Ernesto Dominguez; Some or his work.

[Fatboy]

FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE EAST COAST, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH, MARK GREGORY IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST TABLE MECHANIC. HIS NUMBER IS 770-548-4292. HE HAS DONE NUMEROUS JOBS FOR MY POOL ROOMS FOR MANY YEARS NOW. I HIGHLY RECOMEND HIS SERVICE.

JOHN DuONG

I know Mark and Ernesto and they are equally as good-I consider both of them as good friends, it aint a pissing contest and for that matter Glen is a friend too and just as good, I just played on a GC5 Mark did with 4" pockets and it plays a bit easier than Ernesto's tables, I have played on ALOT of the tables Ernesto and Oscar have worked on and they play as nice as Marks tables do. all 3 of these guys are top shelf mechnices and Oscar is too. There arent many of these guys out there. I cant say who is the best of the bunch becuase there isnt one all 4 of these guys are the best I know of. period.

What pisses me off is tight wad pool room owners who wont employ guys like Ernesto or Mark to do their tables. At the end of the day what they charge to do tables is next to nothing compaired to the $$$$ earned by the table between recoverings. Mark and I were talking about it last month, he is a champion mechnic and he aint getting rich doing it, its bullshit that guys that are as good as any of the 4 guys in my post here dont have more work. I despise going into pool rooms and seeing cloth so lose it wrinkles up infront of your bridge hand. Let the weak/lazy mechnics do home installs for the interoior decorators with their burgandy colored tables that match the curtains, my biz partner spends 9 dimes on a purple table, makes me sick and it aint even close to being level.

 

[CrownCityCorey]

"True champions are touted by others as such, not by themselves"

- Corey Harper (2008)

Yes, all...........you have my permission to use that

 

[Fatboy]

"True champions are touted by others as such, not by themselves"

- Corey Harper (2008)

Yes, all...........you have my permission to use that

i'll make a note of that,


oh yeah one other thing i forgot to mention now that the great one gave us permission to use that quote . What I forgot to mention is pockets really dont matter to me...................I play so bad I dont use them often enought to really matter.

 

[BVal]

i'll make a note of that,


oh yeah one other thing i forgot to mention now that the great one gave us permission to use that quote . What I forgot to mention is pockets really dont matter to me...................I play so bad I dont use them often enought to really matter.

LOL - I would be the best player in the world if the object of the game was to hit the diamond closet to the pocket.

BVal

 

[realkingcobra]

What pisses me off, is that not ONE major pool tournament in this country gives credit to "ANY" billiards technicians for recovering and leveling the pool tables used in the tournaments! Credit is given to the cloth manufactures, the table manufactures, the players, the tournament directors, the host location, hell...even the guy that deliveres the pizza gets a thank you! BUT..if the tables roll off, or the cloth isn't just right...who gets blamed? Where would all these pool tournaments be if it wasn't for the billiards technicians that install the cloth, set up and level the tables??????? That's what's wrong with the Billiards Technicians industry! You're right, I think the 4 of use mentioned should be given the chance to all work together installing the Simonis cloth on some of these tables, and setting them up, and leveling them...as a way of saying...we're doing our part for this industry...why can't anyone see that?...and just be told...THANK YOU GUYS for your support!!!!

Glen

 

[JoeyInCali]

What pisses me off, is that not ONE major pool tournament in this country gives credit to "ANY" billiards technicians for recovering and leveling the pool tables used in the tournaments! Credit is given to the cloth manufactures, the table manufactures, the players, the tournament directors, the host location, hell...even the guy that deliveres the pizza gets a thank you! BUT..if the tables roll off, or the cloth isn't just right...who gets blamed? Where would all these pool tournaments be if it wasn't for the billiards technicians that install the cloth, set up and level the tables??????? That's what's wrong with the Billiards Technicians industry! You're right, I think the 4 of use mentioned should be given the chance to all work together installing the Simonis cloth on some of these tables, and setting them up, and leveling them...as a way of saying...we're doing our part for this industry...why can't anyone see that?...and just be told...THANK YOU GUYS for your support!!!!

