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The other thing I worked out is that a pair of new slates should butt up pretty much perfectly leaving very little room for any kind of filler at all. This being the case, I can now see the requirement for paper tabs and superglue when using the Bondo method. However, if the wax method is...

Seems to be approx 1 5/16" (33-34mm) which I believe is a little on the low side. Then again, it's of no great concern to me as I'm by no means a proficient player. As long as I have a nice smooth and level surface, I'm fairly content. Obviously, I'd like to have a perfect table but only if it...

Get yourself a set of these Dennis Taylor bad boys... I remember the demise of the great Ray Reardon due to sight problems. He couldn't get used to glasses and tried contacts but soon had problems with these too and lost some crucial matches due to his lenses drying up under TV lighting. By...

Here she is... I have the full build in a post entitled Brunswick Wellington...? Shame I didn't document the waxing portion of the build. I was too engrossed in getting it right.

Yeah, I saw that few times in various places. Then I chose to ignore it along with a whole bunch of other useful info... :yikes:

I just built my first ever table and went against popular opinion by using wax, and beeswax at that. The 100 year old table had obviously been put together using Bondo or hard putty on a number of occasions prior to me getting hold of it and there was a lot of residue on the slate where it had...

Feeling brave and bored I decided to lay the slate and felt myself. Against popular opinion, I used beeswax for the seams. So glad I did... spot on.

Thanks Pat, but being as impatient as I am I picked up some beeswax this afternoon along with the shims. I spent the evening laying and leveling the slate and despite a lot of chips along the seam edges it's all looking good with a couple of passes. I also used the wax to fill the screw holes...

After spending some time trawling through hundreds of posts on here, I'm starting to feel brave enough to lay the slate on my old table. However, I still have a few unanswered questions. Firstly, when shimming the slate, does the shim go between the table frame and wooden slate backing OR...

Thanks for the info, Rob. I too am starting to think that this may be a "rogue" table. There is a 4-digit stamp on all the main pieces, 4685, although oddly, one of the rails has a slightly different number, 4683...? The base pieces are also numbered for assembly with a single digit. Moon...

A few photos of the bolts and screws. Also a picture of the older set of balls that came with the table. Not sure if they are original but they don't look in great shape. Also pics of the slate and pre-assembled pieces.

Yeah... that was my first stop. The guy I bought it from said he thought it was a Brunswick and the recess in the rail suggested it once held a Brunswick plaque. Unfortunately, I couldn't match it to anything on the Brunswick site, which makes me doubt its supposed origin. It's clearly a very...

Apologies if you've already seen this in the main forum but after posting I was pointed here for a more precise answer. It was suggested that my table is a Brunswick Wellington but on further investigation there seems to be a number of design cues that are inconsistent with this model. E.g. the...

Those Centennials sound very tempting... how good of a deal are we talking? And do you have any more specifics on condition? Cheers.

Haha... an unmistakable tone in the word "again". I take it this is a popular, and therefore, unpopular, table? They all look a little fancier than mine and my legs have a curved taper at the bottom. Thanks; I'll investigate the Wellington a little further.

Thanks... should I repost there or wait for the mods to move it... ;)

I'm looking for a set of pool balls with good balance between quality and price. At the moment I have a set of old balls which are heavy and make the sweet sharp "clacking" sound upon impact. Unfortunately, they are riddled with cracks and look like they are about to explode if given a good...

A cue rack and a new set of balls...

I recently bought an old table from a colleague. He'd had it lying around in his basement for a few years after buying it from Craigslist and never getting around to building it. It's old and some of the pieces seem pretty dried out and fragile. However, I've managed to assemble the base and it...