Brunswick Centennial Pool Table

xianmacx said:
Interesting. Where did you see that info? I checked on the brunswick history site and could not find any info on rail material...

Ian
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I found an old catalog page on the web, but I'll be darned if I can find it now.
 
Chip Roberson said:
Back in the late 70's,while wandering around abit, I was playing in Columbia , there was a room that had 12 of these tables. Wonder if this one was one from there. This table has the 2 piece long rails, instead of the early 1 piece long rail. Not sure if they ever made them with fomica covers.
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I don't care what the seller claimed, that table came out in the 60's when formica was first introduced, and rose wood rails are 2 piece, there's a seam at the overlap of the rosewood on the top and rosewood mounted on the sidenof the rail. There's no hiding that seam as the wood grain pattern is completly different. Furthermore, Brunswick never produced that table with a high gloss finish.
 
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Maybe you could give us a idea of what seam you are referring to & where do you see it.

I'd like to know, because I am interested in that kind of table
 
ceebee said:
Maybe you could give us a idea of what seam you are referring to & where do you see it.

I'd like to know, because I am interested in that kind of table
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You can seenthe same seam on a Diamond table. The outside edge of the rail is blocked with rosewood, 3/4" wide and about 1 5/8" high. Then the finish of the sub straight is ran through a thickness planer smoothing the top and bottom of the sub straight. Then a rosewood cap is laminated to the entire topside of the rail, overlaping the rosewood bonded to the outside edge. After applying the rail cap, the rail is then sent through a profile moulder which cuts the rail into the finished profile, the rosewood rail cap gets cut down to about 3/16" to 1/4" at the thickest part on the top of the rail, but as the cutters start to profile the outside curve of the rail, it completly cuts away the rosewood rail cap and finishes cutting-edge on the rosewood added to the sub straight outside edge. Wood expands and contracts with humidity and temperature, and when that happens, the overlap opens and closes, but it does NOT disappear....ever.
 
Well I can't see a seam & the owner said it was wood. If you want it to be formica, well, so be it. The table is sold & of no interest now.
 
ceebee said:
Well I can't see a seam & the owner said it was wood. If you want it to be formica, well, so be it. The table is sold & of no interest now.
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Buddy, that's the point, there is no seam to be seen....because when formica is used....there is NO seam....LOL
 
OLD NO 9 said:
Don't care for Gold Crowns huh?
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I prefer the older Anniversaries with wood rails....a better looking table.
But most of all, I prefer the Diamond wood Diamonds...
...they’re tough like Formica....but beautiful like wood.
 
You just said,

QUOTE "There's no hiding that seam, as the wood grain pattern is completely different"UNQUOTE...

QUOTE "Buddy, that's the point, there is no seam to be seen....because when formica is used....there is NO seam....LOL"

Which is it..?"

But, this is America & you are entitled to your opinion.... ain't it great ?

I'm outta here, I didn't want an argument. I apologize for replying...
 
I didn't take it as arguing, sounded like he was saying you either see a seam, coz it is wood...or you don't see a seam, coz it is Formica (I have no idea which picture you peeps are talking about).
ceebee said:
You just said,

QUOTE "There's no hiding that seam, as the wood grain pattern is completely different"UNQUOTE...

QUOTE "Buddy, that's the point, there is no seam to be seen....because when formica is used....there is NO seam....LOL"

Which is it..?"

But, this is America & you are entitled to your opinion.... ain't it great ?

I'm outta here, I didn't want an argument. I apologize for replying...
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Black-Balled said:
I didn't take it as arguing, sounded like he was saying you either see a seam, coz it is wood...or you don't see a seam, coz it is Formica (I have no idea which picture you peeps are talking about).
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You got the picture, i don't know what's confusing to understand....no seam, formica....seam, real wood. Do you see a seam in that picture?
 

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It is my understanding that the formica rails were introduced in 1955 and
the end rail "stickman" badge's last year was 1959 as Brunswick-Balke-Collender
changed their corporatate name to Brunswick Corporation and put that big
ugly "B" badge on their tables starting in 1960.

I say this as I have a Sport King with formica rails and a stickman badge.
Sportking , Centennial, and Anniversary all shared the same rails.

I have a 1959-1960 Brunswick catalog that states these facts.

59-60 inside front page.jpg

59-60 cover.jpg
 
iusedtoberich said:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=402211

Here is a thread of a restored Centennial with rosewood rails, and pictures (with a link to more pictures) at least as good as the ebay ad of the table in this thread.

I have no dog in this, but I can't see any seems on the table in the rosewood thread.
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In those pictures you can clearly see the wood grain tbat has absorbed the finish and left little grain lines in the finish, real wood.
 
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