Just Bought a GC1 But Have Questions

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martymar25

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Hi there AZ'er I'm new here but after research I purchased a used Brunswick GC1. Heres my question, The table was already dissassembled but i would like to know, Is there a way to find out if the pockets are shimmed without assembling the table?
I'm used to playing on a diamond with 4 1/2 inch pockets and would like to know how large are the standard pockets for the GC?
 
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You can feel in the pockets where the facings are..you can tell the difference in hardness at the points of the cushions to tell if there are several facings stacked up'
If you have the table and its dissambled I suggest that you have it recoverd, now is the best time to do so. You will be happy you did'
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Rob.M
 
dontlitethat said:
You can feel in the pockets where the facings are..you can tell the difference in hardness at the points of the cushions to tell if there are several facings stacked up'
If you have the table and its dissambled I suggest that you have it recoverd, now is the best time to do so. You will be happy you did'
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Rob.M
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You MAY be able to feel the facings, and MAY be able to tell the difference in hardness of the cushions...if you know what they should feel like in the first place. The best way to tell your pocket size is to bolt a corner casting to a couple of the corner rails, line it up, square it up and measure it. That way you don't have to have everything together to find out what you've got.

Rob is right though, now is the best time to recover it while everything is apart and the bed cloth is already off. If you want to change pocket size, you'll have to replace the rail cloth anyway. Good luck, and let us know if you have any more questions.
 
Thanks for your help guys I felt the facing and its firmer than the rest of the cushions but it feels only about 1/4 of an inch thick.Is there a size pocket his would represent?
 
Club Billiards said:
You MAY be able to feel the facings, and MAY be able to tell the difference in hardness of the cushions...if you know what they should feel like in the first place. The best way to tell your pocket size is to bolt a corner casting to a couple of the corner rails, line it up, square it up and measure it. That way you don't have to have everything together to find out what you've got.

Rob is right though, now is the best time to recover it while everything is apart and the bed cloth is already off. If you want to change pocket size, you'll have to replace the rail cloth anyway. Good luck, and let us know if you have any more questions.
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Josh is right just lay a couple of rails on the slates line them up and there you go. There might be a way to measure the length of the rail but then the facing angle or mouth opening angle will effect that pocket opening measurement. Ugh I need more coffee.
 
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martymar25 said:
... but i would like to know, Is there a way to find out if the pockets are shimmed without assembling the table? ...
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Pull a couple of staples from the rail ends and look if not recovering,
Agree with the others - if you plan new cloth now is the time to do it and
get to examine each rail for any problem (i.e. loose cushion in places).
 
This is what I mean. This is a set of rails I worked on recently.

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Bolt up a casting to two adjecent rails, then measure across from one tip of the rubber to the other tip. That's the width of your pocket.

Of course you'll be doing this with the cloth on the table still, but that's the measurement you want. If the opening is wider than what you want, you'll want subrail extensions installed. If the opening is right where you want it, but you've got stacked facings on each rail, you'll want subrail extensions installed.

Let me know if this doesn't make sense and I'l ltry to help you better.
 
Club Billiards said:
This is what I mean. This is a set of rails I worked on recently.

TomDCastings.jpg


Bolt up a casting to two adjecent rails, then measure across from one tip of the rubber to the other tip. That's the width of your pocket.

Of course you'll be doing this with the cloth on the table still, but that's the measurement you want. If the opening is wider than what you want, you'll want subrail extensions installed. If the opening is right where you want it, but you've got stacked facings on each rail, you'll want subrail extensions installed.

Let me know if this doesn't make sense and I'l ltry to help you better.
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Now I understand what you mean. Thank a million!
 
That's normal. Your table is most likely not double shimmed. To get to a 4-1/2" pocket, you should probably have your subrails extended to add the 1/4" in length to the rail on each side of the pocket. You don't want to stack facings (double shim) or use a single facing that thick, or the pockets won't play right.
 
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