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What's a "pedestal?" And what difference does it make, whether the rails were made before or after the castings? I assume my rails were made after, since they have the embedded nut plates and not the figure eight nut plates; and that the nut plates changed after 1967 or so. I am not surprised...

So, the only thing we know here is that we don't know the date your castings were made. :) And, I agree, we don't know the the date the table was made, I think I was clear on that, but we knwo it must have been made after the date on the castings, no?

You can d some research on sand casting. The thing that allows the repetition is called a pattern. It's usually made from hardwood, and pattern makers were at the top of the trade of professional wood workers. I even have a set of shrinkage scales, i.e., scales that are scaled to the...

Agreed. But it's the exact date that the casting was made. The only thing that is certain about the table is that it was made after that date.

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Based on what? Do you have any evidence to back that up? That assertion is ridiculous. You're saying, for example, they made a mold on 9/14/62, and then made another one on 9/24/62. And, despite other numbers on the casting being made with machine-made numbers, they decide to put the date of...

Why, then, does the Brunswick literature say that I's have "Monarch Super Speed," and II's have "Super Speed." The III's and IV's and V's and Vi's also have Superspeed cushions (spelled as one word starting with the III)?

I'm not so sure of that. The two castings I have examined had different dates of 9-14-62 and 9-24-62. Having done some sand casting myself, I can say with virtual certainty that these dates were scratched into the sand with a scribe by the moulder as he was casting the item, after he removed...

My understanding is that the only difference between a GC I and II is that the II was finished in rosewood with bronze feet and ball box trim. Was the GC II available painted? Also, it appears the II used Superspeed cushions, not the Monarch Superspeed of the I; could this make rubber...

Define "pure," please. And if you can do that, why is pure good? Define "clean," while you're at it. :)

Yea, that was my first post on the topic. What's your point? You think snooker is boring, too limited as a billiards game, no rail shots, playable shots drop to unacceptable percentages if they're slightly off angle or involve too much distance; all demonstrably incorrect. Well, "boring" is...

Nah, I think you are confused. I only replied to posts from you where you quoted me. But no matter. I think snooker is "the" world billiard game, and there is plenty of evidence to support that. Boring? Hardly.

What's better? I confess the Centennials have a lot of appeal for me, and seem like the "right" balls for my Gold Crown table. But, I'd really like to know which are better, will hold up better, maybe play better? They're not too far apart in price; best I've found so far is $336 for the...

My point is that even top players playing pool often doesn't get much of an audience; no on cares, in relative terms, compared to snooker. No one is camping out overnight a year before a match to buy tickets to watch pool players in the U.S., as they do for snooker in the U.K. Pool has never...

That's funny, I completely disagree with you! I understand it may be personal preference, but I think a couple the things you say are not factually so. Yes, there are rail shots: see Barry Stark tutorial on rail shots in snooker. For "playable shots," most high level players seem to prefer...

That is the nicest moderator "ding" I have ever read. Well done!

I know it's an old thread, but I found this post informative. I have a Gold Crown I, and I just took a rail off for the first time. I found corner castings with dates of September, 1962, and rails with captive nut plates, i.e., not the round or figure eight nut plates. The nut plates are...

That looks beautiful so far! Any more pics? p.s. do all four corners have the ashtrays, and do you have all four inserts?

I'm jealous. Why are you selling? I could fit a 10' snooker table where my 9' Gold Crown currently sits, but it would further reduce the utility of the balance of the room at the open end; and, frankly, I don't think my wife would go for it, not that she doesn't like snooker, but that we have...

Moorpark, CA. "Time to start a new chapter....we have been unable to negotiate with our unreasonable landlord, and will be closing Butera's in Moorpark. It is our plan to reopen an even better Butera's when we're able to find a location and be able to get back to business after the...