Need input from all table owners (a.k.a. measurements)

[tjlmbklr]

I recently had my rails extended to tighten my pockets. I went a 1/2" from stock. My table is a Leather drop pocket Olhausen standard 8'. I know the playing surface is supposed to be 44"X88". But most important it should be twice the width as the length. Well my table after hours trying to get it correct is 44.25(1/4)"x 88.375(3/8)" so I am one 1/8 inch off on my length. And the width is the tightest I can get it. I am square all around the table and all the pockets seem to be showing the same amount of opening. when I first put the table together I was more then a 1/4" off on the length. To compensate I now have small gaps between the pockets and rail ends that bother me.

So this brings me to my question, is the 1/8" acceptable, it was much more before hand. I however didn't measure it before I originally dis-assembled it, so I don't know where it was before. So I am asking all that are willing to help a fellow AZ'er to measure your tables cushion tip to cushion tip length to width on any size table and post your results. My goal is to hopefully not be discouraged when I find out that I am not the only one that is of a few %.

Thank you all in advance

TJ

 

[jay helfert]

I recently had my rails extended to tighten my pockets. I went a 1/2" from stock. My table is a Leather drop pocket Olhausen standard 8'. I know the playing surface is supposed to be 44"X88". But most important it should be twice the width as the length. Well my table after hours trying to get it correct is 44.25(1/4)"x 88.375(3/8)" so I am one 1/8 inch off on my length. And the width is the tightest I can get it. I am square all around the table and all the pockets seem to be showing the same amount of opening. when I first put the table together I was more then a 1/4" off on the length. To compensate I now have small gaps between the pockets and rail ends that bother me.

So this brings me to my question, is the 1/8" acceptable, it was much more before hand. I however didn't measure it before I originally dis-assembled it, so I don't know where it was before. So I am asking all that are willing to help a fellow AZ'er to measure your tables cushion tip to cushion tip length to width on any size table and post your results. My goal is to hopefully not be discouraged when I find out that I am not the only one that is of a few %.

Thank you all in advance

TJ

One eighth inch on an 8' table is not bad at all. I've seen more expensive home tables (I didn't say Brunswick) that are a quarter inch or more off a perfect two for one ratio.

 

[whitey2]

don't sweat it

If I was you, I would not sweat it at all. I remember on a Bert
Kinister tape (Might X) he made some comments about how
some tables are way off. He mentioned his table was off, and
that most tables were also. In fact, at one point he measured
his table prior to drawing a line through the center. He made a
comment that "it was almost a diamond off". At first I was shocked,
but later it sank in. He did not mean a diamond off, as in the
distance from one diamond to another, but the width of the
actual diamond (inlay).

If he used that table to practice, teach, and film his first 20 or
so instructional videos, I would say your 1/8 of an inch
deviation from perfect is virtually insignificant. I suspect there
are some die-hard fanatics here, that would pursue getting it
perfect, but I wouldn't. You are very fortunate to have a table
like that, just the way it is. Enjoy it!

EDIT: When Bert was speaking about his table, he was stating that
the center diamond of the end rail (and most likely the entire end rail
therefore) was misaligned by that amount. I don't remember what
the exact measurement was for the width of his table, which I believe
was a 7 foot anyway.

 

[tjlmbklr]

Thanks a lot guys. Originally it was off 1/2", so 1/8" now I think I can deal with. The concern came in when I realized I had to force the pockets and rail pieces to there limits and beyond to achive this number, thus creating the gaps I mentioned.

TJ