Recent content by tycrawford

Wont the pocket shelves be off?

Thats what I've measured. Its about 1/8" longer in each direction than the slate itself, only coming out to about 42-1/8"x82-1/8".

Also curious if anyones ever seen rails like this: These sit sandwiched between the top of the rails, the exposed, finished/veneered wooden rails, and these platforms, AND they serve the purpose of holding the slate down to the lower half of these platforms.

Im also wondering how this table is meant to separate the cue ball, because so far it is not. I got a set of what I believe are used Aramith balls from the local pool hall. I have found the area in the guts of the table where the cue ball is supposed to be separated out, but I dont feel a magnet...

So I took some measurements of the pockets as well:

Yeah and that is above my skill level as far as i can tell.

Yeah it looks like 39x78 as best I can measure it

Taking some measurements. The "frame" where the slate sits is 42-1/8 x 82-3/16 or so, and so it wants a 42x82. I could modifiy these to take a bigger slate if I wanted to, unsure how that would affect the radius of the corner pockets. The cushion to cushion is just about 39x78 exactly, maybe a...

Excuse my noobery but would that be the same as the bumper to bumper measurement or would I take a measurement from where the bumper meets the slate, or some other measurement?

Well the slate sits, like you mention, in a sort of frame. Under each rail is a support scaffold made of particle board with a 3/4" deep lip. With the slate inside the frame that all 6 of these scaffolds effectively make, theres no real room to move around, maybe a 1/4" along each axis. I can...

Sorry I also hadnt realized Valley was 42x82. The common slate size I've been seeing is 43x83. Surely that latter size is incompatible?

I hadnt thought about it like that. I'll have to give that a try. I'm in the St Louis, Missouri area. Have any recommendations on vendors nearby?

Thanks for your words of encouragement. What I lack in funds to buy nice the first time, I make up for in time and so far Im not too upset with the situation In a crack like this, the closer I get it to closed with clamping force, the less room there is for CA, and that seems ideal but is there...

I thought about buying a sacrificial piece of 3/4" MDF to use as a flat surface. Think thats flat enough?

Ah yes sorry. That IS a second crack but it is only like, skin deep. Its one long chip sliver thay hasnt entirely broken off yet. Its about a foot or so long. I have all the thin chips that have sheered off and plan on gluing those back in once the slate is glued flat again