Finally Bought a Table

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Highroller54

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OK Guys,

After months of searching for the right price and the right area, I today landed a 4.5 x 9 fot Gandy big G, Drop Pocket version. Although it needs some work, it's solid as a rock. Ok Now I need yo help Identifiing a few things.

1. This is the first White Big G I have seen, is this a normal color or special oder.
2. This tables slates have steel or maybe aluminum dowel pins 3 in each the Head and foot slates.
3. From what I know Gandys had 1" slate, well I didn't actually measure, was too busy breaking the table down for transport, but the slates are way thicker than 1".
4. What Model is this and from what year, the foundation/Feet are two massive units with a center top strecther bar, no levels but big rubber looking feet.

Thanks Guys I am stoked to say the least, the table only needs refelted and someone to correct the crummy pocket shimming job and were off to the races, although I do need a side pocket and a real elbow grease cleanup, the table is nasty, even the slate is nasty with drink spills and such.

What Pockets will fit this table, also whats the best way to clean the slates. When I still worked as a Millwright we used Honeing stones with WD40 to clean up mating surfaces on Turbines, is this permissable or is there another method to get the gunk off.

Thanks Guys for all the help!



Highroller54
 

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It may be paint i went to a pool hall in Columbus ga the golden cue they had big g i think they were just like that. Shim the pockets and make sure u got simonis on it..looks kind of tight in that room
 
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Highroller54 said:
OK Guys,

After months of searching for the right price and the right area, I today landed a 4.5 x 9 fot Gandy big G, Drop Pocket version. Although it needs some work, it's solid as a rock. Ok Now I need yo help Identifiing a few things.

1. This is the first White Big G I have seen, is this a normal color or special oder.
2. This tables slates have steel or maybe aluminum dowel pins 3 in each the Head and foot slates.
3. From what I know Gandys had 1" slate, well I didn't actually measure, was too busy breaking the table down for transport, but the slates are way thicker than 1".
4. What Model is this and from what year, the foundation/Feet are two massive units with a center top strecther bar, no levels but big rubber looking feet.

Thanks Guys I am stoked to say the least, the table only needs refelted and someone to correct the crummy pocket shimming job and were off to the races, although I do need a side pocket and a real elbow grease cleanup, the table is nasty, even the slate is nasty with drink spills and such.

What Pockets will fit this table, also whats the best way to clean the slates. When I still worked as a Millwright we used Honeing stones with WD40 to clean up mating surfaces on Turbines, is this permissable or is there another method to get the gunk off.

Thanks Guys for all the help!



Highroller54
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You're measuring the backing and the slate together, Gandy Big G used 1" backed slates.
 
The room I play at used to have Gandy "Big G's"....I love the way they play. Congrats on your purchase..nice table.
 
Big 'g'

I sold an identical table back in summer of 1970 or 1971. White was an option - it is not paint.

This was top model made by Gandy in Macon, Georgia.

Slates are a fat 1" - to 1 1/16"

Many slates back then had the brass pins.

Cin-caro pockets should fit - they will obviously have to be cut down. Not sure if they still make them by that brand, but championship cloth bought the company a few years ago.

The wood (frame and rails) tend to be soft (philipine mahogany is what I was told).

Be careful around the rail anchor plates. The screws are often stripped out and you possibly need to 'turn' them to get fresh wood.

Good luck and enjoy it!

Mark Griffin
 
Mark Thank You, I took the table apart my self when I bought it. So far I found no bolts stripped at all, I checked them before taking them out. Yes the Frame is stamped philipine mahogany. When I unload the table today I will measure the slates, the slates do have pins, and looking at the slate minus the backings it is much thicker than one inch and heavy as H*LL. It looks as if the table was only reclothed and disassemble twice in its life. The person I got it from has had it for over 15 years and never relothed it. AKA the entire table is grungy as H*LL, in fact nasty. He got it from the original owner. At looking at the backing there are very few staple hole in the wood backing, and only two sets of slate screw holes. Who ever assembled it 15 years ago in the persons house, didn't get the table slates square on the frame. They were mounted cockeyed if you know what I mean. The center slate, you could see approx 1/4" of a crossmember and the other side of the center slate you coulded see the cross memeber at all. When I removed the slate you could see the original marks laid out by who ever assemble the table at it original owners and they were square.

Mark Griffin said:
I sold an identical table back in summer of 1970 or 1971. White was an option - it is not paint.

This was top model made by Gandy in Macon, Georgia.

Slates are a fat 1" - to 1 1/16"

Many slates back then had the brass pins.

Cin-caro pockets should fit - they will obviously have to be cut down. Not sure if they still make them by that brand, but championship cloth bought the company a few years ago.

The wood (frame and rails) tend to be soft (philipine mahogany is what I was told).

Be careful around the rail anchor plates. The screws are often stripped out and you possibly need to 'turn' them to get fresh wood.

Good luck and enjoy it!

Mark Griffin
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