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I think that would be a challenge to get those in place without having some of the glue squeeze out.

They both found new homes... I didn't ask what price they went for, but at least they did go. My guess is someone got some really good deals.

And our big moving sale is this weekend. Hopefully we won't have to scrap them.

I found similar results from CPBA on the Valleys my league team uses. I don't believe the 'subtract 3/4"' is always correct. With a really stretchy cloth it should likely be higher, with a stiff cloth like this, smaller. Better to use a percentage of the maximum stretch. With 860HR on that same...

Well, we've finally accepted an offer on the building, so the tables are going to need to find a new home in the next month or two. They are located in Oregon, about 80 miles east of Portland. If anyone has an interest in them let me know. We'll likely accept most any fairly serious offer.

I'd expect any of the contact adhesives to be too soft when set to work well for a tip. Stick with the CA gels, they are easy to use and hold well. If you don't want to use a CA, an epoxy that takes a while to set will also work well. The 5 minute epoxies often set flexible, which will act like...

You might also look at the CPBA cloth. I put that on two Valleys this last year, and it was quite a bit faster than the 860HR on my own table. Stretch index was lower though, so don't just use the same as the Simonis, measure.

Depends a bit on your preferences. I like a jump cue that's light and stiff, so I tend to steer clear of springy or dense woods.

Yeah, Xylene and Toluene were both going to be too stinky for use in an establishment that serves food... We ended up just scraping away at it with something very much like what Muskyed showed. The one Sheldon showed is likely much, much better, but the only equivalent I found at the local HD...

I'm wearing my arms out scraping at least four layers of contact cement on this Valley today. Is there a better way to remove the old stuff than elbow grease and sharp razors in the scraper?

I just did a Valley with the CPBA competition cloth yesterday and it doesn't stretch anything like the Simionis 860HR I put on my own table. The 1"/2" numbers might even be a bit tight. Be sure and adjust for the side pockets as well, the amount to change for Simonis will in no way work with this.

OK, I got into the old lodge earlier this week and took some pictures... Two tables and they seem very close to identical. I don't know where the SN is located on these, but I seem to remember it takes disassembly to find it.

I looked everywhere I could think of on the West State Billiards site, and didn't find any adhesive or stretch index tool

But those don't sell at retail, only wholesale to businesses.

Do you have a link for that tool? I'm not finding it easily with a Google.