Our communitie's table, an 8' furniture piece, will be re-clothed soon. While the hired company's mechanic is here doing that job I want to adjust the pocket shelves...they are too deep and many balls hang in the pocket throat. The players are retired recreational guys and the pocket geometry takes much of the fun out of the game. I propose to shorten the shelf by changing the radius of the openings since the bed cloth will be off for an hour or two while the mechanic is doing the rail cloth. His company won't allow him to do this?????
I'm fully capable of doing a good job but I hope my plan is good (I was an airplane mechanic for years and have good hands with tools) and a full understanding of table geometry.
I hope to get a couple of answers from the pros on this forum. "A" is simply reshaping the pocket radius a legitimate idea rather than a whole recut of the slate? Recutting the slate is not an option. "B" Is a rasp the best tool to use followed by sanding for smoothness?
I think increasing the radius 1/4" out would make a big difference in the playability of this table.
I've measured the pocket angles and they're generally a bit off in three or four spots too but I can't talk the association into letting me mess with those.
Thanks for listening RKC, Trent, Geoff and all the other pros here for making this forum possible. Mitch
I'm fully capable of doing a good job but I hope my plan is good (I was an airplane mechanic for years and have good hands with tools) and a full understanding of table geometry.
I hope to get a couple of answers from the pros on this forum. "A" is simply reshaping the pocket radius a legitimate idea rather than a whole recut of the slate? Recutting the slate is not an option. "B" Is a rasp the best tool to use followed by sanding for smoothness?
I think increasing the radius 1/4" out would make a big difference in the playability of this table.
I've measured the pocket angles and they're generally a bit off in three or four spots too but I can't talk the association into letting me mess with those.
Thanks for listening RKC, Trent, Geoff and all the other pros here for making this forum possible. Mitch