Help with glued slate

[BunnMan]

I'm moving cross country and tried to take my table apart tonight to prep it to be packed. The three pieces of slate are glued together somehow. I thought I remembered the last guy that assembled it telling me something about gluing the slate. I've googled and youtubed this to death and can't find anything on it. Everybody else just pulls all the bolts and screws and the slate comes right off. Mine won't split at the joints. All the screws are out and I can moved the whole big slab around as one piece but the slates won't separate. Anybody heard of this? Any idea what kind of glue it is and what I could do to get it to release? Heat? Acetone?

Thanks for any help...I don't wanna break it!!

I'm new so it won't let me post photos of the seams if you pm me I can email them.


-BunnMan

 

[JZMechanix]

use a little leverage

Use a heavy duty flathead screwdriver to pry the slate apart. Insert it at the seam on the edge of the slate between the backer boards and pry it open. You can also use a hammer or mallet to help get the tip in between there so you get some leverage.

More examples here...http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=297835

 

[Club Billiards]

Use a heavy duty flathead screwdriver to pry the slate apart. Insert it at the seam on the edge of the slate between the backer boards and pry it open. You can also use a hammer or mallet to help get the tip in between there so you get some leverage.

More examples here...http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=297835

It can also help to score the seam with a blade before prying apart.