DIY Blatt Billiards Restoration
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Sweet.
Reminds me of a car...when it turne red, I am thinking 56 bel air.
Reminds me of a car...when it turne red, I am thinking 56 bel air.
Not odd, just old.
The rails bolt from the side into the frame. I hadn't seen one like this before either but the table is very well built and solid. Also has the tube type return that runs to the center of the table because there's no room under the rails for the wire returns.
The rails bolt from the side into the frame. I hadn't seen one like this before either but the table is very well built and solid. Also has the tube type return that runs to the center of the table because there's no room under the rails for the wire returns.
I'll put up completed pictures
Just waiting on my guy to get the new cushions done and the cloth on the rails. I'm ready to hit some balls too.
Just waiting on my guy to get the new cushions done and the cloth on the rails. I'm ready to hit some balls too.
AWESOME BROTHER ! Love it. That red and white are gonna be HOTTTTT! I agree with Black Ball, first thing I thought of too☺
Tell about and show us some photos before and after of the rails, the faux wood etc. They did not look bad in the first photo.
The red reminds me of a Woolworth soda fountain ca. 1950s
http://www.woolworthwalk.com/soda_fountain.php
The photo in the link doesn't do the soda fountain colors justice; there was more "pop" in real life.
Dave
The red reminds me of a Woolworth soda fountain ca. 1950s
http://www.woolworthwalk.com/soda_fountain.php
The photo in the link doesn't do the soda fountain colors justice; there was more "pop" in real life.
Dave
Keeping faux wood for now
Unfortunately, my ambition and desire to have the table to play on means I'm not replacing the formica "wood" on top of the rails at this point. I've done the work to remove it before on another table for somebody else, and it's not fun. Then there's getting veneer put on nicely and finished, and probably my biggest obstacle, getting sights inlaid. I don't plan on being in the place I'm in for too many more years, so maybe when I break it down to move it next time I'll have more ambition.
Unfortunately, my ambition and desire to have the table to play on means I'm not replacing the formica "wood" on top of the rails at this point. I've done the work to remove it before on another table for somebody else, and it's not fun. Then there's getting veneer put on nicely and finished, and probably my biggest obstacle, getting sights inlaid. I don't plan on being in the place I'm in for too many more years, so maybe when I break it down to move it next time I'll have more ambition.
Rails
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Which cushions profile is going to be installed? I believe this table predates the k55 or k66 profile cushions that are available today..
Rob.M
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Which cushions profile is going to be installed? I believe this table predates the k55 or k66 profile cushions that are available today..
Rob.M
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In the first photo, the one at the top of your first page, the formica does not look bad. And it will play the same, original formica, new formica, new wood or anything else.
Get that thing in playing condition and you can always address the formica later.
Just a question on the Formica® or formica. Were the original Brunswick Gold Crowns built with the proprietary Formica® or was the plastic a knock-off of Formica®'s formula?
And the Blatt rails looks like the GCs.
Dave
Cushions
Putting on Artemis k55's. they match what was on there which were marked with the Blatt logo so they were likely original.
Putting on Artemis k55's. they match what was on there which were marked with the Blatt logo so they were likely original.
Rails
The do look very similar to Gold Crown rails, but they bolt on from the side, not the bottom.
The do look very similar to Gold Crown rails, but they bolt on from the side, not the bottom.
