table heater
Anyone know where can you buy/make a slate heater?
Anyone know where can you buy/make a slate heater?
Slate Temperature
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Interesting.....are there any rooms that have em in the states? They come from the UK $hipping might be pricey. All your plug ends must be changed just from looking at em. You can't talk to anyone here about their product spacing, attaching and recommended distance from the slate.
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from the soren sogaard website you can buy a heating pad and thermostat
http://soren-sogaard.com/shop/heating-foil-for-2253p.html
http://soren-sogaard.com/shop/thermostat-for-heating-2255p.html
http://soren-sogaard.com/shop/heating-foil-for-2253p.html
http://soren-sogaard.com/shop/thermostat-for-heating-2255p.html
Those will probably want 230 volts.
If someone wants to try a DIY heater ....
Some tables construct what you might call a "heater chamber" below the slate. Plywood sheets are mounted about 8 inches below the slate forming a more or less closed space or several spaces depending on the shape of the frame. Heating elements are mounted on ceramic standoffs on the top of the plywood. There's a thermostat. Since the heater is in an enclosed space, there will be less heat leaking out and less wasted electricity.
Some have suggested gutter defrosters. Or strings of Christmas tree lights. Electric blankets? Actual bare resistance wire looks like it would cost about $10 for the requirement but you would have to get the design details right, including the standoffs and thermostat.
The heaters I've seen max out at 600 watts but I think the average usage is much lower.
Yrs ago a friend heated his garage pool table with a homemade set-up using pipe wrap heater. Not sure how he attached it but it was stuck on bottom of slate. From what i remember it actually worked pretty well.
I disagree with your point and your tagline.
Heating carom tables is almost universal at the top levels because it makes a difference. Not because it is a gimmick.
And pool and geometry have very little in common. Understanding how the balls move around the table is an exercise in physics, not geometry. Geometry cannot take into account things like spin off a cushion, throw, the effect of speed on the rebound angle, cling, or really any of the normal phenomena that occurs on a pool table.
Completely different cloth.
I wouldn't call it a gimmick at all. The balls roll at least another half table length with the heater on.
Don't believe me? Try it out for yourself.
and different game. in billiards you need to be able to go 6-7 rails at times. snooker isn't that demanding in terms of ball travel
just in 1 game
in most carom games, when played well, are all within a quarter table
We have this thermostat. Very simple,works well.
Thx......I've got a plan that may simplify and may work, with little expense . I've got a small 700 watt radiator looking heater under the slate middle. I'm going to chimney/funnel the direct vertical heat, and have the heat come outward in a skirting fashion along it's edges. I'll probably get a 1/4'' piece of plywood for the under structure. I don't need much, with a dark green metal roof in the CO sun, temperatures change quickly here. Even the worms were poking out a week ago, and it's in the teens at night.
Are you saying ONLY Gabriels tables are heated?
In either case, I keep the heater on my table (Gabriels) off because 1) I don't need the extra heat in my south Louisiana home and 2) I'll be switching to Royal Pro cloth later this year and 3) the heater is broken and I'm too lazy to fix it.
I can say that in having it off for the past two years, I can immediately see the difference when I do go out and play a heated table. Although my table at home is in pristine condition and I keep it clean, turning off the heater slows it down a lot.
Idammit! quoted wrong postt...again!