OH...I forgot, I also rebuilt the GC3 at Dakota Cues in Sioux Falls, SD...that's the table SVB practices on when he's in town, with 4 1/4" corner pockets
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Which reminds me Jim, that table about to have the cloth changed and rails upgraded yet?:thumbup:
If you're talking about work I've done in pool rooms, that's easy...as I've only done work in 3 pool rooms in the last 15 or so years fixing/recovering pool tables. 8 GC1 9fts at Malarkey's Pool & Brew in Tacoma, WA. and 2 Diamond 9ft ProAm's in Buffalo's Billiards and 1 Diamond 9ft Professional at the Corner Pocket Billiards down here near New Orleans, LA.:thumbup: the rest of the tables I've worked on are all in private homes
Glen
Didn't you do work in that room in Arizona, with your protege?
(See, I read this stuff!)
Actually, at Skip & Jan's what I did was over see Zach rebuilding his first Diamond 9ft after being on the road with me for about 3 months in training, so that pool room was more Zach than myself
I've never seen a Diamond like the one in your avatar.
Is that original or a conversion?
Anytime you can do it is fine by me
If I have to start playing on it more to wear that 860 out then I guess thats what I have to do.:groucho:
If you're talking about work I've done in pool rooms, that's easy...as I've only done work in 3 pool rooms in the last 15 or so years fixing/recovering pool tables. 8 GC1 9fts at Malarkey's Pool & Brew in Tacoma, WA. and 2 Diamond 9ft ProAm's in Buffalo's Billiards and 1 Diamond 9ft Professional at the Corner Pocket Billiards down here near New Orleans, LA.:thumbup: the rest of the tables I've worked on are all in private homes
Yea and this is what pisses me off so much. Whenever I go to my friends house and play on the Diamond you did there I get completely spoiled. Then I have to go the dumpy a-- pool hall and play on freaking junk with rail rubber that is DEAD, cloth that came over on the Mayflower, and tables that have NEVER seen a level!!!
Well, kind of I guess, what I did there was recalibate the rails on the 4 Diamond 9ft ProAms, and Zach along with Donny...aka SDbilliards took the tables apart, recovered the rails/slates, then put them back together again, so I don't really take credit for the job done a Sal's, it was mostly Zach and Donny doing all the work
Remember we talked about refinishing your Diamond in a different stain, this is what the earlier pictured rails look like now
Some how, this table got wet...really WET in the past, so much so that the 3/4" MDF backing on the slates grew in spots to about 1 1/8" thick, and turned spongy as hell, kind of like cardboard. The glue all over the outside edge and on top of the slates didn't make it any easier to deal with either.
Take a look at how much the MDF swelled up, and how deep the rail bolt washers sank into the backer board when being tightened up.
Take a look at how much the MDF swelled up, and how deep the rail bolt washers sank into the backer board when being tightened up.
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The rails were so stapled out that I had to replace the sub-rails completely, and while I was at it, I tightened the corner pockets to 4 1/8" and sides to 4 3/4"
That Diamond table looked like crap before you came to town. When you broke the table down, it REALLY looked like it belonged in the dumpster. Today, I looked at it up close and personal and you have got to be the greatest table mechanic in the world.
4 1/8 with Diamond's angle= PIA!!!:grin:
Yes, but as soon as I get to the Diamond factory, I'm picking up a Diamond Pro 8 and taking off up to Canada to deliver it to one of my customers, it's long over due for delivery so I'm not taking on any other jobs until I get Ian his table first. What do you need done?
Glen
After removing all the MDF backing on the slates and scraped off all the glue used to hold it on, I built a new style of backer for the slates...and mounted it to the frame of the table instead of the slates.
The backer board serves three purposes, 1) providing somewhere to staple the cloth to in order to attach it, 2) it is part of the formula to set the playing surface to the factory set height, 3) it provides a way to attach the drop pockets if they're the style that needs to be attached.
In the case of this Diamond, I didn't run the backer boards out to the edge of the slate so it can have the cloth attached to it because I don't staple the cloth down, I glue it to the edge of the slate using my gluing system
The backer board serves three purposes, 1) providing somewhere to staple the cloth to in order to attach it, 2) it is part of the formula to set the playing surface to the factory set height, 3) it provides a way to attach the drop pockets if they're the style that needs to be attached.
In the case of this Diamond, I didn't run the backer boards out to the edge of the slate so it can have the cloth attached to it because I don't staple the cloth down, I glue it to the edge of the slate using my gluing system
The before and after pictures make it look like the table was replaced
