Snooker conversion

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I have a friend who has scored a Brunswick Centennial snooker table. He would like to sell the table cheap and buy a smaller table but is not having much luck. He is trying to seal the deal on a house that is big enough to accommodate this 5x10 but he wish it to be a pool table instead. I let him know I would ask you guys how much work is it to convert it. Thanks for you help.
 

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OK a bump for Glen:sorry: I was trying not to bother you because I know how busy you are. But it looks like all you guys are busy and thats a good thing. Cuebuddies in no hurry.
 
Cuebuddy said:
I have a friend who has scored a Brunswick Centennial snooker table. He would like to sell the table cheap and buy a smaller table but is not having much luck. He is trying to seal the deal on a house that is big enough to accommodate this 5x10 but he wish it to be a pool table instead. I let him know I would ask you guys how much work is it to convert it. Thanks for you help.
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How does that saying go..."It would be easier to thread a camel through the eye of a needle than it would be to convert that 5x10 snooker table down to a 4 1/2' x 9' pocket pool table"...:grin:

(1) Side skirts would have to be cut down, the connection point tabs rewelded back in place.

(2) Rails would have to be cut down in length, fitted with pocket casting hardware, sights installed, sub-rails modified, pockets replaced....just off the top of my head.

(3) Slate and pockets cut down, or replace slate.

(4) Slate frame cut down to fit a 9ft slate...

That camel through the eye of a needle trick is looking better and better all the time:grin:

Glen
 
what about just converting it to a 10 foot pool table?

Hi,
It seems like most of the work that you mention is to reduce the size of the table. What would be required to just convert it from snooker to pool and leave it as a 5x10?
The obvious stuff is pocket size and rubber profile.
... but the devil's in the details!

Dave
 
Dave said:
Hi,
It seems like most of the work that you mention is to reduce the size of the table. What would be required to just convert it from snooker to pool and leave it as a 5x10?
The obvious stuff is pocket size and rubber profile.
... but the devil's in the details!

Dave
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Well, the sub-rails would have to be modified to change the nose height of the cushions to 1 7/16". The rails would have to be cut in length and mitered to fit the profile of a pocket table, sights inlaid into the rails. The slates would have to have the pockets re-cut, as snooker pockets are cut much smaller. Pocket castings are not going to fit right either, as they're to small at the mouth of the castings to fit larger pocket openings. That's just off the top of my head without really giving it to much thought;)
 
no quite beating a dead horse

Hi,
Thanks for responding Glen.
I've wondered about converting a 10 foot snooker to a pool table for some time. It's a theoretical exercise.... I don't have a snooker table in storage waiting for me to get randy with my Sawzall! When the question was raised about this Centennial I jumped in.
To make this more general.... if we're not talking about a Gold Crown, Anniversary or Centennial; the pocket castings fit problem goes away and the adapting of the rails to pocket irons seems like it might be more straightforward. As for the rail sights.... I was thinking that if you're just enlarging the pockets and the playing surface stays the same size, wouldn't the rail sights stay in the same location? If I may qualify my thinking here... "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing".
Dave
 
I was not clear enough on my first post:o. I never meant to have it reduced in size I was just wanting to know if it could be converted to a 5x10 pool table. It sounds like it could be a lot of work.
 
What I did to mine was change the rubber on the rails, all new pockets. cut the rails and side curtains down. Take your time and dont be in a rush. Mitch
 
Mitchorama said:
What I did to mine was change the rubber on the rails, all new pockets. cut the rails and side curtains down. Take your time and dont be in a rush. Mitch
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Did you also modify the sub-rail bevel to correct the nose height from snooker to pool?...if so, how?

Glen
 
me too lol

I have a similiar interest. 10 foot anniversary snooker to pool table conversion. i would like a serious bid for the job done right. anyone??
 
It's easy. Get out a sharpie pen and draw numbers and stripes on the snooker balls. Then it's a pool table, problem solved. :)
 
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