How to tell the difference between a good, and bad table mechanic.

realkingcobra said:
Well, look at it this way then. 99% of all pool tables that have to be replaces for reasons of "worn out" really means the mechanics that have been working on those pool tables have torn them up! The more staples you put in rails, is the more you have to pull out. When the staples are sunk into the wood, they have to be dug out, unless for course, you have to follow behind a hack that has been recovering the same tables over and over, and now you're the one being asked to make the table play right again, and you find out the last 5 times the rails were recovered, the staples were never pulled out, leaving to room to put more staples in! OR, the rails look like these do, because they've been so abused by the pervious hacks, that even 1/2" long staples won't hold the cloth anymore. Then you have to pay someone to rebuild the rails, because you bought your Dream GC3 finally, and you want to get it set up so you can play on it!
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I love the way rails look after new sub-rails are properly installed and reworked. They are beautiful, too bad we have to hide them under felt (is that the proper word for pool table cloth today)???:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
realkingcobra said:
I like using pneumatic staple guns, because you can pull the trigger, and the hammer stays extended out. Then you can belt sand it flush to the nose of the stapler, then the hammer can't sink the staple into the cloth below the surface of the wood, meaning you don't tear out the wood getting the staples pulled out. For the cloth under the bottom side I use 1/4" leg, 1/2" crown.
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Thanks Glen, do you mind if I give you a Buzzzz in a couple hours? I hate to impose but I have a question for you.
Thanks and Thoughts, Much appreciated!!!
 
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