Let's Discuss Plywood Rails
- Thread starter rexus31
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That looks like the rail took a hit on the edge in that location.
As I said in another thread, obviously, something or someone bumped the table. The laminate still shouldn't crack. I've been around A LOT of Gold Crown's in my 30+ years of playing and I've never seen the laminate crack like that. Never, and we're talking about tables that were 30-60 years old along the way in heavy commercial use. These have been in play for what? A couple weeks? My buddy accidentally bumped his GCI with his massive gun safe. The damage want's even close to this. IMO, they're cheaply made junk. I'm not sure how they plan to compete against Diamond in the 7' market with issues like this.
I'm thinking it was dropped maybe. Either way they don't seem to be very rugged.
Yup, vey delicate and certainly not commercial grade, IMO.
Obviously dropped on the side. The trim is bent too.
Not commercial grade. It was most likely damaged on a cart, which the table is not designed to be moved on. No way I'd pony up the money for one of these when I could have a Diamond at just about the same price. Have you ever seen a Valley damaged like that?
Could it be due to a skirt bolt
How strong is aspen plywood?
Aspen is quite weak, being half as strong, or less, than red oak. The bending strength (MOR) is 8400 psi and the elasticity is 1.2 million psi. The hardness is only 350 pounds. Nevertheless, aspen is still strong enough to be used for studs in home building, pallets, and some other structural uses
in other words, if another pool table was stacked on top of those rails, the weight of that table, could in fact, crush the rail it was sitting on if not very well protected.
There was aanother table manufacturer by the name of Kasson that manufactured their rails out of plywood as well, lasted a few years in a pool room, but I think they've all found their way to the burning pile by now.
That rail has been crushed by the weight of another table stacked on top of it!
It kind of reminds me of marine grade plywood which lots of time is fir or pine. I could be wrong though. That marine grade stuff is quite strong. I still don't think it's the proper material for rails though.
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Except they didn't arrive strapped down, they were stacked in the back of the 18 wheelers.
dendweller
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Are you saying these were assembled before being shipped?
That's how Diamond does the pro am. All they do is roll it out and attach the legs.
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Yep
dendweller
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That's surprising, they're 3 piece slate aren't they?