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I don't want to get rid of them, especially the old ones. I was just curious if the older ones were collectable. When the table is done I was planning to use them.

I was given a bunch (nine) of old pool cues and I am wondering if they are worth anything and what if anything I should do to restore them. Six of them have the Brunswick label on them and four of these look to be very old. The four old ones have numbers stamped in them (22, 21, 20 and 18)...

I don't know if you still need the info but the guys at Bank Shot Pockets in Albany NY refurbish pocket leather. (https://www.bankshotpockets.com/)

Well I’ve made some progress on the Billiard table restoration, so I thought that post a few pics. I still have more work to do on the table frame frame, like drill the holes for the leg bolts and tighten up a joint etc, but I wanted to see if it still fit together before I went any further. So...

I think I may have majorly screwed up! My table frame may NOT be poplar after all! My first guess was that it was made out of pine but I was told by several that was unlikely and that it was probably made out of poplar. Since the frame was painted red on one side and had old hide glue and...

Oh....I'd love to be able to turn my own billiard table legs. Unfortunately I don't own now nor have I ever owned a lathe. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to have one, but I don't have the space in my shop right now. As for hot hide glue....I mixed up my first batch this evening. I bought a...

That's exactly where I'm at, maybe even a tad worse. The "professional" restorers told me that having them restore the table would not be worth their time and/or effort. They said it cost at least 2 or 3 times what it would be worth in the end. One even asked me if had a fire place in the...

I hadn't thought about using shellac, its just been a very long time since I last used it. The only reason I was leaning towards polyurethane was because of its durability and pool tables tend to get a bit of abuse. Don't get me wrong, I know that this is at least 120 year old billiard table...

I thought a progress report was in order. So far I've taken the table completely apart. I disassembled all but one corner and I cleaned and scrubbed everything. I've sanded down all of the rails and made a new rail using a piece of white oak. This one will replace the rail with the poor...

Ssonerai....... Now I understand, sometimes I'm a tad dense. Yes, I agree, you raise an issue that I had not thought about. I will use solid poplar if I replace that beam. I've restored quite a few pieces of antique furniture in my day, some veneered some not. This is first time I'm working...

Sorry, but that isn't my actual table in the pic above (I wish!). It is just a pic of the same model table. I only attached it so people could see how my table frame is supposed to fit together. Mine is still in pieces in my basement. It's almost 100% apart right now. I even...

Ssonerai.....I am not sure what you mean by a 4 or 5 ply frame. So I thought it would be helpful if I posted a picture of what the frame of my table would look like if assembled. Keep in mind this is NOT my table, but mine is exactly the same, only in pieces. All of the wood in the frame and...

As promised I sent a few pics of the table pieces to two pool table restoration experts, one of them was Derrick at Billiard Restoration. Both agreed that the table was most likely a Narragansett or possibly an Algeria. Basically the same table with different legs. The Narragansett has nice...

Sorry for all of the confusion....my fault. Just to clarify, I attached a few more pics. Below is a pic of one of the rails with the bumper still attached. The top of the rails are 3/4" solid oak (you can see diamond sight in it) and sides are poplar that were oak veneered. The veneer that...

I'm not sure where you got the idea that rails are not solid wood, they are definitely solid 3/4" oak. My concern is that the Brunswick catalog for the Algeria and Narragansett from the early 1990's said the the rails are veneered with rosewood and mine are solid oak. I copied the statement...