HELP! With GC II

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leaseman

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SOOOooooo, I agree to help a friend recover his GC II... I have recovered many, many, III's and IV's, but never a I or II....how difficult could it be right??? OK, so we have 9 hours invested now, and we can't get the....well, never mind, the skirts on...I mean, how do you work that? How do you reconnect the skirts? HELP!!!!!! I'm losing my mind with this.... What is the trick I am missing? Oh, btw, it is a ball return.....those tracks always seem to be in the way...
Bob
 
Its a machined tounge and groove. Put them in at an angle then push in in towards the table. Have a friend hold the long apron while you put the side apron on. Then attach them together with the two screws for the brackets in the corner. Then do the same thing for the other two.

If the ball return is really in the way, remove it then reinstall it afterwards.
 
Do as CaptiveBred says, the only thing I can add to that is to make sure the channel that the apron slides into is lined up with the pocket castings exactly or it will bind/break possibly when you pull them together.The last GC1 I did I did alone and it was tricky. Some mechanics build the entire top upside down on the floor or on the table and then lift it and set it down and then there's only the rail bolts to connect, others install the rails/aprons one at a time. Which way do you do it?
 
A couple of assembly keys

I owned a GCI for twenty years and always did the work alone. Its important to ensure the tongue is fully seated entirely across the rail channel before you "swing it in". And, as one poster mentioned, make sure you have the apron centered. It is essential to attach the ball storage box and short aprons first. Then, you can observe the mating corners of the long apron and short apron by giving the long apron a "test swing" to ensure it mates cleanly at the foot corners (no gaps). That way, the head apron will fit right in as the final apron.
 
I also made sure to put some grease in the groove. This really made a difference in all aspects of the tounge and groove system. Centering it is easy if it is greased up...

I did one by myself once - I put duct tape on the long apron and after I swung it in, I strung the tape under the table and attached it to the leg stretcher. This held it in so I could put the short ones on to hold it together.
 
It worked!

How the heck you guys did that alone is beyond me. The first mistake that I made was connecting the head rail, then the sides then the ball return box. I guess I did it backwards. I tell you, it is a great table to play on, but no way I will do one of these again. Give the simple stuff! I think I had 10 hours to recover that table....
 
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