My first Gold Crown refurbish

bpeacock

bpeacock

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I have a 8' Brunswick home table that I bought 6 years ago and I have been thinking about upgrading to a 9' table for a year or so. I struggled with buying a new or close to new table vs an older table and refurbing it. Thanks to this forum, I decided to buy an older table. After months of looking, I found one just outside of Memphis. It is a CGI in pretty bad shape and needs a lot of work. I paid $1,300 for it and brought it home April 18, 2026.
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I was surprised at how easy it came apart. It took two of us about 1.5 hours to take it apart and load it into by truck. It had a busted counter but he swapped it for a good one. Almost every screw was loose including pocket castings, so that made it easier to disassemble. Key features:
Cast metal logo
Cast metal adjustable legs
Cast metal pockets
Counters
Drop pockets
Rail clips for trim/skirt connection
1in Slate/Brunstone?
Rectangle nut-plate to secure rail to slate.
 
Great find.
In good condition as well
I'd be replacing the timber within the staple area on the rails as they are now Swiss cheese
I believe it's a GC2 due to the timber stain legs and skirts.
Keep us up dated 😁
 
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gazman100 said:
Great find.
In good condition as well
I'd be replacing the timber where the staple area in now Swiss cheese
I believe it's a GC2 due to the timber stain legs and skirts.
Keep us up dated 😁
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Thanks. I thought the same thing too...until I started sanding and found blue paint on the rails and white on the legs!
 
I do a fair amount of woodworking as a hobby so I started sanding right away. It was sad to see that someone had taken an angle grinder with a coarse grit to remove the original paint. It was blue skirts and white legs 🧐 :
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I couldn't find anything in my shop to get the finish off of the wood except for 60grit sandpaper! I didn't want to attempt working in the small spaces of the ball box so I took it completely apart. I was glad to find out the it was only held together with nails...no glue.
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Now it is glued:
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gazman100 said:
Great find.
In good condition as well
I'd be replacing the timber where the staple area in now Swiss cheese
I believe it's a GC2 due to the timber stain legs and skirts.
Keep us up dated 😁
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If it was a GCII the ball tray bezel and feet would be bronze colored.
 
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