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Glen (RealKingCobra) recently spent 6 days working his magic on my table. While the table turned out absolutely amazing, that's not what this thread is about. If you do a search, you'll find hundreds of pictures of Glen's work and a ton of threads about how great tables play after he touches...

Castings and feet on the GC3 have a plated finish from the factory. If you're asking because you have a set that looks bad, you'll probably want to get them powder coated. That service seems to run about $110 from what I've read here lately.

Had all 6 rails that came with my table been from the same set and "un-molested", my table would have been a near steal. At the same time, had your rails or slate or frame peices (or all of the above) been mix and match, your $1k would have been better spent on losing lottery tickets because...

As others have stated, Glen isn't bashing the design or playability of Gold Crowns, nor is he bashing Brunswick. Glen's problem is with the room owners that say they're selling you a Gold Crown but are really selling you a pile of Gold Crown parts from multiple tables. Once one of those...

Sounds like a cue maker or salesman trying to talk people into dumping a bunch of money into a cue. If you can't make a shot with a decent production cue (a McDermott or Lucasi for example) that has a good tip and rolls straight, you won't make that shot with a $10k custom cue either. Does a...

If you're playing on a table that has dead rails, pockets that aren't uniform in size, badly worn/damaged cloth, is out of level, etc., you aren't playing a game of pool. What you're doing then is playing a random game of chance that happens to involve pool balls and cue sticks. Same thing...

As far as "home" vs. "competition" in the table quality sense (furniture grade home tables vs. Diamond/Gold Crown tables), there is no comparison. In the "bar box vs. 9 footer" sense, it comes down to what you spend most of your time on. For example, if someone plays exclusively on bar boxes...

I'm very sorry.. I don't post here much (I've been lurking 7 years and this is my 53rd post) but apparently when I do, I'm a real jerk. Here I was busting ChrisBank's chops and I did one of the things he gets ridden for: I asked a WWAZBD question to get you guys and girls riled up and didn't...

Sorry.. I channeled my inner ChrisBanks for a second.

Bumping to ask for any last offers!

It's generally a bad idea to pull a "power play" when you have no power. Kind of like attempting a coup d'etat with a sling shot and a pointy stick. I'm guessing this was more of a "suicide by mod" thing.

Thanks for the offers guys, cloth has been acquired! Thanks, Mike.

I'm not really concerned about the window. It's me, my wife, and the occasional adult friends (who we probably know from playing pool) so no one will be showing me how to jump by digging trenches in the cloth :) As far as room dimensions, it's 18'8 wide where the table is but narrows to ~15'...

Had my 9 foot Gold Crown III set up and covered with Championship Tour Edition by a local mechanic over the weekend. I've actually had the table since August but my new home wasn't finished until October. While it sat around in the basement of the old place, I went ahead and re-finished the...

That's a sweet table at an even sweeter price! My advice though, would be to go ahead and re-finish the wood while you have the time. Once you close, you'll be in a hurry to get the table set up. While all pool players appreciate the "character" that old tables have, you need to remember that...

I chalk before every shot. When it's my turn to shoot, I pick up the chalk and chalk while I take a look at the table. If I get down on a shot and something just doesn't look or feel right, I'll actually chalk a 2nd time. Chalking is basically a way of ensuring that I really evaluate the...

I knew this thread would get me in trouble.. I cleaned up my frame a little but figured "eh.. it's a frame, who's gonna see it". Now I feel compelled to drag that heavy SOB outside and give it a good paint job. Matter of fact, yours looks so good, I'm gonna steal your brown paint color idea.

If you've ever seen the result of someone swinging a pool cue (or similar) with malice, you wouldn't be asking the question "did they really need to shoot him?".

When I read the thread, I figured the guy pissed all over the corners. Once I saw a pic of the damage, I was actually pretty impressed. Nice, uniform piss marks near/into each of the corner pockets. I just hope if I ever have a seizure playing pool that it allows me to pocket balls in the...

Stop and think about this for a second.. You're so busy trying not to brag about being a good player that you don't realize that you were likely a mark. The kid would have lost 7 or 8 to you if it involved his "accidentally" scratching every other shot.