Hey I resemble that remark.
But I did sleep under a bridge last night near a Holiday Inn.
POOL PROS WANTED - Need help identifying my new pool table
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Hey I resemble that remark.
But I did sleep under a bridge last night near a Holiday Inn.
I must say in all honesty that you shouldn't spend one dime on this table. Use it as firewood and save those dimes to buy a decent table once you move.
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Sneetch,
You should do exactly what you want to do. Nuts and bolts are cheap and your labor is free. If you learn to shoot lights out on that table you can play ANYWHERE! Back in the day, the greatest Pro Golfers learned the game on hill side goat tracks. When they could beat the goat track, they were ready for Augusta.
Remember, paying a lot of money for a ridiculously expensive pool table never made anybody a better player. Stay cheap, get good, move up. Most of all, don't waste your time with hot shot hucksters.
Keep your eyes open on Craigslist, you can get a good table for free or next to free. Stay away from the junk.
He shouldn't even buy a pool table, instead, he should buy the most expensive cue he can afford to get his hands on!! It may not help his game much, but at least he'd fit in with most of the AZB members that are proud to show off their cues, but to embarrassed to show off their pool tables...LMAO
If the identification of a Mizerak Slatron table is correct, then on page 14 of the Owners Manual is a list of hardware required.
Perhaps you should go through it and see if the parts do in fact match up with what you have at home.
Perhaps you should go through it and see if the parts do in fact match up with what you have at home.
Welcome to the forum, sneetch. And we're all so glad that you have a good sense of humor. You're gonna need it around here.
Now...... flip that thing over and let's get some air hockey going!
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Nice helpful post!
Then he'll want to drop some really heavy cash on one of those hand made, custom colored, monogrammed authentic alligator cases, you know, the kind with pockets and buckles and straps. Next thing, some really enterprising young huckster will come out with matching alligator Pool Shoes and a Gold Plated, alligator strap Pool Watch. Now, he can get down to some Major League Profiling. Buck Walkin' Stone Dude.
Really, who needs a Pool Table at home? Waste of money. That's why God invented Pool Halls.
Ahhh Man, I forgot all about the Gold Lame' Fleece Super Fly Hat.
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I feel the same way.
I've got room, and can afford a table. A nice diamond barbox. You'll never see a table in my house.
I need pool for the social atmosphere. Some weeks, it's what gets me out of the house.
Sears, Roebuck, and slatetron
My first table was from Sears and Roebuck, gave $125 for it used, scored a $200 set of balls to play with for $135 although it had the junk light balls with it. My friends and I banged away on that table for years. Couldn't keep it level but that was a minor detail, we had fun anyway!
The pockets swallow balls like a vacuum cleaner, wide and no shelf best I recall. I remember what they called slatron being gray on this table, I thought it was probably a plastic. Could have been called slatelite or something too, fifty years is a long time.
These tables aren't much but in the opinion of this former owner, it helped my game a bunch. I made a point of shooting off a rack or three of balls every time I passed by it and I passed by it a lot if I was in the house. Hitting balls is better for your game than not hitting balls.
If you can get it together cheaply, enjoy your table. If not, go with a complete table with slate. Bargains to be had! I am looking for a seven foot bar table right now. Not the best for a lot of reasons but for a lot of reasons it suits where I am putting it.
A Diamond or Gold Crown is nice but they aren't the only tables in the world. I passed on a very nice nine footer with over one inch slate for $200 a few months ago, no place to put it and no time to move it.
Speaking of dollars, I sold that old Sears table and balls for $250 when I moved away. $10 isn't bad for three years of fun!
Hu
My first table was from Sears and Roebuck, gave $125 for it used, scored a $200 set of balls to play with for $135 although it had the junk light balls with it. My friends and I banged away on that table for years. Couldn't keep it level but that was a minor detail, we had fun anyway!
The pockets swallow balls like a vacuum cleaner, wide and no shelf best I recall. I remember what they called slatron being gray on this table, I thought it was probably a plastic. Could have been called slatelite or something too, fifty years is a long time.
These tables aren't much but in the opinion of this former owner, it helped my game a bunch. I made a point of shooting off a rack or three of balls every time I passed by it and I passed by it a lot if I was in the house. Hitting balls is better for your game than not hitting balls.
If you can get it together cheaply, enjoy your table. If not, go with a complete table with slate. Bargains to be had! I am looking for a seven foot bar table right now. Not the best for a lot of reasons but for a lot of reasons it suits where I am putting it.
A Diamond or Gold Crown is nice but they aren't the only tables in the world. I passed on a very nice nine footer with over one inch slate for $200 a few months ago, no place to put it and no time to move it.
Speaking of dollars, I sold that old Sears table and balls for $250 when I moved away. $10 isn't bad for three years of fun!
Hu