Slate question

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resurrecta

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Did anyone ever change their slates into granite?
We had a table that got damaged during transport. The slate got broken, so I went to ask the price for granite, which is costly, but do-able.
What I want to know, is that the seller told me granite is actually equally strong if not stronger than slate in resting position. Plus, he also claimed that if installed correctly, the granite would never bend. The surface would be equally level if not moved.
My question: how much is true from what he said? Did anyone here ever play on granite? How does it play?
 
I get Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
If there's a topic about it, can you link me up because I can't find it?
 
Back in the 60s and 70s Fisher Pool tables (made in southern Missouri) were making tables with one-piece slate. During that time frame virtually all pool table slate came from Italy. Italy is a largely socialist country, which sometimes results in labor disputes and strikes at the quarries that can last months and sometimes years. For that reason, a good many of Fisher's tables have one piece MARBLE (not granite - i've never heard of granite being used) playing surfaces.

I've played on tables with marble and could discern no significant difference in play. With that being said, if you used granite, an ultra-secret "special ops" faction of the pool table mechanics on this sight will hunt you down like a dog, lol.
 
You know, in the end stone is stone and friction is created by the cloth. The only thing I'm actually worried about is if granite for example can withstand shock from example jump shots.
 
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