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    Retired and taking on a new project, more slowly this time.

    Hello, this is Kerry Rhodes. As many of you already know, I have sold and retired from Ridgebackrails. Already, I have been approached regarding making more of the Slatemaster cloth stretchers (a side project of mine which time seldom allowed). I am not ruling this out but I'm not ready to jump...
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    Domestic source for rubber & cloth

    Artemis P37 cushions Scott at Global Billiards Manufacturing in LA has the Artemis P37 in stock. 1.800.987.6040
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    condolences to RealKingCobra

    Glen and Leo, I remember Calvin well, fantastic young man and a true joy to have as a guest. I am deeply saddened at your loss. Kerry
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    Who is this handsome guy...lol

    Cool Pic is here Yep, it is here. KR
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    Who is this handsome guy...lol

    Classic How could you guys pass on that one! It will be hanging in my shop soon. Thanks for the heads up Pat. Kerry
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    Help, my rail bolts are falling on the floor!

    Replacing stripped out inserts Here is a picture of the inserts we use. The one on the left is for 5/16 x 18 tpi rail bolts and the one on the right is for 3/8 x 16 tpi rail bolts. Also pictured are the drivers we use to install the inserts. Actually, if I am installing a complete set of them...
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    Help, my rail bolts are falling on the floor!

    Replacing inserts An easier and more effective way to remedy this table is to replace the existing inserts with stafast inserts. Go to a 3/8 x 16 tpi so that there is no need to fill the old hole with glue, dowels etc. Simply enlarge the existing hole with a plunger router and screw in the new...
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    Ridgeback Rails has a new product, and I have it!!!

    Ridgebackrails Professional Edition We have been manufacturing custom rails for many years now. Due to the varied requests of our customers for different opening angles, different pocket dimensions, different thicknesses of cushion blocks, different nose height, etc., etc., we processed each...
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    Scored a Sport King

    Really clean Sport King Man, that is a really clean Sport King. I would re-think sanding and painting as it is almost perfect as is. Might be cooler just to touch up here and there and save that original finish. Kerry
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    Broke slate GCII

    Might be Brunstone That might be Brunstone rather than slate. Very easy to break if it is but a good clean break and very fixable. PM me and I will explain how we go about it. Kerry
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    Vise Grip Cloth Stretchers

    Cloth Stretcher Update Hello All, I am getting close to shipping this batch of stretchers. Here are a few pictures of this run of tools. It is basically the same tool as last time but with some changes in the way I fabricated them. This time the aluminum jaw plates are machined so that they...
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    Vise Grip Cloth Stretchers

    Hello Everyone, I have finally decided to produce another batch of the vise grip cloth stretchers. We have already ordered the 8R frames and will begin the run this week. As you all know, this is a limited run item and once they are gone they are gone. PM me if you want to be added to the list...
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    Covered Dynamo Rails-One Time Only

    Last chance on these. I'll be sending them over to eBay soon. Thanks, KR
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    Gem I found locally!

    An old GC in that good of condition is getting pretty rare. Might be a shame to change those blinds, esp those plastic dust blinds.
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    Covered Dynamo Rails-One Time Only

    Trying to help out a customer here. Have six sets of brand new Ridgebackrails for seven foot Dynamos, that they very nicely covered with good quality worsted before realizing they were the wrong product for their tables. Cloth is green (not sure what brand). Back of rails have date and set...
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    Valley bar box with Ridgeback rails

    Thank you all for the positive comments. 2011 has been pretty busy for us so far, both with the Ridgebackrails and with service orders (yes, I still do a bunch of table service too). Kerry
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    The latest threat from "ABIA"

    I usually just keep quiet about political c***. This one just bit me the wrong way. According to an email I just received, "ABIA volunteer staff received notification last week from the only national pool table installation company serving several online billiard table shippers that ONLY ABIA...
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    Big thank you to Kerry at Ridgeback Rails

    Thanks back to you all. Thank you all for the positive feedback. My goal is always to provide the best product I know how to and hope that it makes your job easier and better. Kerry
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    Vise Grip Cloth Stretchers

    Vise Grip 8R cloth stretchers are done I finally got this batch of stretchers done. If you signed up for a pair of these and did not already get a pm from me, let me know. I'll start shipping them on Monday, May 10. Sorry, there are no overruns. Thanks, Kerry www.ridgebackrails.com
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    Modified Valley Bar Box

    Also, the ridge prevents the t-nut from pulling the void in the back of the rail up to the cabinet and then splitting the wood. The center ridge seats against the cabinet when the rail bolts are tightened. You can view pictures of the ridge and the side pocket relief cut on our web site and it...
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