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Ultimate closed? Anybody here know why Ultimate Billiards in Berlin, CT shut thier doors earlier this week?

Last night during Thursday night Double Jeopardy league play at Ultimate Billiards in Berlin, CT I think I saw Nick Varner come in with his cue case, take a look around and leave. He was probably there for a total of 5 minutes. The guy I saw was on the shorter side, thin, and wearing a long...

Pics.... The pictures are attached. I would have liked to attach more but the size constraint wouldn't permit it. Greg

I'll take some pictures and post them. (Greg

The Medalist is all set up and done! I'm loving life with a commercial quality table in my cellar. The cloth is a bit slow compared to the Simonis on the Diamond tables at my home billiard parlor, but at least I still have another project to look forward to... The table is dead-nuts level and...

Work is progressing. The seams are now grouted with beeswax. I found that the Bernz-O-Matic propane torch I was using is overkill for this task so I purchased a Bernz-O-Matic Mini-torch which uses butane and delivers a pinpoint 3/4" blue flame. This little $8.00 torch is far superior for this...

I'm holding my breath about the rain. I'm paranoid after my experience of last week, but I think I'll be OK. Thanks for asking! I'm going to use the green cloth that was on the table for now as it is still in pretty good shape. From looking at it I believe it's Forstmann 21oz. blend. Not my...

My cellar is dried out and my thoughts are now getting back to setting up my table. I am not replacing the wall to wall carpeting removed from my cellar due the the flood damage which is making the table leveling process much easier. I want to thank those on these boards who recommended a...

I had this done a couple of years ago, and I had it done the right way with an engineer approving the project. The whole thing cost me $1,200 including the I beam and 2 new lolly columns. It took 4 guys 4 hours to do the whole thing. They nailed 4 16' 2 x 12's together and made a temporary...

Minor setback As those of you who live in the Northeast probably know there was 10 straight days of rain culminating with some horrendous rain late night Friday, October 15. The 9 1/2" of water in my basement can attest to the voracity of the weather event. The Medalist survived as well as most...

Medalist progress - pool table mechanic question... Ok, so the slates are settled in, the beeswax is on it's way as well as the vernerable Starrett 98 12" level, and I have a copy of 'The Green Book' in hand. Even though I've done this kind of work before, I find this book is a great reference...

Your guess on the date of manufacture is correct I believe. I contacted Brunswick and and usual Marvin Eisenhauer was very helpful and informative. He sent me an Medalist installation manual dated 1991 in which the illustrations of the table looked like mine, especially the style of the...

Tarnished Medalist corner pocket castings I used fine steel wool, Noxon, and a liberal amount of elbow grease to take off the clear lacquer coating and the tarnish. Step 2 was 'Nevr-Dull' polishing wadding I got at an auto parts store: http://www.nevrdull.com/what.htm and then a coat of...

Just one more thing about the Medalist...the skirts are solid wood and not veneered chip board. The only veneered chip board on the entire table is the flat panels on the pedestals. Maybe that info would help in trying to determine the approximate year of manufacture? Greg

Thank you mechanic/player! I believe my Medalist is the 'home' model since the rails are wood (Curabixa I think) instead of the HPL rails on the commercial models. I'm taking my time setting it up right and enjoying every minute of it! Greg

A friend had a pool table in high school and we used to spend a lot of time in his cellar playing. I forgot about pool until about 4 years ago (I'm 52 now) when I ran across the billiards matches on ESPN. Around the same time another friend of mine gave me a table that I refurbished and put in...

Thank you for the information! Do you have any opinion as to whether a 12" machinists level is adequate to do the leveling?

FORUM NAME: GregoryGrc LOCATION: Wethersfield, CT AGE: 52 HOURS OF PLAY PER WEEK: 25 BEVERAGE OF CHOICE: Coke

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