Can RKC really do it this good???
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oops they forgot their machinist level ....looks like it has to be redone ....
i also think you are supposed to level the frame first ...which it doesn't show.
i also think you are supposed to level the frame first ...which it doesn't show.
I can't believe as bad as that was off level side to side that they wouldn't have leveled the frame up before shimming the slate. Hard to believe the table being perfectly level having to shim that much under one leg at the end. Nice carpenters level too. Bet it plays Jam up 
That's a little beyond my expertise:grin:
Just giving you the needle RKC.
Eveyrone knows you are the best traveling table engineer in the country...
That's a little beyond my expertise
Just giving you the needle RKC.
Everyone knows you are the best traveling table engineer in the country...
Pat, i was going to ask the same question before seeing your post.
hand plane the frame level then add playing cards instead of wood shims, this way you dont beat the table up with a steel face hammer or gauge it with a flathead screwdriver.
Wait forgot they floor level it this way if its not level blame the floor contractor for not doing their job correctly. table is new and didnt swell during shipping across ocean for 3 months then go accross a hot desert in a none tempature controled trailer and sat in a werehouse till being shipped to a snow state to be put in the house infront of a a fire place.
I guess I need to hit myself in the head 4 more times so they will hire me I used to coat corndogs for a living..
Craig
Wait forgot they floor level it this way if its not level blame the floor contractor for not doing their job correctly. table is new and didnt swell during shipping across ocean for 3 months then go accross a hot desert in a none tempature controled trailer and sat in a werehouse till being shipped to a snow state to be put in the house infront of a a fire place.
I guess I need to hit myself in the head 4 more times so they will hire me I used to coat corndogs for a living..
Craig
the frame is flat,so are the slates...wedges are not...you get it.
sorry Pat.being a french canadian ,i might not always use the right figures of speech... what i meant is i saw on the threads what you can do and i just assumed that you already know...no disrespect intended. As far as using wedges for leveling,my experience tells me it is wrong. They should be used only for adjusting the seams.I saw too many tables done that way which the wedges backed off,dropping the slates back on the frame,busting the seams...after only a year...on the 22 tables in Luc Salvas pool hall.Redid all of the installs and they haven't budged since.
thanks. really didn't want to start on the wrong foot.
already done. it sounds like tou think i'm new at this...proper usage of wedges and shims is rookie stuff. still,i've seen alot of good advanced tips on your forum,thanks for sharing.