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Thanks for the suggestion Sheldon. I think I'll put the new rail cloth + featherstrip in place when the corner castings are mounted, that way the casting is giving support to the glued featherstrip and cloth while it dries out. If the rail frame is rigid enough that it can be flipped over in...

Speaking of feather strips, how would you guys go about installing cloth around this beauty? Introducing the Riley Ray 9ft pool table corner pocket feather strip. The corner casting is supposed to tighten against the feather strip, keeping the rail cloth in place. A local bar asked me to repair...

Hi Ricky, I get the impression that even if you knew the cushion type you needed, you might not be experienced enough to take on five 9 footers at a pool hall with only 8 hours to spend on each, especially considering you need to change the cushions. And I seriously mean no disrespect. I'm a...

I don't :) I'll post pics as soon as this flu goes away and I get to go to the club.

I just might take pics of all the rails and you guys can guess which ones were cut from the end cloth :) Once at a wedding we got to drinking beer from glass bottles and cans. Of course I swore that the taste was metallic if from a can, so the lads poured beer to 3 cups from cans, and 3 cups...

Thanks for the reply and info Sheldon, I cut two rails from the side and four from the end. I just thought that there was a reason for "no rails off the ends" because of the weave of the cloth. I remember RKC saying that when trimming the rail cloth excess with a knife (like in one continuous...

Is it ok to cut rail cloth from the end of the cloth? Simonis documentation says "no rails off the ends" and shows a picture how the cloth is cut from 78" wide cloth and rails are cut from the width of the cloth. The billiards shop sent me 66" wide cloth for a 9' table. Should I send the cloth...

I see what you mean. The 140 degree pocket jig that was lined up with the (bolted down and cross-measured) rail frame with a carpenter's square gave those cuts, so I could not really question them. Edit: looking at it more closely, the left hand side corner piece is overlapping the rail wood...

Weird, or pure genius. There's a fine line you know :) Kidding aside, in the picture the corner pocket angles look too parallel, like the pocket doesn't open at all. IRL it does, and I'm chalking that down to the camera. It somehow does not give, well, a full picture if you like.

The corners were cut at 140° and sides at 100°. Corners are close to 4.1" and sides 4.6", downangle at 14-15°, can't remember which but all are the same. For some reason the picture shows the corner pocket facings very parallel, but they are not I can assure. I'll take another pic later and post...

The table is done. Thanks to Glen and others for all the advice you gave me 👊 The rails work very nicely and the balls seem to roll forever on the fresh Simonis 760.

Yeah you're right. The thing is that I'm located in Finland, so I'd have to pay international shipping, VAT and local shipping as well. Which I guess would double the price for me easily. And we're not even talking about a fragile parcel. Oh well, maybe I'll try to find one from some European...

It could be that the issue isn't actually that bad, because; 1. my machinist level is so sensitive it's not even funny. One graduation in the vial equals 0.0002" per 10". Even the slightest elevation is registered, so the "problem" might not actually be a problem at all. I really need to get me...

I don't have a straight edge, but the longer level is of good quality and has machined faces, so it might just be enough. I'll see tomorrow, thanks for the tip!

Yes, I used the carpenter's level + machinist level combo on each slate levelling the table end to end on both sides, and the table is level side to side too. I am in the process of fine tuning the slates with only the machinist level as explained in RKC's levelling instructions. This means...

Anyone have a solution / ideas to fix this: the head slate measures high as shown in the picture, when measured with machinist level alone. The arrows are pointing to where the slate is HIGH. - both sides read level from head to foot when measuring with carpenter's level + machinist level +...

Alright, thanks!

Is this done with a hand plane and some sort of guide? One of the tables (Dynamic II) at our small club has very dead rails and I'm thinking maybe I could do something about it when installing new cloth quite soon. The cushion nose height is 4cm (1.57"), but as of yet I have no idea what the...

I could not find the DVDs anywhere in Europe, so I got them from Seyberts. It was like a 100€ for both of them, including shipping, taxes and what not. If you decide to go that route, I recommend that you do the customs formalities online right away. I didn't, and had the DVDs stuck in customs...

Alright, thanks for chiming in. So, those cheaper levels are just as accurate as Starretts at least to the extent that a guy professionally working with them and Starrets can say. And if you get one (preferrably not a too sensitive one), you're good to go. Starretts do have sone nice features...