Did Brunswick make a 2 piece slate 5x10 Snooker table?

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I've been wanting to find a nice 5x10 pool table, but they're so rare and expensive. So I started looking at Snooker tables to possibly do a conversion. I found one, and it's almost free, however the owner says it's a 2 piece. This would mean that I would need a trailer every time I move it, including when I pick it up ... And of course, I don't have one.

Unfortunately, the owner is out of town for a couple weeks and can't verify, so I ask: is there such a thing? I had assumed it was a typo, and he meant 3 piece. The table in question is an early to mid 60s brunswick snooker table, 10'. It's not the anniversary model, but the faceplate is very similar. The table has 6, box-style legs.
 
jmhanson_21 said:
I've been wanting to find a nice 5x10 pool table, but they're so rare and expensive. So I started looking at Snooker tables to possibly do a conversion. I found one, and it's almost free, however the owner says it's a 2 piece. This would mean that I would need a trailer every time I move it, including when I pick it up ... And of course, I don't have one.

Unfortunately, the owner is out of town for a couple weeks and can't verify, so I ask: is there such a thing? I had assumed it was a typo, and he meant 3 piece. The table in question is an early to mid 60s brunswick snooker table, 10'. It's not the anniversary model, but the faceplate is very similar. The table has 6, box-style legs.
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To answer your question....no.
 
I've had more than one person tell me their table had a two piece slate, Of course after pulling off the bed cloth they always turn out to be three piece slate. Now, this has only happened to me with 9 foot pool tables, but I suspect it's the same situation. People that don't work on tables don't generally know how they're made. They were told at one point that it was a three piece, or they saw it when it was installed, but since it wasn't really important to them their memories no longer match up to reality.
 
Thanks for the help

Thanks for the quick responses. I didn't think so either. Now, whether I'm biting off more than I can chew by trying a snooker table to pool table conversion is another discussion entirely. And that answer, is likely yes. Oh well, I think I'm going to learn a lot and the price is right. Thanks again.
 
jmhanson_21 said:
Thanks for the quick responses. I didn't think so either. Now, whether I'm biting off more than I can chew by trying a snooker table to pool table conversion is another discussion entirely. And that answer, is likely yes. Oh well, I think I'm going to learn a lot and the price is right. Thanks again.
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You could take the money you saved on the table and send the rails to Mark Gregory. I know he's done a bunch of snooker to pool conversions.

He just did a set of Anniversary rails for me and the work is top notch!
 
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QUOTE=jmhanson_21;5179913]I've been wanting to find a nice 5x10 pool table, but they're so rare and expensive. So I started looking at Snooker tables to possibly do a conversion. I found one, and it's almost free, however the owner says it's a 2 piece. This would mean that I would need a trailer every time I move it, including when I pick it up ... And of course, I don't have one.

Unfortunately, the owner is out of town for a couple weeks and can't verify, so I ask: is there such a thing? I had assumed it was a typo, and he meant 3 piece. The table in question is an early to mid 60s brunswick snooker table, 10'. It's not the anniversary model, but the faceplate is very similar. The table has 6, box-style legs.[/QUOTE]
 
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In 15 years working on tables, I've actually seen ONE 2-piece slate table. It was pretty obviously a 1-piece that had been cut to get it into the basement.
 
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