My Gold crown 1

Absolutlely gorgeous table! One of the nicest refinishing jobs and color combinations I have ever seen on a Gold Crown. Very classy..

Those guys did an amazing job :clapping:

Congrats and enjoy!
 
That's a winner for sure. The color combo is pretty cool looking and looks great with the floor. You got your money's worth as i know these guys really put a lot of time and effort into their tables. Enjoy!:)
 
Once again thanks to everyone for all the kind words. I am sure that Bob and everyone who worked on this table appreciative them more than I do as they should. I just cant say how pleased I am with the outcome!!
 
Midwest was raised on GC I's, and every state college had 8-16 table campus pool rooms. Are those the flint based, burnt orange colored slates?
 
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Island Drive said:
Midwest was raised on GC I's, and every state college had 8-16 table campus pool rooms. Or those the flint based, burnt orange colored slates?
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Hey Bill,
The burnt orange slate is Brunstone. Atleast that is what I have been told. Al-po's table had real slate on it. Out of the 10 GC I's we picked up recently only 2 had the Brunstone.
 
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PoolTable911 said:
Hey Bill,
The burnt orange slate is Brunstone. Atleast that is what I have been told. Al-po's table had real slate on it. Out of the 10 GC I's we picked up recently only 2 had the Brunstone.
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Thx for the Brunstone name, I had forgotten it. I had a couple I's, and the differences between the I and the II are noticeable when apart. I know the I's legs were fixed and the II's and later are adjustable. Because of the fixed legs on the I's, the slate frames were thicker too bring the play surface up to the correct height. I've also heard that Brunstone was repairable if it cracked, and the hardware (pocket irons) had barrel holes to minimize the table from loosening up after months of play. The ball counters on the I and the II are the best of ANY table I've ever played on and were very important during the heyday of straight pool, + the ball boxes, and I've always wondered why Greg Sullivan, as much one hole as he plays, never built ball boxes on his commercial tables. Now all you need is the worm type GC I wall rack to complete your 60's look.

Enjoy
 
macguy said:
That table looks great. A lot of people who say they don't like the looks of the Gold Crown in their homes don't realize how you can customize the look. Mine is finished in two tone gray to match the fireplace. When I first set it up it was white and the look took over the room, it was awful. When I toned it down with the gray it now looks fantastic. Every time someone goes into the billiard room they remark how great it looks. Some comment they didn't know they came in that color. I guess they don't know you can paint them of something. Trust me, you will be having a lot more company now.
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Without pictures, your table was never painted grey. :wink:

Please post pics so we can verify how nice it looks.

To Al-po; your GC looks brilliant. Enjoy it.

I, too, have a GC1, mine in aqua/cream, and I absolutely love it. Solid is an understatement, these will last a lifetime, they play really well, and the deco lines look beautiful to me.

From reading this thread I may have learned something but need to verify. Hopefully pooltable911, who definitely are the right guys in your neck of the woods, or maybe Glen RKC, can clear this up for me.

My GC1 is from 1962. I def do not have a burnt orange colored slate, but rather, it looks like typical greyish-bluish slate. Does this mean for certain that I have actual slate, and not Brunstone?

I was under the impression that all of these GC1 tables were Brunstones.

Thanks.

Best,
Brian kc
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
Without pictures, your table was never painted grey. :wink:

Please post pics so we can verify how nice it looks.

To Al-po; your GC looks brilliant. Enjoy it.

I, too, have a GC1, mine in aqua/cream, and I absolutely love it. Solid is an understatement, these will last a lifetime, they play really well, and the deco lines look beautiful to me.

From reading this thread I may have learned something but need to verify. Hopefully pooltable911, who definitely are the right guys in your neck of the woods, or maybe Glen RKC, can clear this up for me.

My GC1 is from 1962. I def do not have a burnt orange colored slate, but rather, it looks like typical greyish-bluish slate. Does this mean for certain that I have actual slate, and not Brunstone?

