what are you on about? i didn't say anything about any of that.Except for the fact that I've been working with Diamond for the last 22 years, a d was instrumental in the design of their coin ops and ProAms, and the change over from the playability of the red label to blue label rail system. I also was instrumental in the perfection of Diamonds pocket design, but we don't need to get into all of that, right?
OK then Lou, this is the first I've heard of anything breaking.
And the funny thing about what you quoted, is unless the so called expert put his HANDS on that table, he has absolutely no credibility to say anything, unless he's looking at the same thing everyone else is looking at, he can't back up his agreement!
What's his name, I more than likely know him, or again, is that top secret?
Your problem, not mine, is that too many people remember you.
Never said he wasn't so nice, but you can verify what I said, he's worked on your pool tables as well, right? I've even spent some time with Ernesto showing him how to make repairs on Olhausen rails. I like Ernesto too.
OK, nice attempt at a recovery. If Ernesto was to make any mistake at all, likely only because he works himself to exhaustion, he absolutely will insist on fixing it. He knows how high my standards are, which is why I fly him 3000 miles across the country and I won’t allow anyone else to touch our tables.
I have a problem with that?
So the "well respected mechanic" you're referring to hasn't SEEN the table, I understand now.
What I said is perfectly reasonable, to a reasonable person.
Like I said, I really do like Ernesto, but as a expert table mechanic, I just don't happen to agree with the way he does certain work, not when there's better, more accurate, and simpler ways to perform the same tasks, which overall produce a better outcome.
Is that the end of your story or are you fixing to tell us there was an easier way to do it? And of course you are saying there has never been anything over the years regarding pool tables you have ever learned from Ernesto, only stuff he has learned from you.Like I said, I really do like Ernesto, but as a expert table mechanic, I just don't happen to agree with the way he does certain work, not when there's better, more accurate, and simpler ways to perform the same tasks, which overall produce a better outcome.
Years back, I helped move some of the tables for the Broken Rack pool hall to their new location in Emeryville. I had my box truck, Ernesto had his small car, and the room owner had a bunch of help. I brought a 9ft Diamond ProAm to install there, but decided to help them move some of their tables as well, before I changed the cloth on the table I was delivering and the 9ft ProAm the location already owned. So, using my truck I moved their 9ft Diamond, 10' billiard table, and their 6'×12' snooker table. Then, after that I got started recovering the 2 Diamonds while Ernesto took all the rails off the Olhausen 9fts, I think 21 of them. He brought all the rails over to a couple of tables near where I was working so he could drill out the rail bolts he had to cut off because the T-nuts were spinning inside the rails. I was watching him as he was drilling out the bolt stud, far enough down so he could screw a nut plate to the bottom of the rails so a rail bolt could then be used to bolt the rails down. Out of curiosity I went over and asked Ernesto what he was doing, so he explained it to me, and told me he had 51 rail bolts he had to cut off to get all the rails off
If you think you’re going to get a straightforward answer on that simple question, you haven’t been keeping up with this thread for the last 4 days since it started.
