Show your Brunswick Medalist!

ludachris939

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Does anyone have a Brunswick Medalist? I'm purchasing one and would like to see pics. Especially custom pics!
 
Not to many people invest much into rebuilding those tables, they were built pretty cheap. Personally, if I take one in on a trade-in against a rebuilt GC, I save the slates and corner castings, then throw the rest in the dump.
 
geez

Not to many people invest much into rebuilding those tables, they were built pretty cheap. Personally, if I take one in on a trade-in against a rebuilt GC, I save the slates and corner castings, then throw the rest in the dump.

Didn't your mommy tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say then you should
keep your big mouth shut. Geez a man buys a nice new table and you tell him it's junk,
you sir have no CLASS.
 
Not to many people invest much into rebuilding those tables, they were built pretty cheap. Personally, if I take one in on a trade-in against a rebuilt GC, I save the slates and corner castings, then throw the rest in the dump.

Didn't your mommy tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say then you should
keep your big mouth shut. Geez a man buys a nice new table and you tell him it's junk,
you sir have no CLASS.
Ignore Glen's advice at your own peril....
...he aint no diplomat...but he knows his business.
 
Didn't your mommy tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say then you should
keep your big mouth shut. Geez a man buys a nice new table and you tell him it's junk,
you sir have no CLASS.

No matter how many times your mommy tells you Santa Claus is real....that don't make it the truth, so I gather lying to someone is better than telling someone the truth....and MY opinion speaks for everyone....right, or am I not entitled to my opinion....unless you agree with it first!
 
If someone drove up to your house in a brand new, factory mint Yugo would you tell them "Hey, nice car" or " Hey, why in the hell did buy that thing" ?
 
If someone drove up to your house in a brand new, factory mint Yugo would you tell them "Hey, nice car" or " Hey, why in the hell did buy that thing" ?

Me personally, I would acknowledge the purchase of a new car but I dont think I would tell them its a nice car.
When my kids were very young the couple that babysat for them bought a new Cavalier. It had a manual trans, no A/C or any other power options for that matter, AM radio, and rubber floor instead of carpeting. The only feature the car had was electric start. I acknowledged their purchase of the new car but I did not tell them it was a nice car, I dont think a taxi driver would have considered buying it after it was a couple years old. In fact, 5-6 years later when they tried to sell it then tried to trade it in, nobody even wanted the car. Im not trying to compare it to anything, just sayin is all.
 
Not to many people invest much into rebuilding those tables, they were built pretty cheap. Personally, if I take one in on a trade-in against a rebuilt GC, I save the slates and corner castings, then throw the rest in the dump.

Ignore Glen's advice at your own peril....
...he aint no diplomat...but he knows his business.
This
Nobody's questioning his knowledge of tables, just his attitude towards fellow members.
He could have worded it much better but no he wanted to be a smart aleck and put the man's purchase down.
He could have just PM him and explain it to the guy like a decent person would have.
 
If someone drove up to your house in a brand new, factory mint Yugo would you tell them "Hey, nice car" or " Hey, why in the hell did buy that thing" ?

Nethier cause you don't no why they wanted it,maybe their dad had one when they were little who no the answer,no one but them . But one things for sure I don't go around putting
people stuff down.
 
If someone drove up to your house in a brand new, factory mint Yugo would you tell them "Hey, nice car" or " Hey, why in the hell did buy that thing" ?

Actually, I'd tell them to get that shit off my property before the neighbors see it and think I just let anyone come on my property.:thumbup:
 
Does anyone have a Brunswick Medalist? I'm purchasing one and would like to see pics. Especially custom pics!

Look, here's the deal. Brunswick built the Medalist table as a cheaper alternative to the GC tables so they had another table to sell to the public, plain and simple. They, like every one of the table manufacturers out there know...if it looks like a pool table....someone's going to buy it, the key is cost. So, lag bolts that hold the rail skirts on, instead of machine bolts threaded into inserts....still works. 1"×6" timber to build the frame with....still works because it's a lot cheaper than the timber needed to build a GC frame. Adjustable leg levelers...who needs those when it's cheaper to just pile up a stack of shims under the pedestals to level the frame....right;) it's great that the corner pockets screw in to mount them, but the side pockets still have to be nailed in because there's no side pocket castings. Little blocks of wood to run the slate screws into to mount the slates....great, as log as they're not split already. Yeah, I should've just sugar coated the table:rolleyes:
 
There's far to many of these around that are a much better investment than a Medalist.


20160322_200849.jpg
 
No matter how many times your mommy tells you Santa Claus is real....that don't make it the truth, so I gather lying to someone is better than telling someone the truth....and MY opinion speaks for everyone....right, or am I not entitled to my opinion....unless you agree with it first!

It would be totally different if the OP asked for anyone's opinions on the table he was about to purchase. He just asked for pictures. If you don't have any pictures to post the polite thing to do would be to keep your mouth shut and move along.
 
I've given up trying to make excuses for him. Simply put him on your ignore list and be done with him.
 
I've given up trying to make excuses for him. Simply put him on your ignore list and be done with him.

Look, here's the deal. Brunswick built the Medalist table as a cheaper alternative to the GC tables so they had another table to sell to the public, plain and simple. They, like every one of the table manufacturers out there know...if it looks like a pool table....someone's going to buy it, the key is cost. So, lag bolts that hold the rail skirts on, instead of machine bolts threaded into inserts....still works. 1"×6" timber to build the frame with....still works because it's a lot cheaper than the timber needed to build a GC frame. Adjustable leg levelers...who needs those when it's cheaper to just pile up a stack of shims under the pedestals to level the frame....right;) it's great that the corner pockets screw in to mount them, but the side pockets still have to be nailed in because there's no side pocket castings. Little blocks of wood to run the slate screws into to mount the slates....great, as log as they're not split already. Yeah, I should've just sugar coated the table:rolleyes:

There's far to many of these around that are a much better investment than a Medalist.


View attachment 416687

Bob, this advice is too good to be ignored.

Yeah, he talks like Diogenes....but he knows his stuff.

A kinder look?....Glen is the opposite of a snake oil salesman.
 
He's the best of the best. I'm just simply sick of his bedside manner. I wish him only the best, and hope this isn't a sign of a much larger personal issue, or malady.
 
Back
Top