Never saw this one before...no slate screws

[santeetech]

Just wanted to share this one... yesterday I moved a table for a friend and when we got the cloth off there were no slate screws!

Not that they didn't put them in, but it was designed that way. It was a 3-piece slate GC CLONE. He said it had a label on it saying Kasson, which was removed so I cannot confirm.

There were 1 1/2" wide angle brackets that attached to the frame rail and the slate backing with one 3/4" wood screw at each seam and one end.

It was tough to level because a shim here raised the slate over there, if you know what I mean.

Used the leg levelors to get the ends on the nuts, then same to level end to end, then shimmed at the seams to raise them to level (yes, it was sway backed.

Then used the angle brackets just to secure the shims and slates.

If you lifted up on the slates at all it would come off the frame.

It came out on the nuts, but sure seemed pretty flaky.

Just wanted to share... gotta go...cya

 

[Dartman]

Weird.

We were a Kasson dealer before they went OOB.
They used OIS with slate screws so I doubt your pal had a Kasson.

 

[n10spool]

I bought a nock off gc 3 the guy was the original owner shipped to the states with him dead perfect copy $400.00 I drove 2 hrs got there and it was a copy the funny thing was it had no slate 1" marble with backer boards the frame was 2 4x4 marble sat on top no slate screws either rails and blinds went on just as a gc3 sold it a week later for $1,000 asembled it was a dead ringer just no name plate. The guy that bought it still hasn't put it together I still talk to him all the time.

 

[n10spool]

Last month I went to lookj at a Brunswick 7 footer. When I got there it was a mizerak with a Brunswick sticker The chewed me out saying he wasn't going to budge on price and that I didnt know what a good table was then I handed him a card I& walked out. He still has the table on Craigslist just no picture on the ad.