Shims Falling Out..Help

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Hello Az's.. I've Just Starting To Post On Here And The Information In The Forums Is Great And Has Helped Me Alot!!! With That Said.. I Bought A Brunswick Camden II Around Thanksgiving Time. I Was Here At The House When They Set It Up. In The Proccess Of Leveling The Slates, They Used Liquid Dowel When They Were Done To Set The Slates. I Play On This Table Everyday. Now That It's Mid January, I've Noticed 2 Of The Shims Have Fell Out. The Table Still Rolls Very Good, But My Question Is, Will This Be A Factor Further Down The Road?? Can I Use House Shims And Hand Tap Them Back In Place. Or... Don't Worry About It And Let's Say "Game On"??

Thanks Everyone For Your Time And Answers.......Devo
 
DEVO said:
Hello Az's.. I've Just Starting To Post On Here And The Information In The Forums Is Great And Has Helped Me Alot!!! With That Said.. I Bought A Brunswick Camden II Around Thanksgiving Time. I Was Here At The House When They Set It Up. In The Proccess Of Leveling The Slates, They Used Liquid Dowel When They Were Done To Set The Slates. I Play On This Table Everyday. Now That It's Mid January, I've Noticed 2 Of The Shims Have Fell Out. The Table Still Rolls Very Good, But My Question Is, Will This Be A Factor Further Down The Road?? Can I Use House Shims And Hand Tap Them Back In Place. Or... Don't Worry About It And Let's Say "Game On"??

Thanks Everyone For Your Time And Answers.......Devo
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The first place you should start, is with who you bought the table from. Inform them of the shimms, see what they have to say about it. I'm not trying to jump on you, so don't misunderstand me. Anytime something goes wrong with any kind of set up, I think you owe it to the person that did the work last to correct what ever went wrong out of respect for them, could be maybe they just over looked something, or lost count as to what they were doing or something, I don't know.

By the way, glad to see you got a new pool table, and welcome to AZ...LOL

Glen

The only reason I even mentioned the above is because there isn't a billiards technician out here who hasn't done something wrong in the past, and there isn't one I know of that wouldn't have liked the first chance to correct what ever it is we did wrong...before anyone else finds out about it...LOL

Aside from that fact, there isn't a billiards technician one here on AZ that wouldn't have something to say if we felt a customer got a raw deal from one of our own, but we've all been there, just give them a call, see what they have to say, then bring it back to us here.

Glen
 
Glen,,,, Thanks For Such A Quick Reply,, I Talked To The Installer Of The Table And He Thought There Should Be No Problem Since He Used The Liquid Dowel.. I've Got A 4' Level And A Audible Center Level(One That Beeps On Dead Level) And The Table Is Dead On Level. Soooo Is There Anything I Should Do???

Again.. Thanks For Your Time And Replys..

Brian
 
your slates should stay put with the liquid dowel. I would put the shims back in and press them in firmly by hand, don't use a hammer because you don't want to move the slates or break the liquid dowel bond.
 
Thanks Donny For Your Reply So Quickly..
I'll Try That With Replacing The Shims. I've Got Some Door Shims, Which Is Thinner In Shape. The Ones That Fell Out Look Like Wedges Instead of Shims, Short And Very Quick To Wedge, Looking At The Wedges, Very Little Of The Wood Shim Was Used Betwen The Slate And The Table. There Is A Very Small Gap Between The Slate And The Table. Now I Can See Why The Shims(Wedges) Fell Out. A Little To Fat For The Job. HaHa....

Thanks For Your Reply And Have A Wonderful Day!!! Brian
 
DEVO said:
Thanks Donny For Your Reply So Quickly..
I'll Try That With Replacing The Shims. I've Got Some Door Shims, Which Is Thinner In Shape. The Ones That Fell Out Look Like Wedges Instead of Shims, Short And Very Quick To Wedge, Looking At The Wedges, Very Little Of The Wood Shim Was Used Betwen The Slate And The Table. There Is A Very Small Gap Between The Slate And The Table. Now I Can See Why The Shims(Wedges) Fell Out. A Little To Fat For The Job. HaHa....

Thanks For Your Reply And Have A Wonderful Day!!! Brian
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Many door shims are cedar or soft wood. Hardwood shims are best, but many are produced with too great an angle for fine tuning and too little purchase into the gap when installed. I take hardwood shims, and "plane" them down on a belt sander mounted upside down in a large vise.

b.nut
 
balsa nut said:
Many door shims are cedar or soft wood. Hardwood shims are best, but many are produced with too great an angle for fine tuning and too little purchase into the gap when installed. I take hardwood shims, and "plane" them down on a belt sander mounted upside down in a large vise.

b.nut
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I buy the pre-packaged door shims wraped in plastic from Home Depot, for the last 25 years, I've never seen anything that can beat them for price, or application. And when I'm done leveling the slates...I break them off so no one else can use them after I'm done:D

Glen
 
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