Antique "Mass-Made Equipment" Pool Tabe

forabeer

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Last year I found an antique pool table on LetGo.
It was advertised as a 1920's needing a little work.

Paid $200 for it which I considered a great deal.

It is an oversized 8' with 1" ONE PC. slate. Very solid table.

Table came with 3 sets of antique balls, 2 clay and 1 Double Bullseye set.

Kept 1 clay set and traded the other 2 for new k55 rubber.
Found a used set of drop pockets for $30 from TomsTables in Cherryville NC.
Another good deal! All new rail bolts and pocket bolts.

I extended the rails and the pockets are 4-3/8" and new ProLine 303 cloth.

Did all the work myself and ended up with a nice playing table for less than $500.

Has anyone ever seen one of these before??? It was a gully table originally as well as 10 cent coin op.
 

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forabeer

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Nice work Sir.

Keith

Thank you. Have covered a few tables over the years but never rails. Challenging to say the least.

On a side note, knowing I was on a budget and that this table is not worth a whole lot, I replaced the broken & missing mother of pearl sights with these . . . $2.99 from Hobby Lobby. Epoxied them in. Fit perfectly (after trimming off the tabs) :)
 

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realkingcobra

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Thank you. Have covered a few tables over the years but never rails. Challenging to say the least.

On a side note, knowing I was on a budget and that this table is not worth a whole lot, I replaced the broken & missing mother of pearl sights with these . . . $2.99 from Hobby Lobby. Epoxied them in. Fit perfectly (after trimming off the tabs) :)
Any pictures of the slate, how thick was it?
 

realkingcobra

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Last year I found an antique pool table on LetGo.
It was advertised as a 1920's needing a little work.

Paid $200 for it which I considered a great deal.

It is an oversized 8' with 1" ONE PC. slate. Very solid table.

Table came with 3 sets of antique balls, 2 clay and 1 Double Bullseye set.

Kept 1 clay set and traded the other 2 for new k55 rubber.
Found a used set of drop pockets for $30 from TomsTables in Cherryville NC.
Another good deal! All new rail bolts and pocket bolts.

I extended the rails and the pockets are 4-3/8" and new ProLine 303 cloth.

Did all the work myself and ended up with a nice playing table for less than $500.

Has anyone ever seen one of these before??? It was a gully table originally as well as 10 cent coin op.

Are you aware of the fact that coin operated pool tables didn't get invented until 1957
 

realkingcobra

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I contacted the family who are still in the table selling(not making tho) business. Table was made in the 50's sometime.

The very first, 6 pocket, coin operated, amusement pool tables were built by Valley and Fisher manufacturing, as a novelty amusement machine. Pinball machines go back long before almost any novelty amusement device, as they were referred to at the time. Bally was one of the top 5 novelty amusement machine manufacturers as well.
 

forabeer

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Any pictures of the slate, how thick was it?

The slate is 1" thick and I do have some pics on my phone somewhere.
Table was 100% coin operated at one time but I am unsure of the year.
Mr Plyler, owner of American Billiards, said he has seen a few of these over the years.

Here is a link to a 7' version that has also been converted to drop pocket . . .
www.tracksideauction.com (link is at the top of the page) He is calling it a "McFarland" but it is exactly like mine only smaller. He is also missing the original skirts.


Regardless of the year its old, solid, a lot of fun and I am proud of it as I did all of the work myself.
 

forabeer

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Table originally utilized a 2-3/8" cue ball that would return here . . . .
 

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