Brunswick Anniversary Pictures Wanted

emf123

emf123

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Hey All,

A friend of mine at work is in the process of purchasing a Brunswick Anniversary table. He's getting it from a lady who's looking to get rid of it, it was her dad's, and it's in really good shape but unfortunately it's missing the side aprons. Apparently her dad bought it with the intention of building his own but never got around too it. Anyways, I'm looking for some pictures of the underside of the table that show where the aprons attach to the top rails and each other. I know that you can buy replacement aprons but I'm wondering what other hardware go along with it and would like to see a picture of how it all goes together.

I sincerely appreciate anything you guys can provide!!! I'll have to put some pictures up that show it's current condition, once I get them re-sized. It's a pretty sweet table and it's what he really wanted so it'll be worth the effort to make it right.

Thanks,

Eric
 
OK, here's some pictures in it's current condition:

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You can see in the last picture the most significant damage which is on the top rail, some of the veneer is chipped away :mad:
Any suggestions on how to deal with that would be appreciated as well.

Thanks,

Eric
 
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Hey, Eric. If you get around my neck of the woods, give me a call. I know where one is and we can look at it in person. Nice pictures. Thanks, Ron:rolleyes:
 
Got these images directly from Brunswick!!!

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Pretty sweet, gotta love the pic of the Cleavers playing what must be a game of cut-throat in the first pic. I think June could use a lesson or two :wink:

I also have a .pdf of a copy of an installation manual. It's a later version and only has 15 pages and its got some notes and sketches from the guy's manual that it was copied from. Probably not as extensive or nice as what can be purchased online but it was free so what can you expect :) If anyone wants me to email it to them, let me know.

Eric
 
 
Here is a pic of my anniversary.

I had to put mine in storage while trying to sell my house:( My 1476sq ft house looked even smaller with my pool table taking up the living room. But the only hardware is small L brackets on the ends. You should be able to find them at a hardware store and a wooden piece on the back that the screws go through to attach it to the rail If I am remembering correctly.
As for the chips on the rail. You would try wood filler and brown marker and clear coat over it. Not sure if it would work but it might. Just be careful not to sand the good part of the rail or get wood filler on the cloth if cloth is installed. .
An option for aprons is have some replacement aprons made by someone local. A local wood worker or saw mill might might be able to do it. The wood is just popular wood and is pretty inexpensive. The ones you buy online are pretty pricey.
 

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I'm the owner

I'm Eric's co-worker who bought this table. I just got registered and I thought I'd say hello.

I've learned alot reading this forum the last couple months. Thanks for sharing your knowlege. I'm sure I'll have a few questions before I get this table refinished and ready for set-up.

Markus
 
Your castings are looking real nice. Just did the same thing to a Anniversary model for the lodge. Mine came out looking just like yours. Took some work though. 3 different grits of paper--600, 1000, 1500, rubbing compound, and some metal polish to finish them off. Only catch to them is there is an original glaze type finish on them (kinda looks look like spray on glass etching) that I had to take off to get them to a mirror finish. I only have the side castings left. Can you tell us how you got yours looking so good? Thanks and keep up the great work!
 
Sorry about the question. I just followed your link and see how you refinished the castings. Great work though!
 
bayoublaster400 said:
Your castings are looking real nice. Just did the same thing to a Anniversary model for the lodge. Mine came out looking just like yours. Took some work though. 3 different grits of paper--600, 1000, 1500, rubbing compound, and some metal polish to finish them off. Only catch to them is there is an original glaze type finish on them (kinda looks look like spray on glass etching) that I had to take off to get them to a mirror finish. I only have the side castings left. Can you tell us how you got yours looking so good? Thanks and keep up the great work!
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Thanks, I've been working on them for weeks! Gave up on the drill with buffing wheel attached and picked up a real buffer (3/4 hp) from Harbor Freight. Used the Easy-Off to take off the annodizing which really made them look really bad. I had some deep scratches and pits to remove so I sanded with 150,220,320,400,600,800,1000,1200 grit then buffed with tripoli (brown), white rouge and jeweler's rouge. Cleaned them up with some Never-Dull polish between buffing compounds and put on a couple coats of Turtle wax to seal them. When I did the pocket castings, I found I could get all the sanding scrathes out with the Tripoli compond, so I only sanded those to 600.

Mark
 
Here are a few photo's of one I have for sale.

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It also has a custom matching cue rack.
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Hope this helps..

Craig
 
Please don't take this a criticism. I looked through your linked photos and I'm impressed over all. But I am surprised you spent the time to rig up a new spring for the ball counter. That must have taken you hours to do. Did you not realize you can buy an exact replacement for like $15.00?

Also, I'm not a fan of chrome / high gloss polish on the corner castings. Those castings are cast of pure AL and were meant to be anodized.

It's also better to have the metal parts taken to a metal plater. They will first dip the metal to strip the existing finish and then re-plate as was originally.
 
new blinds for the anniversary

Hi there Eric,

I started a thread before Christmas to see if there was interest in hardwood blinds for the Anniversary. I'm working on mine and decided a set of new blinds was the best way to go. The question became... why not hardwood?
Stained poplar is..... after all, stained poplar! To my eye, the originals are so dark they might as well be painted.
You may want to take a look>>>

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=257624&highlight=anniversary+blinds

Give a shout if you've got any questions.

Good luck with your table.

Dave
 
old thread

Hi there Eric,
that is, if you're still alive!

....noticed that this thread is about 3 years old... not the first time that this has happened. Oh well.

Dave
 
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