I'll go first, my credentials as a self-proclaimed "Master Billiards Technician"
I started in this industry in September 1983 working for Queen City Billiards building home style pool tables, 7,8, and 9fts, 1 piece slates and 3 piece. Built a little over 300 tables in my time there. From what I know now, back then we built one of the best midrange tables on the market.
Quit in June 1984, to start my own billiards service business, didn't feel like I was doing enough to improve the players industry in the bars and pool rooms, at this time made the prediction that I was someday going to build the best coin-operated pool tables on earth...LOL.
From June 1984-June 1995, built the largest service business in Washington State with more than 300 bar/pool room accounts recovering over 1,000 tables a year. I pioneered the Iwan Simonis 760 cloth, as well as the Granito 2000 cloth in the bar table industry in the Pacific Northwest. I was also responsible for the major changes in the price of pool tables going from .25 cents a game to .50 cents a game in Washington State, as when I became so flooded with work, I started to decline recovering the pool tables in the bars that wouldn't change their prices, because they were the ones also that didn't want to pay my prices for recovering their pool tables because they only made .25 cents a game.
Quit in June 1995, turned over my service business to my younger brother. Started pursuing my dreams of the ultimate coin-operated pool table. Sold my first coin-operated pool table for $3,000 on July 15th, 1995.
From June 1995 to December 1999, built and sold 102 8ft coin-operated pool tables, and 26 9ft tables...called "King Cobra" pool tables. At the same time I also designed, built, and sold 200 King Cobra 2 platter ball polishers from Vancouver, Canada to San Diego, CA.
January 2000 started looking for a manufacture to build my tables. March of 2000, Tom at Global Billiards told me of Diamond Billiards wanting to build coin-operated pool tables, so I contacted them.
March 2000, drove out to their factory, met with Greg Sullivan and Chad Sharlow. Took Greg's proto type cue ball separator home with me to redesign it.
Returned to the Diamond factory in July 2000 with the redesigned cue ball separator, turned it over to Greg. It now worked on store bought batteries.
I did not design the entire Diamond "Smart Table", but did play a major role in its production as I had all the knowledge that Diamond didn't have when it came to building the "Smart Tables" If you look at the Diamond coin-operated pool tables, and the ProAms, they're kind of like a Heinz 57 dog, myself, Greg, Chad, Donny Hall all played a major part in creating this great pool table. Who did what is beside the point really, the bottom line is that the table was designed, built, produced, and improved on since it's conseption...by all of us involved.
I stayed on at Diamond until late January 2001 working closely with the factory as a consultant until I felt it was time to leave.
From February 2001 until now, I've been back to recovering pool tables and delivering pool tables as well. I work for Global Billiards selling their coin-operated pool tables, as well as occasionally selling some Diamond coin-operated pool tables too, as I also work for 2 different finance companies also, for the purpose of financing pool tables for bars and room owners.
So, let me clarify this for Greg Sullivan, as he would rather I not be possibly thought of as working for Diamond. I do not, and have not...ever worked for the Diamond factory, other than in the capacity that I have already described above, as a consultant.
I do however deliver a lot of their pool tables throughout the United States, but Diamond bills the customer for that, then pays me.
Now, for my abilities.
(1) I can recover bar tables as well as any other pool tables on the market, to perfection.
(2) I can repair broken slate in most cases to perfection.
(3) I can level any slates on any tables built, 1 piece, 3 piece, 5 piece...it don't matter to me. BUT, that don't mean I'll do it on junk tables, that's my choice.
(4) I can replace rail rubber to perfection, including shimming pockets if necessary, or requested.
(5) I can recover any pool table built, to include snooker tables and billiards tables without puckers or loose cloth.
(6) I can and do move pool tables, home style, coin-operated, don't matter to me, they're all easy.
(7) I have perfected a method of installing the bed cloth on pool tables that is unmatched and unchallenged by any billiards technician in this country, unless you learned it from me, as some have.
(8) I can recover feather striped rails, or bar rails to perfection with ease.
(9) I can repair or fix almost anything wrong with a pool table within reason.
(10) I can and have built replacement rails for Valley/Dynamo/Global as well as every other kind of coin-operated pool table in Washington State, and will soon be offering these new, better, after market rails to billiards technicians across the country for distribution replacement rails.
(11) And last but most importantly, I can teach my trade to others with ease, as this is maybe one of my best assets of this trade, and I do have the desire to pass them on to others who want to learn, or improve their skills.
Glen
PS. I forgot to add that I've also owned 3 pool rooms in the past, one with 37 tables, and was also a vendor for several years in the bar table industry.
