I think Rob went a little overboard with his statement about your table being a polished turd as he missed the point that you did most of the work yourself, and hired a mechanic to do some of it as well, in which you did nothing wrong in my opinion. The only thing there is about having someone rebuild the rails, lots of so called table mechanic's lay claim to being able to do that level of craftsmanship, but they fall short of what it is to actually rebuild those types of rails, but I'm sure they have pride in the work they do perform. Replacing cushions is just that, replacing cushions...as most table mechanics do perform such tasks on a regular basis as part of their job. I fault no one for not at least trying their best to perform that task, and the reason is, because there is no, nor has there ever been any education in this industry as to show anyone how to perform that task correctly, to which includes the repairing and modifications needed to be performed to the rails to insure the 100% correct playability of the table worked on, so...people just do the best they can.
The two word "polished turd" description I feel should be reserved for those "selling" those so called polished turds as "rebuilt, refinished, restored" pool tables of collectable value, because those are deceiving words used to describe something that wasn't performed during the task of getting the table ready for "sale"
Glen
.....I don't do that kind of work anymore and have no problem in telling the customer the rails need rebuilt and if they don't want to do that, I have no problem picking my tools up and leaving.
