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I got it from Certainly Wood. They will sell veneer in any quantity you want. At their web site the veneer is sold in batches that are all from one log. They lay it out and take pictures so you can see the exact veneer you are buying. I used 1/16" Hard Maple, it's about the same thickness as the...

It's a backburner project so it's taking a while, but here we are.

This is the front and back of the panels for the second leg. Some sanding and fitting left to do but this is what they look like after the veneer panel is glued to the plywood. There are six pieces of veneer in each of these. The veneer is edge glued into a panel big enough to get the finished...

Nice saw if you've got the space and three phase power.

First leg is done. The spreader also has new veneer on it. All of the veneer I am using on this table was cut from the same log.

Mission creep....

The formica came off intact so I have that to get the locations from. Will need new inlays. I like the look of diamond better than round, but more work to install. I haven't even looked to see what's available, Probably can get any shape I want. There's also the name plate, don't know whether I...

Seems a fair bet that the same person leveled the slate, can probably imagine how that turned out. From the looks of things the same guy set up the pockets too.... The repair work on the rails is coming along pretty good, got the Maple veneer on the first piece last night. Now to find a stain...

Wow, you get all that stuff set up, it wont take too long before you wonder how you ever got along without it!

Thanks, and sorry, I'm not really ignoring you....Rexus answered your question before I saw it. Those holes were for score counters that I did not get all the parts for, and don't like the look of anyway.

@bradsh98 You wouldn't have a drawing of the pocket angles, would you? I looked at your thread on subrail mods above and have a comment or two. Your fixturing is good and I'm sure it works. I probably will do mine differently only because I only plan on fixing mine, will probably never see...

Thanks Geoff, that ought to get me started. I'll have more questions when I get to pockets, but that's another day.

Room enough to keep some work in the shop and still enough for a pool table, about 3000 sq/ft. This is what is occupying my time currently when I'm not messing around with pool tables, or some other distraction....

Your table looks very nice, and thanks for the info, but mine is going to be all varnished wood. I'd never hear the end of it if I did anything different. Now, width at 50% of length is ideal. At 49-3/4 by 98-3/4 the width is 49.874% of length. That's less than 13/100ths of one percent...

I recently bought a disassembled Gold Crown 1, from the dates on the metal parts looks like from 1963. It has obviously been recovered many times and also moved repeatedly. The pocket angles, both vertically and horizontally are all over the board. I removed one of the cushions and it was glued...