It can't be done with the rails on your table already, you'd have to replace them as the pocket cut of them rails are designed to catch balls in the pockets and not to reject them, which by the way, the slate shelf is cut way back for the same purpose. The side pockets are already smaller than any side pocket you'll find on any 3 piece slate table, because with the frame side panel of that table being so close to the side pocket, as with most all coin-operated pool tables, there was no room in the rail to cut the side pocket any bigger as the results would have been that the pocket liner would have been in conflict with the side body panel. You can't just double or triple shim the facings in the corner pockets as that will actually close the pocket on you instead of making it tighter because of the angles of the pocket cuts. If you look at your corner pockets, you'll notice that the throat of the pocket is actually wider than the mouth of the pocket is, this was done as to create a sort of catchers mitt for the balls to help insure they go into the pockets. Then, if you have me build you a set of rails that has the correct pocket opening angles,the back of the rail facings are going to really stick out in the throat of the pocket, while the mouth of the pocket is at say...4 1/4", then because what you want is not normal for Valley tables, and it's not what I'm getting ready to start offering for sale on a national level, because my best friend and partner in NM, Kerry...finally talked me into building replacement rails for Valley/Dynamo/Global 7 & 8 foot coin operated pool tables, I'm going to have to say the cost of the rails you're looking to get to tighten up your 7ft Valley table is going to cost you $225.00...shipping included of course...minus cloth...what would you like to do?u12armresl said:
u12armresl said:
I'll pass on this one...LOL "Lazy people will always take a hard job, and find the easiest way to get 90% of it done" well done Bern...LOLBig Bad Bern said:
realkingcobra said:
Bern, I wasn't making fun of you or calling you lazy...LOL I was in fact giving you a complement...LOL. My referring to lazy and hard were in fact a point miss understood. I was referring to my years in the Army as a motor pool Sargent. I always could count on my lazy mechanics to get the hard jobs done by at least 90% so that my pro mechanics could have the time to finish more jobs. So what you did, I would never have thought of doing in a pinch, had I not had the tools to build the rails. So...in other words...you've done what I wouldn't have ever thought of doing...you beat me on that one, it's called improvising, and I don't improvise very well. I fix, rebuild, or replace.Big Bad Bern said: