Need help identifying cushions

[Reelplayer]

I'm replacing cushions on my 9' table and a little puzzled at which replacement profile is correct. What I know about the table is that it was custom built in Canada. I bought it 22 years ago from a guy in Iowa who was moving back to Canada and didn't want to take it with him. I don't know how long he owned it. It came with a nice set of Dufferin house cues, but I digress. Nothing I'm measuring is matching up with profiles I've seen. I'm trying to allow some for the rubber compressing some over time, but struggling.

I went to the nearest 1/32th for easier reference purposes and as you can see in the contact side measurement, that errs a little on the big side. I'm getting just under an inch on the protrusion and a little under 1-7/32 on the contact side. Mark 1 Imperial is the logo if that helps. I want to call these K66 but want to be sure before ordering. The nose height was spot on before I removed the rails.

 

[rexus31]

Measure this distance w/o it being installed and use a ruler so it doesn't distort the rubber.

 

[rexus31]

I'm replacing cushions on my 9' table and a little puzzled at which replacement profile is correct. What I know about the table is that it was custom built in Canada. I bought it 22 years ago from a guy in Iowa who was moving back to Canada and didn't want to take it with him. I don't know how long he owned it. It came with a nice set of Dufferin house cues, but I digress. Nothing I'm measuring is matching up with profiles I've seen. I'm trying to allow some for the rubber compressing some over time, but struggling.

I went to the nearest 1/32th for easier reference purposes and as you can see in the contact side measurement, that errs a little on the big side. I'm getting just under an inch on the protrusion and a little under 1-7/32 on the contact side. Mark 1 Imperial is the logo if that helps. I want to call these K66 but want to be sure before ordering. The nose height was spot on before I removed the rails.

Found this via quick Google search.

Imperial Mark 1 43" K-66 Cushion Rubber

Imperial Mark 1 K66 Cushion Rubber comes in a set of 6, each 43-inches long. The K66 profile is the preferred style used on home billiard tables. These are full grade A gum-rubber cushions and will provide years of quality play. Use on 7 or 8-foot tables.

gebhardts.com

 

[Dartman]

This may help you -
cushion measurements

you can also measure the subrail where the cushion was attached.

 

[rexus31]

Everything is pointing to K66.

 

[Reelplayer]

Found this via quick Google search.

Imperial Mark 1 43" K-66 Cushion Rubber

Imperial Mark 1 K66 Cushion Rubber comes in a set of 6, each 43-inches long. The K66 profile is the preferred style used on home billiard tables. These are full grade A gum-rubber cushions and will provide years of quality play. Use on 7 or 8-foot tables.

gebhardts.com

I saw that as well, but didn't know if that's the only profile designated by the Mark 1 name, or if that was the case 30 or so years ago.

 

[rexus31]

I saw that as well, but didn't know if that's the only profile designated by the Mark 1 name, or if that was the case 30 or so years ago.

I would say it is the only one.

 

[Reelplayer]

Measure this distance w/o it being installed and use a ruler so it doesn't distort the rubber.

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If you look pictures, you'll see they are indeed detached from the rail and include the measurement you're questioning. I left a hair off a gap in my measurement to prevent the very thing you're warning against - compression from the calipers.

 

[rexus31]

I the pic you posted it looks as though they are still attached.

 

[Reelplayer]

This may help you -
cushion measurements

you can also measure the subrail where the cushion was attached.

I tried that first, but got even more confused. The wood gluing surface measures 1-9/32, but my cushions are narrower. Doing some reading, it seems like the important part is that the profile follows the angle of the top of the subrail to get the nose height right but the bottom doesn't matter so much as long as the cushion is making full contact.