chucknduck
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I am in process of finishing basement/mancave and am trying to find photo's or illustrations of billiard halls/rooms from the 30's-40's , reason being I have old Victor 10 foot (model name unknown) that is from that time period I think and would be nice to create room with feel old old place (minus stale beer,cigarette smoke), Have some great
source' s for building materials (Second Chance, etc.) Photo's could help
putting this together,...going for the older worn look, not the fancy(expensive) Carnegie/Rockefeller all wood style.Any Ideas/suggestions welcome except the dog's playing poker picture.......have attached photo's and because of hefty weight,the slates are not on table so it can be rolled around. Have done a bunch of work refinishing this, restored the ball returns, routed panel look into it (had plain flat sides,ends...I can hear some "keep it original folks cringing",..sorry) sanded everything, stained panels and and aprons darker, had to cut and shape new feet (solid hard maple), fixed the old gouge's in the rails (belt buckle damage maybe) with matching wood and am almost done refinishing them,made new feather strips, too match old tapered ones,had to replace old Willie Hoppe cushions, sorry Will..... ....
This was originally a pool hall table here in Baltimore or so I was told by owner who sold it to me for $100.00 20 years ago. Table had original beige heavy duty paint (with little dark flecks) back then. Haven't yet found my old photo's from when the "Baby" was first "delivered" ......
source' s for building materials (Second Chance, etc.) Photo's could help
putting this together,...going for the older worn look, not the fancy(expensive) Carnegie/Rockefeller all wood style.Any Ideas/suggestions welcome except the dog's playing poker picture.......have attached photo's and because of hefty weight,the slates are not on table so it can be rolled around. Have done a bunch of work refinishing this, restored the ball returns, routed panel look into it (had plain flat sides,ends...I can hear some "keep it original folks cringing",..sorry) sanded everything, stained panels and and aprons darker, had to cut and shape new feet (solid hard maple), fixed the old gouge's in the rails (belt buckle damage maybe) with matching wood and am almost done refinishing them,made new feather strips, too match old tapered ones,had to replace old Willie Hoppe cushions, sorry Will..... ....
This was originally a pool hall table here in Baltimore or so I was told by owner who sold it to me for $100.00 20 years ago. Table had original beige heavy duty paint (with little dark flecks) back then. Haven't yet found my old photo's from when the "Baby" was first "delivered" ......
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