Hey Glen, In the last picture is the lower left corner of the slate broken?
No it's ground off that way
Sorry, but doesn't that cause problems? I thought slate was flat with a circular cut around the pockets. Thanks for your help Glen.
A real billiards table slate don't have pockets cut out.
Ya and that beveled corner gives an opening to brush chalk & dirt into 4 corners.
And that would be correct
Yes, the system works on them as well. I always get a kick out of people showing how well their tables turned out after the mechanic did his thing, and have no problem showing off their table with in pictures of the finished job. Only problem is, that don't really tell the truth about the job that was done. You want to show that work, show those pictures off BEFORE the table is assembled. This is the work done that is never seen in the pictures, and take a look at the bottom side of the rails at the very ends, on both sides of the pocket casting T-bracket for mounting the pocket castings, we'll be coming back to explain what those screws are used for shortly.
Beautiful work as usual. Why do a lot of mechs have the large wide V cuts showing in the pocket. Technique or lazy or best they can do? Not a fan of that.
Because doing better work requires taking a little longer, and a little more learning, and a lot more desire, and there's the downfall, good enough is good enough, who cares about being better!!!
