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...and replying to my reply, just to close the loop: I am now in contact with Shane Johnson, an experienced table mechanic who comes highly recommended by several AZB members of long standing. He works throughout my Northeast Texas area. I am comfortable with his suggestions and feel right...

Thanks, that level-all-three-slates-at-once outfit is His-tor-eee as far as I am concerned. I am now working with Shane Johnson. I have confidence my needs, which are not great, will get addressed properly.

Thanks, everyone, Shane Johnson (Cuephoric) and I have been in contact and all is going well now. You can't imagine how many Craigslist, Yellopages, Yelp, and other ads about "pool table movers" I had to read through, hoping to find one outfit that was not completely ignorant. Then imagine...

Hello, pool table mechanics. I am working on a short list to hire a mover and installer and hopefully a qualified mechanic to move my new used Brunswick Monticello 8-foot table a hundred miles to my shop. One hopeful advertises this: "Pool Table leveling can be very tricky with very expensive...

A few breaks and... A few less dry breaks, a couple of shots not missed, and the USA team is sitting at the end of Day Three only one game down, instead of being way behind at the start of the official Day Four matches. Team USA made a fine showing despite some poor shot selection and some...

I need a recommendation for a competent pool table guy who can take down, move and reassemble plus install Simonis 860HR properly using the glue method if appropriate for that table. Project is to take a 1973-era Brunswick Monticello 8ft table from a home in Mesquite and move it into my...

Okay, replying to my own post, how weird is that. Anyway, I am traveling to see this table today. After speaking to the owner for the last 20 years (only 2cd owner) who has been well pleased with the table (kids, adult kids, grandkids) I am fairly certain I will buy this. The price is right...

The pamphlet I found on AZB shows the Brunswick Monticello was probably a 1970s Brunswick home table. It was one of the three or four top home tables from Brunswick, identifiable because they used 1" slate and heavier frames, as compared to the 7/8 " or 3/4" slate, or wood honeycomb used on...

In an important league game of 8-ball I was being beaten by one of the best bar table players in the region. No shame to lose to that guy, he got out from everywhere. I got a shot, but did not run out. The he takes his sweet time lining up on the 8, though it was a straight in shot in the...

I got one hoppity-hop side rail. The sound of a ball hitting the rail in the bad area is "boinnnggg" , and the balls just hop into the air as they rebound from the rail. I measured the rail nose height at the bad section, and it was lower than every other rail by almost 1/16 inch. My balls...

I bought a month of Gold just to enter, thinking it would be a donation anyway however small it is what I could do. Congrats to the winners. I may know how you feel. I won a nice raffle once, for a great hand-made Nokona baseball glove when I was about 11 and playing Little League. That was...

Mosconi's color choice.. I've read here that Mosconi preferred the tan / camel shades of cloth, of course it probably would have been rightly called felt back then. I like tan very much, it is easy on the eyes and there are colors of chalk that match the tan/camel/gold range of cloth color...

That helping hand... That's a pretty wicked looking rake in post #10. Never seen one anything like it.

not a mechanic but changing cloth also... I am also curious if mechanics recommend anything other than Simonis for a home table - it seems there must be some good cloth out there that is not quite as expensive as Simonis yet still plays well and gives good life. Simonis has about priced itself...

I tend to agree with Old Nine Baller that some kind of price-jacking scam is going on with that W1P book. I have advertised my pristine like-new set here on AZB, over on OnePocket.org, and on several Craigslist sites from Chicago to Dallas. Just last week I finally some firm offers in the...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Winning-One-Pocket-As-Taught-by-the-Games-Greatest-Players-/181581347387?ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1653 I am amazed that some two or more people bid against each other to drive the already outlandish starting bid of $599.99 price all the way up to the final winning bid of...

If you want me to think the show is not scripted, show the full shot when the chump missed a 9-ball for the cheese, instead of pulling back and leaving out the last foot of the shot, so no one really knows if the ball went in, or stayed out with the help from an assistant, or really was a miss...

... and my new favorite cue maker is (drum roll) Robert Harris! Yea, Robert Harris! You're the Man! Best wishes this fine holiday season, and thank you for your generous giveaway. A lucky guy or gal will get a fabulous unexpected Christmas present thanks to you. and what a beauty that...

So it seems the pool balls at that Goodwill auction not only are not Super Aramith Pro balls, they are not even a full matched set of any kind. Those balls are ok if the buy it now price is under twenty bucks or so, but they were represented originally as being worth a buy it now price of $150...