1926 Brunswick Conqueror 10’ x 5’ Fully Restored, Sequoia Billiards

[kling&allen]

Just under 5” in the corners, I think I didn’t communicate that I wanted 4.5” corners well, got overlooked in the restoration, but no complaints at all. This table is purely recreational, for the small pleasure of watching the ball roll perfectly around the 10 x 5 surface.

Yes that’s a magical feeling! Enjoy the beautiful table.

 

[Timkrieger]

I think that would be one of those jumbos weighing in at around 2700 lbs. I think this table will grow on your wife. My first impression of these wasn’t nearly as good as the other better known tables like the Kling, Arcade etc., but the more I look at these the more I like them. I get the feeling these were the Cadillac of tables for the time period, and with good reason.

Yes she definitely likes this one more than when we saw them in Hearst Castle. I love the Kling table also, just beautiful hand built tables during that era. The legs on the Conqueror are unique, very masculine. I talked with Blatt Billiards in NY and they described this as a club table, so I think style is understandably appreciated more by men than women.

 

[tomatoshooter]

Just under 5” in the corners, I think I didn’t communicate that I wanted 4.5” corners well, got overlooked in the restoration, but no complaints at all. This table is purely recreational, for the small pleasure of watching the ball roll perfectly around the 10 x 5 surface.

With a 10' table, I wouldn't think you would need smaller pockets.

 

[measureman]

Why do you call it a 10x5?

 

[Timkrieger]

Why do you call it a 10x5?

10 feet long and 5 wide as opposed to a 9 x 4.5, the original championship regulation size table before WWII

 

[maha]

measureman was meaning most use the smaller number first describing a table.

 

[Bob Jewett]

measureman was meaning most use the smaller number first describing a table.

Except in the UK it is almost always the other way around -- a "12 by 6" snooker table. They also put the "top" of the table where the balls rack.

 

[mr3cushion]

Tim, I sent you a PM.

 

[SBC]

Is that 3 pc or 4 pc slate? Beautiful table!

3...should be

 

[SBC]

With a 10' table, I wouldn't think you would need smaller pockets.

Totally agree.
Just shoot and think of all the characters that must have played on that in the past 90 years.

 

[ShootingArts]

Rafael at Sequoia Billiards in Redwood City California completed a full restoration for me on this all original 10 x 5 Brunswick Conqueror with ball return, probably the most beautiful super jumbo table made prior to the Great Depression. I put Simonis 860 in olive green, I think it compliments the walnut. Table was originally in the Catskills in a private family vacation home and eventually bought by the Luden family at an estate sale in the early 60’s who then had the table for nearly 60 years. From NY to Ohio then Kansas and finally to California. Table was always on my wishlist since I first saw one when I toured Hearst Castle in California as a kid. William Randolph Hearst had 2 Conqueror tables, a 10’ pocket billiards and a 10’ carom in the same room. I love the restoration artisans like Rafael at Sequoia Billiards that keep these pieces of American cultural history alive. Here’s a few pictures of before and after.

That thing is beautimus!! The balls do roll noticeably different on thick slate too. I got addicted to pool in the days that ten foot tables were still around with massive beds and heavy saddle leather backers in the pockets.

Interestingly, I have been reading old books. Four and four and a half inch pockets were around in the early 1900's. They might have been less common than today but they weren't nonexistent. The idea was for customers to make balls though and I suspect some of the bucket pockets I played on might have been five and a quarter or bigger.

Anyway, enjoy your beauty and don't stress over a few fractions of an inch in pocket width. It isn't that important. Of course you could always send that table to me and have another one built with tighter pockets!

Few on the forum aren't a little green looking at that table. You can put me in that number.

Hu

 

[Iwishiwasrich]

Beautiful table!!

 

[Timkrieger]

measureman was meaning most use the smaller number first describing a table.

Ah ok, I didn’t realize. This is my 2nd 10 footer! My preference, more table to love! My 10’ Centennial has tight pockets.

 

[Timkrieger]

That thing is beautimus!! The balls do roll noticeably different on thick slate too. I got addicted to pool in the days that ten foot tables were still around with massive beds and heavy saddle leather backers in the pockets.

Interestingly, I have been reading old books. Four and four and a half inch pockets were around in the early 1900's. They might have been less common than today but they weren't nonexistent. The idea was for customers to make balls though and I suspect some of the bucket pockets I played on might have been five and a quarter or bigger.

Anyway, enjoy your beauty and don't stress over a few fractions of an inch in pocket width. It isn't that important. Of course you could always send that table to me and have another one built with tighter pockets!

Few on the forum aren't a little green looking at that table. You can put me in that number.

Hu

My wife caught me smelling the pocket leather! Smells just like a new high quality leather jacket!

 

[Timkrieger]

3...should be

3...should be

Yeah, 3 pieces 1 1/2” thick slate, massive…

 

[Black-Balled]

A great story here.

 

[ribdoner]

DYNO restoration on an iconic table, congrats on your implementing your vision.

In the early 60's a pool hall called Lorimars (sp) existed in Oak Park, Il., it was my "home" room for a while and they had 8 or 10 similar tables plus a boatload of 4 1/2 x 9 ft tables. i bought one of the 5 X 10 tables and moved it to my home in the early 70's.

No booze, music, tv, or chicks....just ancient men, punks, dope, pool & billiards.

Lol, i trapped a hillbilly named Wade Crane there (i got the 8), it didn't work out to well