Question about two different stretch methods

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B_White

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On the Simonis videos, the glue down method starts by glueing the cloth at one corner, then stretching to the other corner on the same side of the table and glueing again. Then stretching both sides into the side pocket and glueing that. On the Diamond youtube video they do just the opposite. They glue the side pocket then stretch to the corners. Is one method better than the other or both about the same?
 
The way Glen described it you go from side pocket to same side corner pockets.
I'm pretty sure this is shown in both videos.
 
Here is the reason I ask these questions Glen...... I started using the process that I learned from the Simonis videos about 4 months ago and i'm very pleased with the result. I have worked on Valley's, Cougars, Gold Crowns, and even Korean made 9ft tables. I'm very happy with the process that I learned. Yesterday however, I got a call to do a few Diamond bar tables and 1 9ft smart table. I have never worked on a Diamond and was wondering how different the process was from what I have been doing from the Simonis videos? Any comments or help would be greatly appreciated as it is my goal to do as good a job as I possibly can. Thank you.
 
B_White said:
Here is the reason I ask these questions Glen...... I started using the process that I learned from the Simonis videos about 4 months ago and i'm very pleased with the result. I have worked on Valley's, Cougars, Gold Crowns, and even Korean made 9ft tables. I'm very happy with the process that I learned. Yesterday however, I got a call to do a few Diamond bar tables and 1 9ft smart table. I have never worked on a Diamond and was wondering how different the process was from what I have been doing from the Simonis videos? Any comments or help would be greatly appreciated as it is my goal to do as good a job as I possibly can. Thank you.
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Normal bar table slates are undersized, with shallow pocket shelves, so they can be done much easier than a 3 piece slate. The Diamond's all use an over-sized slate with deep shelfs, which require being stretched the same as a 3 piece slate in order to get the slack needed in the pockets to be able to finish off the pockets correctly. So, on the Diamond's, use my stretch method for the 3 piece slates.

Glen
 
realkingcobra said:
Normal bar table slates are undersized, with shallow pocket shelves, so they can be done much easier than a 3 piece slate. The Diamond's all use an over-sized slate with deep shelfs, which require being stretched the same as a 3 piece slate in order to get the slack needed in the pockets to be able to finish off the pockets correctly. So, on the Diamond's, use my stretch method for the 3 piece slates.

Glen
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Thank you very much. Do you mean the method on the Simonis video for 3 piece slate? Except that I would glue instead of staple?
 
One more question...... And once again, thank you guys so much. Would stapling the rails on a Diamond be roughly the same process as Gold crown rails? ( same process as in the Simonis video)
 
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