Recent content by Eric M.

The seller told me to reach out to Paul (I think it was Paul) at Blatts. I left a message but during the holidays, I didn't expect to hear back from him. Do any of the Blatt people post here? Seeing the pictures would probably help.

Would you have his contact info or should I ask Rafael for it? Does he post here ever?

I took the them to Rafael at Sequoia Billiards. He has about 8 older Brunswick tables there on display right now. He thinks the pockets were probably modified to use these. He does think they are Brunswicks. He says he usually sees these with hooks on the back that grab the back of the pockets...

It is solid. Infact, 2 of those broke duriing shipping. The wings are not threded but the round nuts at the end of the threaded studs are. (Hope that makes sense). Taking these to Rafael in Redwood city today. Maybe he can shine some light on how these are used. Will report back.

I picked up a set of Brunswick Carom inserts from the late 1800s - early 1900s. Unfortunately, the seller stuck them in a box with no protection and 2 of the brackets broke so I will probably be returning them. But, as long as I have them, does anyone know how they actually install? Am I missing...

Done deal. $260 was down from $300. I've got a few ideas now. Thanks for the help. Guy has an almost new pool cue lathe (The $4500 version you can make a pool cue with). He's going to be selling that also if anyone is interested. He said $1500.

This set is $260 and it's part of the Brunswick set with cues, triangles and a few other odds and ends. Everything is brand new. All I want are the balls. So, not sure if it's really a deal or not.

I was thinking if it would be better to hold out for a set or Aramith Duramith. I'm not to concerned about the looks, just wondering about the construction of a set of Centennials from 2008.

Hate to bring up this old thread, but there seems to be a few ball experts here. I'm looking at a set of Centennials from 2008. Still new in the box. Are these the 3rd generation, same as Super Aramith Pro balls. Worth picking up or should I hold out for a Duramith set? Thanks, Eric

I did the same thing with an e-Bay search .... but never got lucky :(

Most of the stuff mentoned above has been covered earlier. -Restore is not for cleaning balls. -The pockets of my table were redyed last year, that is most likely where the black marks are coming from. -Apparently I go too long between cleaning. Not any more now that I have a machine. The...

That's a $600 machine. Just can't swing that much in this economy.

I'm the OP so you can read up some of the issues we determined. It's been longer than 3 sessions since last cleaning. Your home made machine looks to be a much better design, your polishing pads are always in contact with the balls, my balls are sort of loose in their pockets. maybe I need to...

I picked up one of the Amazon cleaners. Amazon and e-Bay have about 20 and they all look the same. I waited until the price dropped to aboout $130 w/ shippping. I wish I shot a video of how the cleaning went ... next time. -Ran the balls through the first time using Aramith Cleaner and alcohol...

Mount them upside down!? I did reach ot to Ken. I'll call him today. I have a 1" scrap of K55 and K66 sitting around, I just can't remember where I put them :(. It sucks getting old.