Glen

Ernesto was thanked after the last Gabriel's Open in Vegas by Hopkins over the PA.

 

[realkingcobra]

Ernesto was thanked after the last Gabriel's Open in Vegas by Hopkins over the PA.

How many years did it take?

 

[Dawgie]

In the chain of labor from the original manuf. to the guy who sweeps the floor are all important to the final level table at a tournament. What is it you want a special trophy for doing your job.

I've read your bragging posts before and believe me you don't need a pat on the back from anyone. You do plenty of patting on the back yourself. There are many people who set things up and make things happen and don't have to ask for special recognition You are like a little baby about what you do. You always need someone to compliment you and if they don't you find a way to compliment yourself.

And your attitude really really sucks. You like to bash other peoples work to try and make yourself look better. If you're really as good as you think you are you wouldn't need to brag about yourself.

 

[realkingcobra]

In the chain of labor from the original manuf. to the guy who sweeps the floor are all important to the final level table at a tournament. What is it you want a special trophy for doing your job.

I've read your bragging posts before and believe me you don't need a pat on the back from anyone. You do plenty of patting on the back yourself. There are many people who set things up and make things happen and don't have to ask for special recognition You are like a little baby about what you do. You always need someone to compliment you and if they don't you find a way to compliment yourself.

And your attitude really really sucks. You like to bash other peoples work to try and make yourself look better. If you're really as good as you think you are you wouldn't need to brag about yourself.

My last comment was directed for all technicians, not for myself, as I seldom set up tables for tournaments, though I have recovered tables for the last 2 Reno open tournaments held in December. As far as bragging, I don't consider it bragging when you can back it up...do you?

 

[JoeyInCali]

My last comment was directed for all technicians, not for myself, as I seldom set up tables for tournaments, though I have recovered tables for the last 2 Reno open tournaments held in December. As far as bragging, I don't consider it bragging when you can back it up...do you?

Bragging:
brag (brg)
v. bragged, brag?ging, brags
v.intr.
To talk boastfully. See Synonyms at boast1.
v.tr.
To assert boastfully.
n.
1. A boast.
2. Arrogant or boastful speech or manner.
3. Something boasted of.
4. A braggart; a boaster.
5. Games A card game similar to poker.

 

[yobagua]

What pisses me off, is that not ONE major pool tournament in this country gives credit to "ANY" billiards technicians for recovering and leveling the pool tables used in the tournaments! Credit is given to the cloth manufactures, the table manufactures, the players, the tournament directors, the host location, hell...even the guy that deliveres the pizza gets a thank you! BUT..if the tables roll off, or the cloth isn't just right...who gets blamed? Where would all these pool tournaments be if it wasn't for the billiards technicians that install the cloth, set up and level the tables??????? That's what's wrong with the Billiards Technicians industry! You're right, I think the 4 of use mentioned should be given the chance to all work together installing the Simonis cloth on some of these tables, and setting them up, and leveling them...as a way of saying...we're doing our part for this industry...why can't anyone see that?...and just be told...THANK YOU GUYS for your support!!!!

Glen

If this is what really frustrates you and this the true bone of contention than I would agree with you. But if you are taking that frustrations out on other fellow professionals then you owe Ernesto a true apology. So far you have conducted yourself in an infantile manner. But you have to live with you, not me.

 

[midnightpulp]

We recovered the Globals many years ago. I must have been 5 or 6 then. 15-16 yrs ago. But we havent done them since as far as I know. Does it matter? Are you the on who does them? My dad played Kirkwood on one of those a year ago. Ill ask him when was the last time he did it since he's working now, on rails, of all things. I got school so I hardly work with him anymore...

All I know is Henry and Julie only wants us to touch the front tables. Does it matter? No. If he decides to call you or anyone else, they'd be doing us a favor. I dont want to fix tables for a living. Thats why my dad has busted his ass all his life to send me to private Catholic schools and given me great opportunities that he's never had.

