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Last thing to add...I am NOT a mechanic, so if a professional advises against this listen to them instead of listening to this idiot. :)

I want to add...the weight of the table with the slate will want push against the jack with all of the forces associated with physics, so make sure you have a couple of guys to help put the casters under each leg while someone applies adequate force on the jack to prevent it from moving before...

When I was renovating my basement, I used a floor jack and put one of these under each leg so I could roll my GC I table around depending on what area I needed to work on. Once I was finished, I jacked up each end of the table and took the dollies out from beneath each leg then had a mechanic...

Amazing work!

I came ever so close to linking Frank Zappa's classic song "Wet T-Shirt Night".

Take a clean cotton t-shirt and a small bucket of water. Wet the t-shirt then thoroughly wring it out so it is only damp. Then roll the damp T-shirt over the cloth. The damp t-shirt will pick up all of the chalk particles and debris on the cloth. You may need to periodically clean the t-shirt...

I have to give credit to the Google Gods. :) I saw a blog post where someone else did it and the light bulb went off in my head. Our basement has never had any moisture issues but I wanted to build it out in a way that would make it more bullet proof.

Just finishing up our basement into climate controlled living space. When I framed out our basement, I put a layer of trex deck boards beneath my pressure treated bottom plate to provide an moisture impermeable barrier from porous wood wicking moisture through the slab. I kept the 6 inch...

I'm not a mechanic, but could some kind of threaded insert work (if they are stout enough to handle the thread size and load)?

Don't those dates represent the date the casting was made and not the date the table was assembled? The dates on the casting from my table I looked at had a similar "hand written" quality to it. If these were sand castings, those castings last for one pour and are done, right?

I finally had my GC re-assembled a few weeks ago. The corner castings had a date mark of June 12, 1963. That is the only verifiable date for my table. I'm guessing that over the years if any repair parts were needed they might have come from Brunswick's current production model at the time...

Case in point, I just had my table re-assembled last Friday and the mechanics replaced the Monarch's on my GC-1 with SuperSpeeds without modifying the sub assembly. Plays beautifully. Looks great.

Thanks, rexus31. Looking forward to getting her put back together.

The cork lined ball box, adjustable feet, and vinyl coated ball return track were things I had read were GC II characteristics. I admit total ignorance, however. :cool: When you say "early I", would you put it as an early 1960s table? (Would be cool if it were built the year I was born.)

I must have a GC I, then? I assumed it was a GC II because my ball box is cork lined and my ball return rails are vinyl coated (which seem to be touted as "unique features" of GC II's). But it has an acrylic name plate, aluminum castings, and Monarch Superspeed cushions (yet adjustable floor...

What are the pros and cons of a product Like Andy billiard cloth?

I'm sure that a 5th of Jack Daniels donated to his cause would be greatly appreciated.

@rexus31, amazing before and after photos!!!

I bought my GCII about 15+ years ago from a guy in the Hudson Valley (NY) who was moving to Vegas the following week. He gave me quite the deal that was contingent on having the table removed from his basement within 4 days. I live in Maryland, so my then teenage son and I drove up to New York...

Gandy "Big G"?