A friend of mine

has put this TABLE <--- (picture link) in a room in his pipe and steel store about 30 miles from here.

The first thing I have to do is teach him how to rack and where the numbers go.

It's a 5x10 Brunswick that was re-worked by AE Schmidt ~1964. Table is in overall great shape. I would have preferred the baize not be so dark but he re-used what was already installed as it was nearly new.

I think it is a handsome table and look forward to playing on it.

I'm still recovering from the OKC tourney Sam. I might go down there tomorrow afternoon and check it out. Kyle (the table owner) called me today and discussed several things he is going to order including a new cue ball, brush set, triangle, and a some new Simonis for when and if he decides to change out that Marine Blue darkness.

I still can't figure out what it was originally but it won't matter if it plays great.

Some changes made



room is still very rough but will be finished some of these days. :smile:

That is Simonis 4000 cloth in case anyone was wondering. I sure wish I had been there when the work was done - would have caught a MAJOR mistake.

I don't want to reveal the mistake that was made, but had I been there - it wouldn't have happened. Let's just say this aint a pool table.

ps: the level of the table is just a bit off still. We'll have to nearly kill ourselves trying to fix that.

I know it had simply been too long since the mechanic had any experience at all working on snooker tables - and that is surely now true for most of the table mechanics in this country. :frown:

This table uses K55 profile cushions. K55 cushions come with a cloth backing on the top and often the backside of the cushion itself (at least true for good cushions). The owner had purchased a rail gauge for this job (but the gauge was for POOL table cushions, not snooker) and I had informed him of this. I should have marked the gauge myself but the difference of only about .08" would have been hard to distinguish on that simple gauge. And I trusted the owner to remember to inform the mechanic of this... He didn't.

The cushions were installed upside down. That in turn made the pre-cut snooker bends we had purchased absolutely useless as they of course did not line up. The mechanic hand carved all the pocket bends out of full lengths of cushion, making for some inconsistent (but reasonably good) pocket bends. The carving negated any possibility of correcting the problem once I pointed out the error.

That difference in height seems to have little effect for most shots but does make for some hops if the ball is hit firmly.

I'm only posting this so that others might avoid the same mistake.

and it aint funny Sam. :smile: