it will still dent and scratch. After my wife put a couple little nicks and indentations in it from her wedding ring, she now takes it off when practicing. This is my one complaint with Diamond wood tables, in that the clear top coat is incredibly thin and or just seems to be too buffed out. If I were to do it over, and order a Diamond wood finished table again, I would try to get them to shoot an extra coat of clear, and pay extra for that, as if you use a polishing wax on the wood, you will get some color from the finish on the cloth, and because of it now just use a pure carnuba wax without polishing agents. To be honest I would have just got the prc rails, but my wife insisted on the wood look, and the look I got is just incredible. If you look up my postings there is pictures of my table with a 2' x 6' led light that I made for it.
Thanks. And sure - maybe some pics of their Finals runs in 1988 and 1990?
Both at about the $6,000 mark
I've spent over $10K buying things from Heath Manning. He will be the first person I buy from in the future, and the first person I recommend to others. Perfect customer service. I tried going through local reps first, but they were extremely disappointing.
100% there with you. Local store here turned me off completely. Heath was great to deal with. Littman actually made a mistake on the shipping (coming to Canada there was something they forgot to do) so it had to be sent back. Anyway, Heath was on top of it the whole time until it got to me. And Mike (Littman) was awesome too as I had a few questions about the light.