The Reason You Dont Use Water Putty

Travis3c

Travis3c

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This table came out of Danny K's pool room. The table was done by another local mechanic just 6 months ago and wouldnt come back to fix his mistakes.

I have read alot of posts on this forum concerning Water putty vs wax vs bondo. Well here is why you shouldnt use water putty. The owner called me up and said it played ok for about a month then the cloth seemed like it had rocks underneath it causing serious ball jumps and ball roll offs.

Check it out.

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after rework and resetup using bondo

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I know most of the mechanics here use bondo but for the DIY dont use water putty!!
 
The rest of the table work pics

I really enjoyed working on this table, seemed well built. didnt have any leveling creeping seemed to be pretty well built. here are some more pics of the install

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about a year worth of reading on this forum. All someone has to do is read every thread ever posted.
 
You guys got it easy just reading on here...I had to ride around in a truck with Glen for 10 weeks to get all the tricks. ;)
 
I wished i would have been there, you got to see the work in person. There is alot more work to doing tables than just reading. You still have to figure out why, how and what from looking at photos. I just got through watching Glen's DVD's and learned something new from them. He makes rail recovering look really easy. I use pliers to tighten rail cloth because my fingers start cramping from mechanic carpal disease.
 
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there are some tricks of the trade that may never make to a post unless glen him self posts the info...
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Rob.M
 
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I think we've all got little tips and tricks that we don't share. This job definitely does take a feel to get it right sometimes. I've talked to guys that recovered their own table either after reading the information on here, or watching me do their table the last time. The story usually goes like "27 hours later, it plays great!" ;)

That's where all the tips and tricks come in that make the job easier after you've done it a few thousand times. I could write you a whole manual on the proper techniques to two-man carry slate. If you haven't done it before though, it will still be hard. We just got done moving 11 3-piece slate tables from one storage to another for a good friend of mine. We got some other guys to help, knowing they wouldn't last long. :D I went through the whole how-to before I let them pick up a single piece of slate so no one got hurt or twisted their back or anything like that. One guy made it through about 3 pieces. The other guy (an ex-marine) made it through about 7 pieces before he began questioning his own manliness. LOL By the end of the day, those guys were wondering what planet I was born on and how the hell I could carry 33 pieces of slate. Point is, I can tell you all day long how to do it, but there's a lot to be said for on-the-job experience, trial and error, and making mistakes, then figuring out why and how to fix them.
 
Club Billiards said:
That's where all the tips and tricks come in that make the job easier after you've done it a few thousand times. I could write you a whole manual on the proper techniques to two-man carry slate. If you haven't done it before though, it will still be hard. We just got done moving 11 3-piece slate tables from one storage to another for a good friend of mine. We got some other guys to help, knowing they wouldn't last long. :D I went through the whole how-to before I let them pick up a single piece of slate so no one got hurt or twisted their back or anything like that. One guy made it through about 3 pieces. The other guy (an ex-marine) made it through about 7 pieces before he began questioning his own manliness. LOL By the end of the day, those guys were wondering what planet I was born on and how the hell I could carry 33 pieces of slate. Point is, I can tell you all day long how to do it, but there's a lot to be said for on-the-job experience, trial and error, and making mistakes, then figuring out why and how to fix them.
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Josh,
You need the OTLVise Buddy. We just moved 10 Gold Crown I's with it and never broke a sweat. Even moved the frames with it. It definatly has payed its self off. I know it is not as good as the DONVise.:grin:
 
PoolTable911 said:
Josh,* You need the OTLVise Buddy. We just moved 10 Gold Crown I's with it and never broke a sweat. Even moved the frames with it. It definatly has payed its self off. I know it is not as good as the DONVise.:grin:
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The bad part is, I never broke a sweat either. LOL Don is strong, but he knows where he stands. ;)
 
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