I'm refinishing a Gold Crown 3. I have completely tore down the table and finished sanding every piece of wood, staining will begin tonight. I sent all metal to the powder coat shop to be gloss black (castings, feet, grill, emblems etc..) I'm having the trim on the apron vinyl wrapped (did a test today and it was pretty cool, looked great) also in gloss black. I'll be putting tournament blue 860 on it etc... I need some advice on leveling this table. I'm very mechanical in other areas but have never rebuild a table before and want to shim the slate myself as I'm having a hard time getting a reliable mechanic and really want to learn this. Here are my questions
1. Is a 8 inch machinest level long enough or go bigger?
2. What compound do you use if you don't want to use beezwax for the seams? Is it simply automotive bondo? And do you fill in every slate screw hole as well?
3. What grit sand paper is best when cleaning up the slate.
4. The frame of my table is from a GC4 which has the leveling bolts instead of needing to use shims. (any advice here is appreciated.)
5. Anyone know where to get a GC4 manual?
1. Is a 8 inch machinest level long enough or go bigger?
2. What compound do you use if you don't want to use beezwax for the seams? Is it simply automotive bondo? And do you fill in every slate screw hole as well?
3. What grit sand paper is best when cleaning up the slate.
4. The frame of my table is from a GC4 which has the leveling bolts instead of needing to use shims. (any advice here is appreciated.)
5. Anyone know where to get a GC4 manual?