I was under the impression that all of these GC1 tables were Brunstones.

Thanks.

Best,
Brian kc
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The sand stone also came in a grey/blue/black color, the way to tell is on the surface of the "slate" it'll look kind of like an orange in the since that it'll have a million little holes in the surface...giving it a kind of course look. You can't see any grinding marks on the surface because it was to porous to hold any grinding to flatten it. You'll also see sometimes dark black streaks running across the surface. Drilling it for new slate screws or bolt holes didn't produce a slate powder dust, but more like sand...which drilled so easy it would only take seconds to drill through. That "sandstone" was called Brunswick "Bluestone";)

No GG1's or 2's or early 3's had real slate right from Brunswick, that's not to say that the Brunstone/Bluestone hadn't been replaced since the tables were manufactured. Might as well throw in the later year models of Anniversary's, Centennia'ls, Sport King's...and the likes.

Glen
 
Island Drive said:
I know the I's legs were fixed and the II's and later are adjustable. Because of the fixed legs on the I's, the slate frames were thicker too bring the play surface up to the correct height.

Enjoy
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Actually not all legs were fixed on the 1's. The ones on this one are height adjustable.
 
realkingcobra said:
The sand stone also came in a grey/blue/black color, the way to tell is on the surface of the "slate" it'll look kind of like an orange in the since that it'll have a million little holes in the surface...giving it a kind of course look. You can't see any grinding marks on the surface because it was to porous to hold any grinding to flatten it. You'll also see sometimes dark black streaks running across the surface. Drilling it for new slate screws or bolt holes didn't produce a slate powder dust, but more like sand...which drilled so easy it would only take seconds to drill through. That "sandstone" was called Brunswick "Bluestone";)

No GG1's or 2's or early 3's had real slate right from Brunswick, that's not to say that the Brunstone/Bluestone hadn't been replaced since the tables were manufactured. Might as well throw in the later year models of Anniversary's, Centennia'ls, Sport King's...and the likes.

Glen
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Glen...Where do you get your info?
 
Beautiful table. Thanks for posting the pics. See you're playing with Brunswick Centennial balls. You're top dawg...
 
PoolTable911 said:
Glen...Where do you get your info?
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You ever wonder why the ral bolt holes on GC1,2, and early 3's were only 5/8"ths to 3/4" round, and then changed to 1" on the newer 3's? That's another way of telling if you have Brunstone or Bluestone...the size of the rail bolt holes;)
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
Without pictures, your table was never painted grey. :wink:

Please post pics so we can verify how nice it looks.

To Al-po; your GC looks brilliant. Enjoy it.

I, too, have a GC1, mine in aqua/cream, and I absolutely love it. Solid is an understatement, these will last a lifetime, they play really well, and the deco lines look beautiful to me.

From reading this thread I may have learned something but need to verify. Hopefully pooltable911, who definitely are the right guys in your neck of the woods, or maybe Glen RKC, can clear this up for me.

My GC1 is from 1962. I def do not have a burnt orange colored slate, but rather, it looks like typical greyish-bluish slate. Does this mean for certain that I have actual slate, and not Brunstone?

I was under the impression that all of these GC1 tables were Brunstones.

Thanks.

Best,
Brian kc
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I don't understand your comment about the gray.
 
realkingcobra said:
From working on GC's for the last 28 years;)
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Sorry...You had told me you were a coin op mechanic doing 1000 coin ops a year. Did not realize you did alot of Gold Crowns back then. I know you work on alot now. I am going on info from Jay Speilberg. Who has been working on Gold Crowns since 1970. He could be mistaken though.
 
PoolTable911 said:
Glen...Where do you get your info?
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Brunstone and Bluestone were also 1 1/16"th's thick, with 1" thick backing, and sloped pocket shelves. Brunswick didn't change back to real slate until the later GC3's, which then came with 3/4" backing, 1" thick slates, larger rail bolt holes, and straight down pocket shelves.;)
 
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