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Had an English Professor ask our class of undergraduates, “Can you install a toilet?” then he asked, “Can you put on a roof?” To all those who said “no” he said, “So what the hell are you doing in college? You can't keep a roof over your head and you can't keep yourself clean?

As an “older” student I could do both, but he had a point.

I can also install a pool table, I did it about five times. Never had any real problems. Maybe had to readjust for level after the floor settled. One time I had to put 4 X 4 posts in the basement under the table legs so the table would stay level. Never had any real trouble changing cloth, rails or whatever. Even refinished the sides of the table after my son-in-law left it broken down outside for a year.

Course my work never compared to King Cobra's (I have seen photos of his fantastic work)but it worked well enough for me and friends who could shoot reasonably well.

So if you can install a toilet, fix a roof and do other handy man stuff, a pool table is just one more piece of equipment. RTFM
 
Had an English Professor ask our class of undergraduates, “Can you install a toilet?” then he asked, “Can you put on a roof?” To all those who said “no” he said, “So what the hell are you doing in college? You can't keep a roof over your head and you can't keep yourself clean?

As an “older” student I could do both, but he had a point.

I can also install a pool table, I did it about five times. Never had any real problems. Maybe had to readjust for level after the floor settled. One time I had to put 4 X 4 posts in the basement under the table legs so the table would stay level. Never had any real trouble changing cloth, rails or whatever. Even refinished the sides of the table after my son-in-law left it broken down outside for a year.

Course my work never compared to King Cobra's (I have seen photos of his fantastic work)but it worked well enough for me and friends who could shoot reasonably well.

So if you can install a toilet, fix a roof and do other handy man stuff, a pool table is just one more piece of equipment. RTFM

Joe..DYI'ers are a rare breed of people in todays world;)
 
There is a perfect example. Diamond can design the rails so they are impossible to misassemble, and not rely on a mechanic looking for numbers to line up.

Another example is the markings you put on simonis to consistently stretch the cloth the same amount. Those can be put on by simonis in their factory.

I'm not saying its right or wrong, just that you can put more thought into the design of something, and then make the necessary skill of the installer be less. Its the whole way the design world works: Make the design as easy as possible, that you can hire unskilled workers to do the job. This is true from everything from fast food employees, to people working in an automotive assembly line.

Easier said than done. Cars are pretty much built that way and you could not even begin to believe how bad people eff them up. Everyone has a neighbor who works on cars, what they should be asking this neighbor is does he actually fix any or just work on them.:eek:
 
Brunswick has always offered the newer rails/skirts/pockets for sale without the rest of the table, as the rails will bolt onto any GC produced in the past.
I'M reluctant to make another reference to my Rozel Minnesota Fats table in fear that a few posters might instantly put me on their ignore list, but is it possible I could purchase GC rails and have them installed on my table? That would be exactly what I'm looking for. The table has gone off level 5 times in 42 years. The balls bounce weakly off the cushions because as a few mechanics theorized from looking at the pics, the rails are made out of fibrewood. I confirmed this as the case. The only thing I want is the ball to bounce properly. I simply can't get in position for a break shot in 14.1 the way the ball bounces now. If I have to buy a new table to improve things, I will; but if it is possible to install GC rails on my table, that would be great.
 
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