Converting A 10' Snooker Table Into A Pool Table???

[TheWizard]

Hey Guys

With the chances of finding a 10ft pool table being slim to very slim, I was wondering if it is possible to convert a 10' snooker table, into a pool table, by recutting the pockets, adjusting the rail rubbers, adding pocket facings, and of so, how much would this normally cost?

There was a company in the UK, "Thurston", which had their own branded American Pool table that was in the style of a GC, but they had it available in a 10' size, but of course this is no longer available and I don't know of any companies that would make a 10' pool table nowadays, but a 10' snooker table is definitely possible to find here in the UK, and so I thought that maybe it would be possible to do a conversion of some kind?

I realise that if a conversion is possible, that it would have the leather bag net pockets and not anything fancy like a ball return system lol, but I wouldn't mind that

Is it possible to have this done?

Willie

 

[realkingcobra]

Alright Willie, I'm going to explain this conversion one last time, and hopefully it'll explain it to anyone else in the future so this won't have to be explained again.

1) The pocket cuts in the pockets of the slates are smaller when the slates are set up for snooker as opposed to "Pool" pocket slate cuts. The side pockets of a snooker slate pocket cut would be right in the pocket playing surface if the same pocket cut had "Pool" side pockets. SO, first of all, the "Snooker" pockets would have to be cut larger to match "Pool" pocket cuts.

2) Snooker cushions are set for a 1 5/16" nose height, so they would have to be re-beveled to set the cushion height to 1 7/16" for "Pool"

3) Since the pockets "Baskets" for snooker are smaller than "Pool" drop pockets, when cutting back the length of the rails to the correct length for pool rails, the snooker baskets will no longer fit, therefore requiring the drilling out the end of the rails for new "Pool" drop pocket baskets, which is going to have to be drilled in the correct and proper manner as to insure the correct fit of the pocket irons.

4) Snooker tables don't use 18 sights, so the rails are going to have to have the sights added for "Pool" rail sights.

5) Now, back to the body of the table. Depending on how the table was built, Snooker baskets are smaller than Pool baskets, so there may be a chance that the corners of the table where the baskets come into contact with the body of the table will have to be modified, or removed in order to make room for the "Pool" drop pocket baskets.

6) In the event the pocket castings are like GC pocket castings, you're going to have to modify the rails after you cut them to length in order to mount the new pocket castings you're going to have to buy. Keep in mind, that's pocket castings AND pocket casting mounting hardware.

7) Along these same lines, re-cutting the slate pockets, you may run into a conflict with the body of the table in the corners as well.

After reading everything above, and you still think it's as easy as you "think" it is, go for it

Glen