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    Old Aramith balls

    Crowns have the # on the striped balls in the white field.... compared to the Premiers that have a white plug in the color stripe (like those pictured)
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    Anniversary Pro 8 Rehab and Moving a Table Yourself

    Shellac is used to seal raw wood to either avoiding blotching when staining or used to seal oily or tannin rich woods so you can topcoat. For example, polyurethane won't cure if put directly on rosewood. Sealing with shellac allows you to bridge from the raw wood to be able to topcoat with...
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    K55 & K66

    I recently was asked to replace rubber on a GCIII. K55 on the left, SS in the middle, K66 on the right. It was my understanding that K55 is the replacement for SS...:unsure:
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    Was my slate upside down?

    The Brunswick "certified slate" sticker is the bottom. The other "Brunswick Top" sticker came off something else (possibly the cloth), probably stuck there by the installer.
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    Old Billiard (Carom) Table Cushion Replacment, updated.

    https://www.mcmaster.com/products/spanner-wrenches/dual-size-adjustable-pin-spanner-wrenches-for-holes-on-the-face-8/
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    Extended cushions

    easily long enough to accommodate extended subrails, provided you buy the rubber matching your size table...7' for 7', etc
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    Sorry another gold crown question.

    wipe a little WD40 in the track and on the apron flange.
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    prototype cloth puller

    Sometimes its hard enough to stretch a handful of cloth that's 4" wide...much more difficult to stretch a 40"-48" width of fabric I would imagine. ...good idea in theory though
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    Doing a Gold Crown II by yourself

    If alone I install rails and casting in position on the slate and get them all lined up straight and tightened. If the aprons still have the fiberglass skirts on them it the bracket from the skirt to the frame works great to keep it in position. If they've been removed- bungee, blue tape, even a...
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    K55 or K66

    reach out to them via email... https://leo.net.vn/services/
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    Brunswick Medalist slate separting

    ...depends on which Medalist. Modern ones are not T-rails
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    New to me Gold Crown II

    ....looks like Italian slate. what happened to the wood backing...or lack thereof?
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    GC3 slate backing came unglued

    contact cement
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    8 foot or 9 foot cloth?

    Get the 9', or you should be able to order it for an oversize 8. You figure the cloth will be 51x96...slate on an oversize 8 is 53x99, thats a pretty tight stretch with no material to work with.
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    Brunswick GC 5 option

    lol, dont take it personally. If the emblem didn't say AUTHENTIC American, it wouldn't get a chuckle from me.
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    Brunswick GC 5 option

    lol. That emblem always get a chuckle from me when I see it...then you see the sticker on the inside of the table- Made in Vietnam...Brazil...China...or whatever country they're currently farming their tables out to.
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    Average cost of moving a table

    450-1200
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    1 piece Slate Availability! I wonder how manufacturers are dealing with this??

    1 piece slates are readily available from the overseas slate producers, and the cost is no more than their 3pc counterparts.
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    How to put new insert into slate for rails.

    ...could be quite a project if the inserts are leaded in from the bottom
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