Today I celebrate 10 YEARS IN THE BILLIARD INDUSTRY!! I just received my first deposit of the next DECADE in the mail a few minutes ago!!! I am very proud of my business and its growth. I never thought it would go this far. My wife Lesley has been an essential part of all of it and recently started selling cues & listing pool tables. I am turning much of the business over to her as I venture into the world of POOL TABLE LIGHTING!!! Getting into this business has been one of the best decisions that I have made in my career life to date. I have learned so much from this forum and its many great mechanic members! Even many of the people on here who do not work on tables have helped me as well. I appreciate all of you!!!
I want to thank @azhousepro for all of his patience/ tolerance of me and my passion. He has been doing this for 23 years and is an ESSENTIAL part of our industry. There are so many people on this forum that have helped me learn my skillset. I am very proud to say this: the only 2 mechanics I have ever worked with IN PERSON are:
Jay Spielberg ( @A-1 billiards ) in Manchester , New Hampshire and Jamie Pluta from Minnesota. Jay gave me the only lesson I have had stretching cloth that I have had in person. He is currently working on RETIRING and I can say I think he has had the best & longest career in this business out of anyone I have found. CONGRATS JAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRITBUTIONS TO OUR INDUSTRY!!! I contracted Jamie Pluta to help me with an install for my biggest Corp. client PunchBowl Social and worked together at their Minneapolis location. He showed me the Wiss Paddle pliers and told me how he glued sandpaper to the paddles for grip!! I innovated on that with SKATEBOARD GRIPTAPE and have used them ever since.
Thank you all for the good, bad and the ugly. You have to have "thick skin" to be on this forum and in this industry.
A pretty smart guy ( Glen Hancock) said this on here once in the beginning of my career "leave him alone, this business will dictate who comes and goes." I appreciate that person for all the time he has spent with me and still to this day: I have never met him in person.... Pretty crazy right!!??
All of this has lead to me inventing the patent pending Multi-Media Intelligent Pool Table LIGHT pictured below! Time to shine!!!
The most important event that this business has lead me to was my wife and I were BLESSED BY GOD to have our Daughter Hannah Lee!!
Thanks to all from: The McRitchie's of Toledo!
The tools pictured below are some of my favorite and most useful.
Here is a link to MOST of my restoration photo Albums on Facebook:
No login required for those not on FB, my business is public on there!!
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I want to thank @azhousepro for all of his patience/ tolerance of me and my passion. He has been doing this for 23 years and is an ESSENTIAL part of our industry. There are so many people on this forum that have helped me learn my skillset. I am very proud to say this: the only 2 mechanics I have ever worked with IN PERSON are:
Jay Spielberg ( @A-1 billiards ) in Manchester , New Hampshire and Jamie Pluta from Minnesota. Jay gave me the only lesson I have had stretching cloth that I have had in person. He is currently working on RETIRING and I can say I think he has had the best & longest career in this business out of anyone I have found. CONGRATS JAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRITBUTIONS TO OUR INDUSTRY!!! I contracted Jamie Pluta to help me with an install for my biggest Corp. client PunchBowl Social and worked together at their Minneapolis location. He showed me the Wiss Paddle pliers and told me how he glued sandpaper to the paddles for grip!! I innovated on that with SKATEBOARD GRIPTAPE and have used them ever since.
Thank you all for the good, bad and the ugly. You have to have "thick skin" to be on this forum and in this industry.
A pretty smart guy ( Glen Hancock) said this on here once in the beginning of my career "leave him alone, this business will dictate who comes and goes." I appreciate that person for all the time he has spent with me and still to this day: I have never met him in person.... Pretty crazy right!!??
All of this has lead to me inventing the patent pending Multi-Media Intelligent Pool Table LIGHT pictured below! Time to shine!!!
The most important event that this business has lead me to was my wife and I were BLESSED BY GOD to have our Daughter Hannah Lee!!
Thanks to all from: The McRitchie's of Toledo!
The tools pictured below are some of my favorite and most useful.
Here is a link to MOST of my restoration photo Albums on Facebook:
No login required for those not on FB, my business is public on there!!
8 On the Break Toledo
8 On the Break Toledo. 786 likes. Vintage Brunswick Pool Tables. We restore Brunswick Centennial, Anniversary and Gold Crowns.
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