We've fixed tables of multi millionaires in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, etc. So what. You not knocking my dad's work? Really? Who cares? Theres enough business for everyone. I doubt you can fix all the tables in the US.

The reason he alters the sub rail is he likes the way they play. Plain and simple. Years ago, our suppliers only carried K66 Artemis. I dont think K55 was even on the market then (20 yrs ago). So, he did our home table with K66, found they were the most consistent rubber he used. People got used to it and demanded that tables play like "those tables" which are now throughout So Cal and Nor Cal. Why would my dad change something that has gotten good reviews and created a consistency? He's gettin paid for WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS.

My phone line is open. Not in a battle to see whose work is best. Honestly, I can care less. If you want, you can have the "title" of "best mechanic in the country"... its all yours.

All I know is that you got action with me or my dad in any pool table game. We can play at Jay's table after you do your work. I doubt Jay would mind if we broke in his table with a little action...

Sorry everyone for sticking up for my dad. Not wanting to be a keyboard warrior. He's a great man and Im not letting anyone tarnish his image as a person or a table mechanic. He's not as knowledgable as Glen regarding mathematical dimensions. But he does his damn best to make sure things play well.

Tappity, tap, tap, tap.

 

[realkingcobra]

"True champions are touted by others as such, not by themselves"

- Corey Harper (2008)

Yes, all...........you have my permission to use that

"I AM THE GREATEST"

Mohammad Ali

Who could argue with that

Glen

 

[midnightpulp]

Cobra I think it reflects on your work when you conduct yourself in a most unprofessional manner. And that is by criticizing a fellow pro in public and especially on a public forum. You could have started a thread about the contradictions on installing pool rails. But this thread was started to applaud the efforts of one mans work. You turned it into a critique on this man and his earnest efforts to do good work. And that he is well known for.
I ask myself, what kind of man are you?, that you come on here and claim that you are more knowledgable and more expert than a fellow pro. Its like Efren coming on here criticizing Johnny Archer. He might have his own personal opinions but I dont think he broadcast them, tooting his own horn as a Master of the Table. Why? Because he has class. Yours are in question now, not your competitors. Frankly I think if you have differences you should air them to Ernesto himself. And frankly you should be ashamed of yourself for debasing an experienced pro and great gentleman who would never do the same to you.

Agreed.

I read his line of "I followed behind Ernesto a couple of times and straightened out some of the tables he's worked on already" as a passive-aggressive way of knocking Ernesto's work while at the same time promoting his own. Then he follows up this line with "Not knocking his work." Sure

 

[BigCat]

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And that is by criticizing a fellow pro in public and especially on a public forum. You could have started a thread about the contradictions on installing pool rails. But this thread was started to applaud the efforts of one mans work. You turned it into a critique on this man and his earnest efforts to do good work. And that he is well known for.

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He might have his own personal opinions but I dont think he broadcast them, tooting his own horn as a Master of the Table. Why? Because he has class. Yours are in question now, not your competitors. Frankly I think if you have differences you should air them to Ernesto himself. And frankly you should be ashamed of yourself for debasing an experienced pro and great gentleman who would never do the same to you.

This couldn't have been said better. This thread was started to applaud and celebrate a consummate professional and his fantastic work as a table mechanic and kingcobra comes on here to do nothing but knock down his work.

All credibility that kingcobra may or may not have had, is definitely lost in my eyes. I normally do not post on issues like this, but I feel this one is so over the top it deserves to be pointed out as one of the most classless things someone has done on this forum.

Ray

 

[jay helfert]

What pisses me off, is that not ONE major pool tournament in this country gives credit to "ANY" billiards technicians for recovering and leveling the pool tables used in the tournaments! Credit is given to the cloth manufactures, the table manufactures, the players, the tournament directors, the host location, hell...even the guy that deliveres the pizza gets a thank you! BUT..if the tables roll off, or the cloth isn't just right...who gets blamed? Where would all these pool tournaments be if it wasn't for the billiards technicians that install the cloth, set up and level the tables??????? That's what's wrong with the Billiards Technicians industry! You're right, I think the 4 of use mentioned should be given the chance to all work together installing the Simonis cloth on some of these tables, and setting them up, and leveling them...as a way of saying...we're doing our part for this industry...why can't anyone see that?...and just be told...THANK YOU GUYS for your support!!!!