I started in this industry in September 1983 working for Queen City Billiards building home style pool tables, 7,8, and 9fts, 1 piece slates and 3 piece. Built a little over 300 tables in my time there. From what I know now, back then we built one of the best midrange tables on the market.
Quit in June 1984, to start my own billiards service business, didn't feel like I was doing enough to improve the players industry in the bars and pool rooms, at this time made the prediction that I was someday going to build the best coin-operated pool tables on earth...LOL.
From June 1984-June 1995, built the largest service business in Washington State with more than 300 bar/pool room accounts recovering over 1,000 tables a year. I pioneered the Iwan Simonis 760 cloth, as well as the Granito 2000 cloth in the bar table industry in the Pacific Northwest. I was also responsible for the major changes in the price of pool tables going from .25 cents a game to .50 cents a game in Washington State, as when I became so flooded with work, I started to decline recovering the pool tables in the bars that wouldn't change their prices, because they were the ones also that didn't want to pay my prices for recovering their pool tables because they only made .25 cents a game.
Quit in June 1995, turned over my service business to my younger brother. Started pursuing my dreams of the ultimate coin-operated pool table. Sold my first coin-operated pool table for $3,000 on July 15th, 1995.
From June 1995 to December 1999, built and sold 102 8ft coin-operated pool tables, and 26 9ft tables...called "King Cobra" pool tables. At the same time I also designed, built, and sold 200 King Cobra 2 platter ball polishers from Vancouver, Canada to San Diego, CA.
January 2000 started looking for a manufacture to build my tables. March of 2000, Tom at Global Billiards told me of Diamond Billiards wanting to build coin-operated pool tables, so I contacted them.
March 2000, drove out to their factory, met with Greg Sullivan and Chad Sharlow. Took Greg's proto type cue ball separator home with me to redesign it.
Returned to the Diamond factory in July 2000 with the redesigned cue ball separator, turned it over to Greg. It now worked on store bought batteries.
I did not design the entire Diamond "Smart Table", but did play a major role in its production as I had all the knowledge that Diamond didn't have when it came to building the "Smart Tables" If you look at the Diamond coin-operated pool tables, and the ProAms, they're kind of like a Heinz 57 dog, myself, Greg, Chad, Donny Hall all played a major part in creating this great pool table. Who did what is beside the point really, the bottom line is that the table was designed, built, produced, and improved on since it's conseption...by all of us involved.
I stayed on at Diamond until late January 2001 working closely with the factory as a consultant until I felt it was time to leave.
From February 2001 until now, I've been back to recovering pool tables and delivering pool tables as well. I work for Global Billiards selling their coin-operated pool tables, as well as occasionally selling some Diamond coin-operated pool tables too, as I also work for 2 different finance companies also, for the purpose of financing pool tables for bars and room owners.
So, let me clarify this for Greg Sullivan, as he would rather I not be possibly thought of as working for Diamond. I do not, and have not...ever worked for the Diamond factory, other than in the capacity that I have already described above, as a consultant.
I do however deliver a lot of their pool tables throughout the United States, but Diamond bills the customer for that, then pays me.
Now, for my abilities.
(1) I can recover bar tables as well as any other pool tables on the market, to perfection.
(2) I can repair broken slate in most cases to perfection.
(3) I can level any slates on any tables built, 1 piece, 3 piece, 5 piece...it don't matter to me. BUT, that don't mean I'll do it on junk tables, that's my choice.
(4) I can replace rail rubber to perfection, including shimming pockets if necessary, or requested.
(5) I can recover any pool table built, to include snooker tables and billiards tables without puckers or loose cloth.
(6) I can and do move pool tables, home style, coin-operated, don't matter to me, they're all easy.
(7) I have perfected a method of installing the bed cloth on pool tables that is unmatched and unchallenged by any billiards technician in this country, unless you learned it from me, as some have.
(8) I can recover feather striped rails, or bar rails to perfection with ease.
(9) I can repair or fix almost anything wrong with a pool table within reason.
(10) I can and have built replacement rails for Valley/Dynamo/Global as well as every other kind of coin-operated pool table in Washington State, and will soon be offering these new, better, after market rails to billiards technicians across the country for distribution replacement rails.
(11) And last but most importantly, I can teach my trade to others with ease, as this is maybe one of my best assets of this trade, and I do have the desire to pass them on to others who want to learn, or improve their skills.
Glen
PS. I forgot to add that I've also owned 3 pool rooms in the past, one with 37 tables, and was also a vendor for several years in the bar table industry.
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Must be due to the wizdom you possess 
