I am new to this forum, and the proud owner of a new Brunswick Ashbee 9 foot table. My choice behind this table was that it is in the main floor of the house and wanted it to look like furniture as well.
I am a decent player, but no pro by any means. I am 34 and have been playing pool (8 & 9 ball) for the past 20 years and grew up on a 7' bar box that I bought at 13 with my paper route money. I was the youngest kid in the neighborhood with his own table!
Anyhow, I am very happy to have finally been able to get my own 9 footer.
I must say, its a beautiful table, but I think I may have a problem with the pockets. I unfortunately didn't do a lot of research on pocket size, shelf, etc. before buying for two reasons. One, I thought all tables followed a pretty specific standard, which after doing extensive research on this website, they do not. Second, I always wanted a Brunswick, sort of under the perhaps false auspices of it being one of the best.
The other unfortunate issue is that my installer, a brunswick dealer, did not ask me for any specific pocket sizes, etc. before installing.
Anyhow, here are my corner pocket dimensions as it is set up now, which I assume are factory specs, with Centennial cloth:
5 1/8 mouth, 4 1/4 throat (at the end of the cloth where it meets the wood), and a 1 1/2 inch shelf.
The table definitely plays easier than my neighbor's Olhausen 8 footer, which appears to have 4 7/8 pockets with a deeper shelf.
So, with all of this being said, I am wondering what my options are. I don't necesarily want pro spec pockets, but definitely something a little tougher. I was thinking of getting longer rails installed and having the pocket with come in at 4 7/8 with a 4 inch throat.
Unortunately, this would shrink the shelf to 1 3/8. That may make it too short and negate any gain?
Also, can a mechanic buy just enough centennial cloth to do the rails only and uncut brunswick rails or will I be stuck with the full table cloth?
Lastly, who would you recommend I talk to locally in central New Jersey that is a great mechanic to handle such a job (possibly extend the shelf too????)
I am interested in hearing what everyone thinks. I attached a pic of the current pocket.
Thanks Everyone! (btw I'll do another thread on a Centennial five ball defect I found to see what everyone thinks)
Ryan
I am a decent player, but no pro by any means. I am 34 and have been playing pool (8 & 9 ball) for the past 20 years and grew up on a 7' bar box that I bought at 13 with my paper route money. I was the youngest kid in the neighborhood with his own table!
Anyhow, I am very happy to have finally been able to get my own 9 footer.
I must say, its a beautiful table, but I think I may have a problem with the pockets. I unfortunately didn't do a lot of research on pocket size, shelf, etc. before buying for two reasons. One, I thought all tables followed a pretty specific standard, which after doing extensive research on this website, they do not. Second, I always wanted a Brunswick, sort of under the perhaps false auspices of it being one of the best.
The other unfortunate issue is that my installer, a brunswick dealer, did not ask me for any specific pocket sizes, etc. before installing.
Anyhow, here are my corner pocket dimensions as it is set up now, which I assume are factory specs, with Centennial cloth:
5 1/8 mouth, 4 1/4 throat (at the end of the cloth where it meets the wood), and a 1 1/2 inch shelf.
The table definitely plays easier than my neighbor's Olhausen 8 footer, which appears to have 4 7/8 pockets with a deeper shelf.
So, with all of this being said, I am wondering what my options are. I don't necesarily want pro spec pockets, but definitely something a little tougher. I was thinking of getting longer rails installed and having the pocket with come in at 4 7/8 with a 4 inch throat.
Unortunately, this would shrink the shelf to 1 3/8. That may make it too short and negate any gain?
Also, can a mechanic buy just enough centennial cloth to do the rails only and uncut brunswick rails or will I be stuck with the full table cloth?
Lastly, who would you recommend I talk to locally in central New Jersey that is a great mechanic to handle such a job (possibly extend the shelf too????)
I am interested in hearing what everyone thinks. I attached a pic of the current pocket.
Thanks Everyone! (btw I'll do another thread on a Centennial five ball defect I found to see what everyone thinks)
Ryan