Glen

I'm glad you brought this up. Back in the 80's and 90's when I was working a lot of the major tournaments, we almost exclusively used Brunswicks. There was a gentleman by the name of Al Conte who would fly in from New York to set up the eight tournament tables (and 2-4 practice tables). He was a fantastic table mechanic. How he did it, I do not know, but "his" tables played perfect every time. If there was a problem with a table, he would fix it immediately.

I always acknowledged Al on the mic and publicly thanked him for the good job he did. He was a private guy and I could rarely get him to peek his head out and wave to the crowd. I've never seen anyone do a better job setting up a table than AL CONTE. Thanks again Al for giving us such good equipment to play on!

Ernesto is another fine table mechanic IMO. So is Mark Gregory and Steve Leistikow and several others I know. Jesse from Jesse's Billiards does excellent work as does Gibby Tkatch. Who ever heard of these guys? Well I have for one. There are many good table mechanics and some not so good.

Glen has never set up a table for me, but he comes highly recommended. I am looking forward to my new Diamond table. And in two weeks when it arrives I will give you an update.

 

[realkingcobra]

This couldn't have been said better. This thread was started to applaud and celebrate a consummate professional and his fantastic work as a table mechanic and kingcobra comes on here to do nothing but knock down his work.

All credibility that kingcobra may or may not have had, is not definitely lost in my eyes. I normally do not post on issues like this, but I feel this one is so over the top it deserves to be pointed out as one of the most classless things someone has done on this forum.

Ray

I've never said Ernesto did bad work, I have said he does great work, what I have said, is that his choice of cushions is wrong...not the pocket work he does, not the leveling he does...not anything else, not even as a hard working dad. If you guys are so hell bent on trying to discredit me, so be it, I really don't care. Like I described already, I explained what was wrong with using K66 cushions on a Brunswick table, and I haven't seen one...not ONE of you corrected me in my explanation of why you don't install K66 cushions on Brunswick tables. I gave you the facts, but like always, facts never out weigh the opinions of those that are misinformed.

If you all want to make me out to be the bad boy of the billiards industry, I don't really care, I still have all the work I can handle and then some. If Ernesto wants to call me, that's fine too. I have no problem with Ernesto, but what's wrong is wrong, and your opinions don't, and won't change that. You haven't seen any other billiards technician posting in on this thread backing up Ernesto's use of K66 cushions on Brunswick tables...have you? Don't you kind of wonder why?????

Glen

 

[ravon]

glen

Glen how much do you charge to set up a 9 gold crown 4 w/860? I would be intrested in a price for making the pockets 4" also with new rubber.

 

[realkingcobra]

Glen how much do you charge to set up a 9 gold crown 4 w/860? I would be intrested in a price for making the pockets 4" also with new rubber.

Where are you located, as I try and stay in line with delivering pool tables all over the country

Glen

 

[poolhustler]

What pisses me off, is that not ONE major pool tournament in this country gives credit to "ANY" billiards technicians for recovering and leveling the pool tables used in the tournaments! Credit is given to the cloth manufactures, the table manufactures, the players, the tournament directors, the host location, hell...even the guy that deliveres the pizza gets a thank you! BUT..if the tables roll off, or the cloth isn't just right...who gets blamed? Where would all these pool tournaments be if it wasn't for the billiards technicians that install the cloth, set up and level the tables??????? That's what's wrong with the Billiards Technicians industry! You're right, I think the 4 of use mentioned should be given the chance to all work together installing the Simonis cloth on some of these tables, and setting them up, and leveling them...as a way of saying...we're doing our part for this industry...why can't anyone see that?...and just be told...THANK YOU GUYS for your support!!!!

Glen

Ernesto was thanked by Jay Helfert at the last Swanee Tournament also......

Russ.....