Redesigning the Pool Table Light: High Performance Meets Architectural Design

rexus31 said:
I built both my lights to match the table they were above. Both were 5000K, over 20,000 Lumens with a CRI of 90. All ideal specs. I wish you well in your endeavor, but I think you've got more R&D to do before you're ready to seek investors and start selling.

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The light over your GC looks very similar to the Brunswick light made to pair with the GC's, those lights are huge. The light goes almost end to end of my 9' GC and I have never measured it but I would guess that it is at least 24" wide. I fail to imagine that a 1' x 4' light would be big enough.
 
muskyed said:
That would be foolish on my part, I would just do the whole thing my self, there would be no need for them. Why would I cut myself out of $100. Actually the best thing for me to do would be to sell a 2'x6' light $450. I've actually got over a 1000 ft of lumber, maple and oak already.
To be honest, I'm not looking for another job, just trying to point out to them that they are stacking the cards against them. If you need kick starter to fund your idea you better rethink something like this or at least learn as to what pool players want.
I do have lumber, a huge wood shop with everything needed, and the experience and money to do it, just not the desire. Actually thought about this about 6 yrs back. I made a nice and more practical 2'x6' version 6 yrs back for $170 in an afternoon with nothing pre set up. Same cost to finish instead of paint.
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The price doesn't seem out of line to me, the size just doesn't seem adequate. As far as investment there is obviously the wood, hardware, actual lighting, wiring, finish materials, and whatever they use to hang it with. Plus the human hours to build the light, the crate, and to package it, that alone can be pretty time consuming.
 
fastone371 said:
The light over your GC looks very similar to the Brunswick light made to pair with the GC's, those lights are huge. The light goes almost end to end of my 9' GC and I have never measured it but I would guess that it is at least 24" wide. I fail to imagine that a 1' x 4' light would be big enough.
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No chance it would be big enough for a 9'. I don't think it's large enough for a 7'.

Here are the measurements of my Gold Crown Light. I chose fluorescents over LED because I couldn't find LED panels that could produce a total of 20,000+ Lumens and a CRI of at least 90.

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JABSolstice said:
Well said. That is something I would definitely be interested in.



This is something you really should know. No offense, but you don't seem to have done your research here. You have built what looks like a quality piece of craftsmanship, but you really should know your audience and what is important to them.
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Point well taken, and definitely why we wanted to post here.
 
JABSolstice said:
Another research point. Why 1x4? Have you tried different sizes and found this one covers a 7ft table? 8ft? 9ft??

What about light bleed?
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Our initial prototype, which was 1'x4' and hung over our 8' Global table at our saloon was a great amount of illumination.
We also have 2'x4' and 2'x5' models, however.

Light bleed was never an issue.
 
KatieABlaze said:
Our initial prototype, which was 1'x4' and hung over our 8' Global table at our saloon was a great amount of illumination.
We also have 2'x4' and 2'x5' models, however.

Light bleed was never an issue.
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Did you take readings of the actual illumination?

Something like this:

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You can surmise that there is enough light, and it may be for your average banger, but the people that would actually be interested in your light over the dog cones want to know exactly how much light and where it is.
 
look up lighting regulations for billiard / pool tables, theres rules, for lux, length, height, and so on. -n_den.
 
n_den said:
look up lighting regulations for billiard / pool table2s, theres rules, for lux, length, height, and so on. -n_den.
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I doubt any follow any of those. What is in the market today is based on drop ceiling LED panels. Either 2'x4' or 2'x2'. And before the it was drop ceiling florescent tube fixtures at 48" long. The diamond and Littman current light is qty 3 2x2's LED's spaced about 6" inches each apart. Those lights have the parabolic egg crate diffusers.

Then you have the garbage perimeter and arena lights. They have 1/8" thick acrylic dimpled diffusers that blind everyone.
 
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