Cost be dammed. Just the fact of what you have accomplished makes it worth every penny. I am seriously into woodworking, and you should be so proud of what you have done. Great job.
Yesterday I went to a house which was being renovated to look at a GC3 which was being advertised with no photo's. What a piece of crap. Possibly the worst pool table condition I've ever seen. I was being generous and paid $100 for it. There was 1 saving grace. In fact there were 2 saving...
Repairing the damage was not an option so I removed the side panel.
I always wondered what was inside these leg supports. View attachment 683326
With the end sections I inserted some huge long timber screws at either end.
This will never separate again. View attachment 683327
At either end the floating nut was rattling around inside, so I created a access hole and fished it out and then reinstalled it.
I had to do this at either end View attachment 683328