The perfect GC1, 2, 3, 4, 5, &6, really?
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I've seen them with the rails set up oblong thats for sure.
Curious what does effect 3 railer bank/kicks?
Cushions for sure. My table setup to go 3 rails corner to corner with CB will require a 3 or 4 inch correction of aim point depending on the rails installed. Artemis vs. Suprspeeds.
So you're saying on every GC pool table made in the last 60 years, the pockets in the rails don't line up with the pockets in the slate and no one has ever noticed it?
You said it, I didn't, I just have a bet with anyone who thinks their bolt holes are on center
unless they've been corrected!
Drilling those holes out to 7/8” has been on my list of things to do for quite sometime. Thanks for the tutorial on how to do it. I may end up just swapping slates for new though.You said it, I didn't, I just have a bet with anyone who thinks their bolt holes are on center
I know that . You know that. Evidently xradarx knows more?
I managed to get my rails fairly straight and square with zero shelf side pockets, but the entire top end needs to rotate clockwise to get the side pockets centered better. The problem is like you said, the small slate holes won’t allow the shift. Not a huge issue, but it’s there.
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Here's a trick for you, mount the slates only using 6 slate screws
I used the same 3 slate screws on the other side as well, total of only 6.
I used the same 3 slate screws on the other side as well, total of only 6.
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Almost all the slate leveling issues I've ever had to deal with on Brunswick tables that use the same frame as the GC1's has been in the frame itself and not in the brunstone or slate.
The problem with my Anniversary slates are repairs around the dowel area on two slates. Someone obviously lifted up too far on the end prior to separating them. The repair looks okay, but not as good as I would like. I suppose a good mechanic could smooth it out to where there is no evidence when rolling balls.
Stop smoking what ever that shit is you're smoking, because it's destroying your brain cells, however many you have left by now
This sounds like something a 3 year old would say, so certainly someone with any kind of intelligence would make this kind of a dip stick comment, so yeah, I'm speaking to you spitwad!
This is truly a sign of someone that don't know the difference between the crack of their as$ and a hole in the ground!!
Pure bullshit! The cloth covers over and smooths out the grinding finish of the slate, without it the balls react to the slightest grinding marks, kind of like trying to play golf in a parking lot covered with blacktop!!!!
Here's the problem most table mechanics make. They set up the table frame, level the frame, then set the slates on it, THEN screw the slates down to the frame. After that, THEN they start leveling the slates, having no idea how much that frame has effected the level of the slates being screwed down to the frame!
On this GC1 I first turned the 3 piece slates into a 1 piece slate. Having don that, then I fine tuned the level of the frame under the slate. Once that was done, then I went around installing the 6 machine screws i used to mount the slate to the frame, paying attention to the level of the slate changing as I tightened up each machine screw. With lockouts on the machine screws, if I saw the slate changing level, I stopped tightening the nut, good enough. To me the machine screws are nothing more than a dowel system to keep the slates from sliding around, and offer a way of keeping the outside edges of the slates from raising up in case I need to shim the middle of the slates up. When you superglue the slates correctly you don't need to use slate screws at the seams of the slates to keep them flat to each other, they're locked together anyway, so they're not moving anywhere.
On this GC1 I first turned the 3 piece slates into a 1 piece slate. Having don that, then I fine tuned the level of the frame under the slate. Once that was done, then I went around installing the 6 machine screws i used to mount the slate to the frame, paying attention to the level of the slate changing as I tightened up each machine screw. With lockouts on the machine screws, if I saw the slate changing level, I stopped tightening the nut, good enough. To me the machine screws are nothing more than a dowel system to keep the slates from sliding around, and offer a way of keeping the outside edges of the slates from raising up in case I need to shim the middle of the slates up. When you superglue the slates correctly you don't need to use slate screws at the seams of the slates to keep them flat to each other, they're locked together anyway, so they're not moving anywhere.
Thats because it's a directionally weaved cloth, and has to be installed from head to foot so the nap lays down in the direction of play, because its a 100% woven woolen cloth.