Gold Crown V castings

[OTLB]

Converting my snooker table back to pool I dropped the castings into the rails. Before setting up a GC V table I suggest checking the relief for the casting and if you like the flush look you will have to take off more of the undercut on the end of the rails. Took mine off with a chisel and belt sander. Entire procedure took about 1.5 hrs and makes the table top look and feel way better than stock.

Side profile shot of new rail and old snooker rail so you can see the difference.

 

[n10spool]

I think brunswick used some wet wood when making the rails almost all GC5 castings fit to high. Especialy the early ones I have heard the new ones are better but not perfect stil need to remove a few thousands here and there. The trick is to label and prefit them before clothing the rails.

I did a GC5 last week and Iall I could think about was how to fit the castings quicker for the next time.

Craig

 

[OTLB]

did you drop the castings? How did you put the top on, did you flip the entire unit? Thanks John

 

[realkingcobra]

I bolt the rails on the slate loose first, then fit the castings to the rails. Once you've trimmed the wood back, you still have to shim the castings so the points of the corner pocket castings don't stick up above the finish of the rails. Once I've fit each casting to each pocket and tighten them up, then I line up the rails, bolt them down tight, then I attach the blinds last.

Glen

 

[OTLB]

I agree, the blinds are easy to put on with the new corner brackets and easier to fit properly with the rails first.

 

[n10spool]

I didn't drop any it was my first GC5. I had a good idea on what I needed to do. When I got down to the nitty grity I had a game plan and doubled checked with Glen to see if I was on track to doing it right the first time. It took about 30 minutes with 2 people to fit all the casting's side's took the longest.

I actualy did it the long way bolted the rails on lose then did the corners first then the sides. Were i messed up was the customer wanted to switch the long blinds and it took a litle longer lining up the blinds hanging off the rails, so i took them off and did them on the floor much easierand held them up with a couple of bunjee cords until all the blind bolts were in.

Craig

 

[junkbond]

Two of the castings on my gold crown 5 need a little fine tuning to fit better. Can I just remove the two castings or do I need to loosen the rails from the slate before removing the castings? If so, can I loosen just the rails connected to the castings being removed or do I need to loosen all of the rails?

Thanks,
Howard

 

[realkingcobra]

Two of the castings on my gold crown 5 need a little fine tuning to fit better. Can I just remove the two castings or do I need to loosen the rails from the slate before removing the castings? If so, can I loosen just the rails connected to the castings being removed or do I need to loosen all of the rails?

Thanks,
Howard

If you unbolt the castings they'll come right off, no need to loosen any rail bolts at all

Glen

 

[junkbond]

Thanks, Glen. I'll pop those puppies off tomorrow and see what I can do.

 

[junkbond]

All done: It was a piece of cake. Thanks again, Glen.