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5' on all sides of the playing area for a 58" cue is the absolute minimum. This gives you just enough room for a 1-2" stroke (plenty of stroke when right on the rail) when the cue ball is against the rail and the shot is perpendicular to the rail. For a 56 x 112 playing area, the minimum would...

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I started from one side of the table, slid a section of slate toward me until it was supported by the table at one end and in my hands at the other, and lowered the end in my hands to the floor. Once it was resting on the floor, I walked it over to the wall a corner at a time, being very...

If I recall correctly from my reading, the difference was the addition of UV inhibitors to reduce fading from sunlight. That's the only difference I'm aware of between old 860HR and new 860HR. If you're talking the difference between 860 and 860HR, I think the primary ones are that 860HR is a...

I think Dartman is onto something here. Check out the sticky at the top of this forum for RKC's leveling instructions. One of the first things he has you do is check the frame alone and then with the slate on it to pinpoint the lowest spot, and bring that point up even with the highest. That...

I think he was asking how to COMPLETELY remove the wax. I used bondo to finish the seams on my table because of a large blowout at one of the seams, and the method I described accomplished it in such a way that the bondo didn't have any problems adhering to the slate...

If you're going to the trouble of replacing the particle board completely, there is the option of using hardwood instead of particle board. I have an 8' OS Olhausen, and even though it hasn't been really stapled out, there are some areas that have problems either from excess stapling or from...

Go to Home Depot and get some Goof Off. You'll find it in the solvents section. Scrape off the excess wax. Take a torch and GENTLY heat the waxed areas until it melts and wipe off the melted wax with a paper towel. Try and keep the paper towel out of the way of the torch (ask me how I know...

Lighter wood, but the Tournament Blue still goes very well with it. I'm extremely pleased with the color.

spktur has the most important point. Make sure your dominant eye is over the cue...

I can't believe I'm answering this... See, you finally got aggressive about it instead of playing it cool and you got the answer you needed. I don't blame you for laying low that first call, but the "I've got to go, my dinner's getting cold" line was really pretty stupid, and could have sealed...

I'm somewhat of a novice, but from what I have picked up in my research here when I was deciding on my cloth is that if ALL you played was straight pool, then perhaps you would want to lean more towards 760. I also play some 8-ball and 9-ball too, and that was why I decided on 860/860HR instead...

I just rehabbed a 19-year-old Olhausen and it plays very well. I replaced my cushions (the old grey non-accufast made-in-Taiwan cushions) with Artemis and it made a major difference. But, from what I hear, the accufast cushions hold up very well and I doubt that's your problem. I replaced the...

Just got through installing 860HR on my table a couple of days ago, and I am LOVING it! Great cloth! Have been getting back into straight pool since I can get a decent roll on the table now. It's supposed to be between 860 and 760 in terms of speed, and it seems perfect for an 8' OS table...

LOL!!! I learned everything I know right here in this forum, and I feel lucky to have made it without ruining the slate, the cushions or the cloth... Yes, that's an Epiphone, and the rack is sitting on top of an old Epiphone tube amp...

Finished up the rails last night and finally got to play a few games. The table is playing really well! I found the most difficult part was gathering the cloth around the head and foot corners without getting wrinkles. The irony is that by the time I got to the last couple of corners, I was...

I used to play at a local place (still do sometimes for a change of scenery) that charges a fixed hourly rate no matter how many people are at the table, and then discounts it 50% if you're there by yourself practicing. One night the waitress charged me full rate for five hours for the table...

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The rails. Viewed from directly over the rail, it looks like the facings curve out, but that's just their profile from that angle because of the swell in the cushion at the control fabric. I used 3M Neutral 10 for the cloth, the cushions and the facings. I finished off the ends of the...

The cloth. I wanted to trim out the pockets like RKC does, but Olhausen saw fit to finish the slate liner with an ogee profile under the pockets, so it wasn't really possible to staple the finishing strips to anything. The corner pocket pics look like they have wrinkles at the ends, but that...