Finally my own pooltable!!!

Roy Steffensen

Roy Steffensen

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I live on a small island, Kvitsoy, outside Stavanger, Norway in Northern Europe, and if I want to practise pool I will have to travel with ferry for 30 minutes, then by car for 30 minutes. Add waiting time for the ferry, and total time travelling is almost 2,5 hours every day.

Finally I have got a pooltable, but unfortunately I didn't have enough space to have it in my house. Luckily a company here wanted to help me, and they have given me access to their exercise-room, and said I can put up the table in there and use the room as much as I want. They had a pingpong-table there, but none of the staff uses neither the table or the room, so I have moved the pingpong-table away :)

Not only do I get a pooltable 3,5 kilometers from my home, I will also get full access to a room filled with exercise-equipment like weights, bike, wallbars, wardrobe, shower, lockers etc., so now I can improve my body and health aswell as my game ;) It's actually perfect, since I have started to run that distance twice a week. Now I can run there twice a week, lift some weights, then shower, practise some pool and walk back home again.

Almost done with the table. Have levelled it, and need to put on the cloth now, will do that tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully I will practise a lot this weekend :D

The table is a danish model, Soren Sogaard. It is pretty old, but I got it cheap. I will tighten the pockets, put on new rails, use tournament cloth and voila, it's just like any other pooltable :p

Just excited, wanted to share it with you
 
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Congrats on your new table Roy. But doese this mean other people can come in and play on your table when your not there? Johnnyt
 
Thats wonderful I can only imagine how nice that will be. I recently played some 3 cushion billiards in California in a hall called Garlic city billiards in Gilroy. They had a Soren Sogaard table there and it looked great and was heated. We don't talk much about this particular table but here is a link to one of the pages to their older tables.http://www.soren-sogaard.dk/eng/Praktisk/glborde.htm
 
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Congrats on your new table Roy. But doese this mean other people can come in and play on your table when your not there? Johnnyt
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That is a real good point because you really don't know who they might bring to play on the table - who knows a pool party may be going on right now!! I'm sure they would rather play pool than ping pong anytime!! Have played on a heated Sogard Billiard table but never on a Sogard pocket table. However you could always replace with a coin bar box and you got some coins coming in when your not there.
 
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Roy,
You should just give realkingcobra a PM and have him drop by and pimp that table out.

For Realkingcobra: Distance doesn't matter. Brand doesn't matter. Age doesn't matter. Location doesn't matter. Price doesn't even matter.

Hell, Realkingcobra could weave Simonis type performance from wool shaved from the back of your youngest lambs. With just the tools in the back of his truck he could manufacture you some one inch slate for that table with silt obtained from Mississippi River and left over clay originally used to create Adam and Eve. He could easily throw in a leveling system custom made just for your table so that you could play on it while crossing on a ferry.

Enjoy your table. :D
JoeyA
 
I run 5 miles a day, and work out at the gym 3 days a week. The only way I can do it is by drinking a gallon (at least) of draft beer a day (it's good fer ya'). I do all this to stay in SUPREME ( at least tonight ) gambling shape.:D
 
cool beans!

Which is just my way of saying GOOD DEAL! Few things will do as much for your game as simply getting in the daily practice. Nicer to have a table in your home but having one close by is far better than not.

I have a real itch for my own table but no chance right now.

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Roy Steffensen said:
I live on a small island, Kvitsoy, outside Stavanger, Norway in Northern Europe, and if I want to practise pool I will have to travel with ferry for 30 minutes, then by car for 30 minutes. Add waiting time for the ferry, and total time travelling is almost 2,5 hours every day.

Finally I have got a pooltable, but unfortunately I didn't have enough space to have it in my house. Luckily a company here wanted to help me, and they have given me access to their exercise-room, and said I can put up the table in there and use the room as much as I want. They had a pingpong-table there, but none of the staff uses neither the table or the room, so I have moved the pingpong-table away :)

Not only do I get a pooltable 3,5 kilometers from my home, I will also get full access to a room filled with exercise-equipment like weights, bike, wallbars, wardrobe, shower, lockers etc., so now I can improve my body and health aswell as my game ;) It's actually perfect, since I have started to run that distance twice a week. Now I can run there twice a week, lift some weights, then shower, practise some pool and walk back home again.

Almost done with the table. Have levelled it, and need to put on the cloth now, will do that tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully I will practise a lot this weekend :D

The table is a danish model, Soren Sogaard. It is pretty old, but I got it cheap. I will tighten the pockets, put on new rails, use tournament cloth and voila, it's just like any other pooltable :p

Just excited, wanted to share it with you
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Very happy for your Roy.. and by the way.. thanks for all you add to the forum. Your post and threads are most always helpful and informative.

As Watchez says.. pics would be cool.
 
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Roy!
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Rubyron said:
Sheesh, that must be all the way on the other side of the island. :D

Congratulations on the table.
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That is in fact SO true :D :D :D

I will put up some pics, but I will wait till I have finished the table ;)
 
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I didn't finish the table today, because some minor problems. Will have to finish it tomorrow...

But since so many asked for pics:

This is what the table hopefully will look like when it's finished
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Players using Z-shaft is always welcome to play!
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This is the dress code for women using my table
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Finally it is good to see that even though my nephew doesn't play pool, we still share some of the same interests ;)
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Johnnyt said:
Congrats on your new table Roy. But doese this mean other people can come in and play on your table when your not there? Johnnyt
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Yeah, if they want they can play as much as they want. Only 5 people working there now, (edited: 5 people get their salary from that company, but I guess only 1 actually do some work) and I seriously doubt any of them have any interest at all. If this can help them get some interest it is fine for me.

BUT, if they want to play, they will have no cue to play with, so I guess my table will be left alone ;)
 
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Roy is a happy fella! That pic you posted of what yours will look like when it grows up - that's a sweet looking design (I had never heard of this make). Is yours 9'?

Congrats! Party on Roy's Island! :thumbup:
 
Roy Steffensen said:
Yeah, if they want they can play as much as they want. Only 5 people working there now, (edited: 5 people get their salary from that company, but I guess only 1 actually do some work) and I seriously doubt any of them have any interest at all. If this can help them get some interest it is fine for me.

BUT, if they want to play, they will have no cue to play with, so I guess my table will be left alone ;)
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Get a cover for it...that will give them another hint to stay away from it. Johnnyt
 
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