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The Heyball tournament is usually a race to 13 and whomever has won the most games in those 140 minutes is declared the winner. 1 game of 1 pocket that takes 2 hours to play can be considered boring also. When you have super large entry fields to a tournament the 140 minute rule works well to...

Are the new 7' Gold Crown coin op tables metal framed? “We learned a little something on the first three test units and adjusted the nose height to ensure quality and consistent play on those tables,” he said. “Also, we started with two steel crossbeams in the table but decided to go with...

Did you use Bondo for the slate seams when installing the table? Did you use a spanner wrench when adjusting the slates? IIRC K Steel was bought in the early 2000s by the Spanish company producing the table now. Maybe the K steel table's rail design has improved over time, since the earlier...

Picture of the frame of a K2 Steel table. Spot on that 2 x 3" framing would easily handle 1500 lbs of slate. I wonder how much the slate pieces weigh for the table.

That is why it took the Rolex watch company a few years and tries to finally find a quality China supplier for their watch cases. The dials, crowns, hands and bezels are made in the same factory as the cases are. The only Swiss made unit is the actual mechanical watch mechanism. The Chinese...

The Chinese Heyball 8 ball Champion took home 740,000.00 USD for his 2023 win. A lot of people who pot balls for a living will be enticed to go after the 740K prize money...

A 3/8" drive torque wrench that is well calibrated will make this an easy job. Using the Blue color Loctite gel during assembly will make sure the nuts and bolts don't come apart and stay torqued down to their proper specifications. Great looking table and another good option.

Joy is rapidly developing the Chinese 8 Ball market with a good enticement for people that want to promote the game outside China. Their cooperation mode exhibition program might be a good enticement for some billiard room operators and might help to bring new life into their business...

It looks like the Sam table from over in Spain is a complete metal framed billiard table. A Kiwi displaced here in the States raves about a Laili table that comes from the Peri group in China. Peri is the largest manufacturer of billiard equipment in that very large consumer market. The Laili X3...

Over across the pond it is very common to replace old wooden rail pieces that fail over time, often developing hairline cracks in the wood itself. The replacement rail pieces have steel blocking plates that are used in the new pieces. I am guessing the new replacements rails add a lot of new...

Yes, the Rafale 2.0 is a 3 ball billiard table. Does having a heating system under the 60MM slate make a difference in how the table plays? If by heating the slate up a few degrees makes a difference in how a table plays, maybe the thickness of the slate makes a difference also. Maybe the 3 rail...

If you look at the 52 second mark of the above video, you can see just how massive the slate is. The slate is 2" thick and a few days ago I seen the Rafale 2.0 being assembled in person. The maestro table mechanic assembling the massive table, used a porta crane to move the slate pieces into...

The Gabriels Rafale 2.0 comes with a 60 MM slate which should get the rock in the 600# range. Frame setup link included. Not sure how the cloth liner setup works. https://www.gabrielsbilliards.com/technology-rafale-2-0/playing-surface-2/...

A table mechanic here is shown taking apart a Gabreials 3 rail table in the video and you can see just how massive the slate pieces, along with the rest of the table. Of course taking apart the table and transporting it is the easy part.

The first time I have ever seen a Gabriel 3 rail table in person was yesterday. The folks were putting one together and it was massive. The slate looked to be 2" thick and the mechanics were using porta cranes to install the slate pieces. The outside frame for the slate looked to be made out of...

Excellent work all around. The table, room once done will showcase your talents in the woodworking field and getting the complete job done correctly. You are correct that the old wood finishes took some skill to apply to have them come out looking great. Shellac is still a very good finish...

The fastest growing and becoming the most widely played billiard game over in mainland China is called Chinese 8 ball. Chinese 8 ball has the same rules as American or UK 8 ball, but the table is played on a 50 X 100 inch playing surface, with snooker pockets on the specialized table. Steel...

If Halogen lighting was used for lighting over billiard tables, there would be no need for made for TV broadcast billiard ball sets. The viewer at home watching the video broadcast, would be able to see the classic colors of the billiard balls without any problems on their screen.

The most important thing is that you have lighting on your table. I wouldn't worry about feeding your lighting system via the cord method and as you point out the system is now grounded. Excellent tips on electrical safety. The big box home improvement stores in the colonies here offer up 12...

A halogen light bulb remains constant in the light it produces, with no variations of it's spectrum. The halogen bulb doesn't have Earth's atmospheric affect that produces the Red colors people see in the sky, mostly at night as the Sun gets closer to the horizon. There is a aiming system that...