Brunswick Anniversary 8 OS
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I think I can see my own reflection in this photograph...
He certainly does phenomenal work - something to keep in mind. I actually have a fair bit of experience with furniture restoration and fine finishing - custom cabinet making is a hobby of mine. I imagine the technique is the similar, but I'm not a pool table expert either
I'm sure he means it could have a cracked slate or frame or something like that that ends up costing more to fix than a non-damaged pricier table.
I'm with you on the cheapness though, I got my 8 foot Olhausen table free because I happened to be browsing for a table and saw the ad 20 minutes after the guy put it up. Still cost me close to $400 between renting a truck to move it and getting a mechanic in to set it up and new cloth.
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All true points - Everything felt good on it, but I guess you never know until the felt is off and the table is dismantled It all looked good from the bottom, and I went around it to check, but we shall see! I'll be there when they take it apart so I'll get to take a much closer look at it then.
I think I can see my own reflection in this photograph...
He certainly does phenomenal work - something to keep in mind. I actually have a fair bit of experience with furniture restoration and fine finishing - custom cabinet making is a hobby of mine. I imagine the technique is the similar, but I'm not a pool table expert either
Hopefully your experience working with wood will bring the table back to beauty. Keep in mind that mark can transform how that table plays by doing the rails. Whatever you do with it, good luck and enjoy that table when its done!
the real secret is to pick the amount you want to spend on it for your final ending. and do what it takes to get to it and stop at that. as you know you can spend thousands or just a few hundred and get a playing table. its the in between that determines what you will be happy with.
good luck and the anniversary and centennials are the best tables ever made that most of the old timers will attest to.
good luck and the anniversary and centennials are the best tables ever made that most of the old timers will attest to.
rails are walnut
Trent from Toledo
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Well. maybe they are Walnut - in one of my many
wish-I-had-that-deal-to-do-over experiences, I passed on a 1945 Ann because the seller was asking $800. It had the original Rosewood rail caps.
Dale(who has seen a bit of Rosewood)
I agree if you change that to 'ever made - from the 1940s onward'.
Compared to the Kling, Arcade, Reget, et al... not so much - IMHO.
Dale<def an old timer - but not old enough for the 1920s
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To my knowledge they never made a Anniversary with factory rosewood rails. The Centennial has them. I did hear of Brunswick releasing rosewood upgrades for them....
Model C:
Finish: Walnut
- Rails: Walnut side pocket butt joint; no side pocket castings; 3 hole nut plate.
- Aprons: Walnut finish; off white grooves.
- Slate: Three piece, 1 " thick.
- Rail castings: Aluminum with off-white backed finish; used at corners only; attached to rail by bolt passing through center of face into recessed rail nut.
- Apron corner castings: Aluminum with off white baked finish.
- Pockets: Maroon one piece molded rubber.
- Legs: Oval shaped; walnut finish; off-white trim; without stretchers. Attached to base frame by bolts without angle brackets.
- Apron ball rack: Recessed in foot end apron; walnut finish.
Model C-I: Same as C, except:
- Rails: Walnut with side pocket castings; 5 hole nut plates.
- Rail castings: Aluminum with off white baked finish; used at corner and side pockets; attached to rail by bolts passing through center of face into recessed rail nut.
- Legs: Oval shaped, walnut finish; off white trim; with stretchers; attached to base frame by bolts and angle brackets.
Model D-C: Same as C, except:
- Rails: Walnut with side pocket castings; figure 8 nut plates.
- Rail castings: Polished anodized aluminum; used at corner and side pockets; attached to rail by bolt passing face into rail angle nut plate.
- Legs: Oval shaped, walnut finish, with aluminum leg band with stretchers; attached to base frame by bolts with angle bracket.
Model C:
Finish: Walnut
- Rails: Walnut side pocket butt joint; no side pocket castings; 3 hole nut plate.
- Aprons: Walnut finish; off white grooves.
- Slate: Three piece, 1 " thick.
- Rail castings: Aluminum with off-white backed finish; used at corners only; attached to rail by bolt passing through center of face into recessed rail nut.
- Apron corner castings: Aluminum with off white baked finish.
- Pockets: Maroon one piece molded rubber.
- Legs: Oval shaped; walnut finish; off-white trim; without stretchers. Attached to base frame by bolts without angle brackets.
- Apron ball rack: Recessed in foot end apron; walnut finish.
Model C-I: Same as C, except:
- Rails: Walnut with side pocket castings; 5 hole nut plates.
- Rail castings: Aluminum with off white baked finish; used at corner and side pockets; attached to rail by bolts passing through center of face into recessed rail nut.
- Legs: Oval shaped, walnut finish; off white trim; with stretchers; attached to base frame by bolts and angle brackets.
Model D-C: Same as C, except:
- Rails: Walnut with side pocket castings; figure 8 nut plates.
- Rail castings: Polished anodized aluminum; used at corner and side pockets; attached to rail by bolt passing face into rail angle nut plate.
- Legs: Oval shaped, walnut finish, with aluminum leg band with stretchers; attached to base frame by bolts with angle bracket.
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I think you are spot on, Trent - mine is the Model C-I. It has the off white enamel baked finish, and the side pockets are casted as well. Off white trim on the oval legs, no anodized aluminum.
What are your thoughts on stripping off the enamel and polishing and buffing the aluminum casting? I've seen some folks on here do that, but not sure of the difficulty and labor intensity involved in that.
Great Facebook page by the way - holy moly, those tables are dynamite.
call me sometime tomorrow and we can chat about it!
Trent from Toledo (419)491-7476
Trent from Toledo (419)491-7476
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You got it!
Originally Posted by trentfromtoledo View Post
To my knowledge they never made a Anniversary with factory rosewood rails.
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Soooo, do you think I imagined it?
Let me repeat - this was a table I saw in person circa 1980-ish.
Information was provided by the person selling the table.
The side pocket were in the long side rails. It had 4 rails like a Carom Table,
not 6 like MOST pool tables
HTH
Dale
To my knowledge they never made a Anniversary with factory rosewood rails.
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Soooo, do you think I imagined it?
Let me repeat - this was a table I saw in person circa 1980-ish.
Information was provided by the person selling the table.
The side pocket were in the long side rails. It had 4 rails like a Carom Table,
not 6 like MOST pool tables
HTH
Dale
I have restored one just as you are describing. Model "C" with continuous side rails, no doweled side pocket and they were Walnut. I am not saying you imagined anything, in fact I did mention that I heard Brunswick made rosewood upgrades available for the Anniversary. Also, a set of Centennial rails could have ended up on the table you mentioned. Back to what I said, to my knowledge Brunswick never made an Anniversary with rosewood rails.
I would not count it as part of my knowledge base. I hear a lot of things and hearsay is not a fact. I have never seen a Centennial with the continuous side rails.
Post some close up pictures of the rails!
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