Recent content by Ruthless

You are right about the changes. They were constantly changing the GC 1 from 1961 on and I have found a lot of tables that were made from parts of both. The GC 2 was only made for a few years and were just updated GC 1 tables. I have enough parts laying around my shop to put together a couple of...

Sports Town Billiards in Orlando opened in the 1940's or early 1950's and still has a waiting list by 5pm everyday....

It's a later than 1965 GC1 then. Mine has 5/16/1962 etched on the corner castings. It came with Monarch standard rails and all you need to do is look at the original Brunswick Owners and Service manuals that will tell you when the "SuperSpeed" rail were introduced.... easy to find info. But the...

I've got way too many toys, 3 bass boats, air boat, 2 big 4 wheelers, 2 tricked Harleys, jet skis, big Jeeps and mud trucks also, if the one with the most toys in the end wins I'll be up in the top ranks :) .. this is my 1974 Luv truck that I bought from the Ernhardt family that I run in the...

Like the name "realkingcobra" ... I have a little toy I play with that s a 1996 SVT Cobra that turns 9.63 1/4 miles @ 147mph (Built 351 with Paxton Novi 2000 supercharger that hits1,000+ hp) that I drive on weekends. Love my little Cobra :)

The reason I chose Artemis rails is because like I said in the beginning "they play true". After doing thousands of tables over the years and playing in about every major room in the nation. I found the Artemis rails to be the most consistent that you can buy in speed and ball reflection /...

If you want to listen to Greg (owner of Diamond) talk about 760, 860 and other cloth used it can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQCWA9LFhu0 He explains the method of testing used in creating Simonis 860 to replace the 760 to be used in pro events at length in this inteview.

760 is not really a good pool table cloth. Actually the speed of 760 was an issue and the owner of Diamond worked with Simonis in developing "860" as an alternative to make their tables playable in pro events. Most of the 760 now is used on billiard and snooker tables throughout the USA and...

Everything was adjusted so that the playing surface size is the same as original (or within 1/8"). And GC 1 did not come with the "Super Speed" rails... standard Monarch rails were used on them until years later. The 1964 Monarch rails that we removed were still fine and reused on another table...

No modifications needed to put the Intercontinental #66 rails with a K55 profile on Gold Crown 1 - 3's (I've never tried them on 4 or 5's). The Artemis rails are the same rails as a Diamond Pro-Am. If you cut the rail angles at 141 degrees on the corners they will be the same angle as the Pro-Am...

I matched up the Simonis 860 (760 is billiard table cloth) with the Artemis Intercontinental No. 66 rails (K55 profile) on my Gold crown 1 when I restored it last year and it's the best playing table in Florida. I also pro cut the pockets at 4 1/4" corners and 4 1/2" sides. It's fast and most...

On the points for the "all around" at the Derby the last time I looked at the board it was 1) Jayson Shaw, 2) Alex P. 3) John Brumbeck and all had a giant lead going in to the 8th round. We left a few hours before the final rounds to beat everyone to the checkout desk.

Thanks for the updates. Have a Great weekend all!!

Dennis plays good on tight tables... I played him in 2007 on the Florida Tour and said then that he's the straightest shot maker I'd ever seen.... all balls hit center of pocket. Very smart player, :)

The fat lady bit me, but she's warming up.....