TheThaiger
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What's the easiest way to shift a pool table about 20 feet?
Moving a pool table
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Outside edge to the center. :grin:
Might wanna ask this in the Talk To A Mechanic section.
[...waiting for punchline about the use of explosives, or of cutting a hole in the floor and the floor below it, and letting the table drop two stories...]
J/K,
-Sean
P.S.: Tim, all kidding aside, you might get a better/more-focused response if you post this in the "Talk to a Mechanic" forum.
TheThaiger
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SAM 9ft, and heavy. Floor tiles, vinyl/plastic, in poor condition, so dragging not an option.
Thinking about rollers, but not sure what or how. Don't really want to damage the slates, so would like a clean snatch n jerk, so to speak.
Thinking about rollers, but not sure what or how. Don't really want to damage the slates, so would like a clean snatch n jerk, so to speak.
And have it playable (i.e. level) after you are done moving it?
TheThaiger
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[...waiting for punchline about the use of explosives, or of cutting a hole in the floor and the floor below it, and letting the table drop two stories...]
J/K,
-Sean
P.S.: Tim, all kidding aside, you might get a better/more-focused response if you post this in the "Talk to a Mechanic" forum.
Aren't you an engineer, Sean? Get your thinking cap on!
A friend uses car tire dolleys (4 of them) to move his 8' table around in his garage. He jacks up one side with a jackall, puts the dolleys under that sides feet, then does the other side.
http://www.tireskate.com/?gclid=CIvggZag560CFWgZQgodB37Znw - dollys
http://www.sinclairerie.com/PRODUCTS/jacks/JACKS.html
Every farmer around here has a jackall and dollys :thumbup:
Dave <-- has a jackall and a few dollys
http://www.tireskate.com/?gclid=CIvggZag560CFWgZQgodB37Znw - dollys
http://www.sinclairerie.com/PRODUCTS/jacks/JACKS.html
Every farmer around here has a jackall and dollys :thumbup:
Dave <-- has a jackall and a few dollys
TheThaiger
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Cool, thanks. Now to find someone who's got some to lend for free...
Actually, does he find jacking it up and moving it alters the slates at all? I'm concerned they will move and the seals between them will break.
Good question, I am not sure if the standard Valley bar table has a 1 piece or 3 piece slate. I do know that the table has been moved many many times but shows no problems on the playing surface (he moves the table to the side of the garage to make room for his car in the winter, at least twice a week).
Try a local garage (where car mechanics work) for the dollys, or rent some, they should be really cheap to rent for a day. Any jack will do, including the scissor jack from the boot of your car, just be sure of the jacking point on the table.
Dave
I'm no mechanic, nor have I ever moved a table like this. I don't, however, like the idea of jacking a table up high enough at either end to get a dolly or rollers under it. I'd be concerned that raising the end that high would create enough distortion or stress on the table's structure to cause slate seams to pop, or some of the frame joints to separate.
If it were me, I'd get a 4 ft x 4 ft piece of 1" plywood and use a car jack to raise an end of the table about 1/2". Then I'd use these under the legs. I use these to move heavy furniture around on carpeted floors; they work quite well. Even with a heavy table, on an uncarpeted floor with these sliders under the feet I bet 2-3 guys could move the table with no problem. Raising it by such a small amount would seem to give you the best chance of preserving the integrity of the frame and slates. The plywood would help distribute the strain of the jacking and would tend to keep the frame square.
I love my table too much to do that. I would take it apart and put it back together where you wanted it. I know that is a lot to do, but at least you don't risk messing up your table.