Video walk through of installing Simonis on a 7' Diamond
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Zach, just like you, was a great student, you both sucked up knowledge like a sponge
So, do you have some pictures of the pocket casting on your GC's?
Zach, just like you, was a great student, you both sucked up knowledge like a sponge
Thanks, RKC
I do owe you a debt of gratitude for training me on bed and rail cloth installation.
I am one that prefers to disassemble the rails on Diamonds when I recloth them. I just find it easier and can pull the cloth tighter that way. For sure takes longer but yields better results for me.
A couple of questions...
1. On the side pockets, the cloth is "folded over" the rails creating a fold at the corners (2 layers thick), but this doesn't appear to be done on the corner pockets where it looks to be "stretched over" the rails. Can you tell me why this is? For some reason I thought this was lazy work on the mechanic's side, but seeing it done here tells me this may not be the case.
2. With all the staples, how long do rails typically last before they need to be repaired or replaced due to all the staples "degrading" the wood?
Thanks!
1. On the side pockets, the cloth is "folded over" the rails creating a fold at the corners (2 layers thick), but this doesn't appear to be done on the corner pockets where it looks to be "stretched over" the rails. Can you tell me why this is? For some reason I thought this was lazy work on the mechanic's side, but seeing it done here tells me this may not be the case.
2. With all the staples, how long do rails typically last before they need to be repaired or replaced due to all the staples "degrading" the wood?
Thanks!
I can answer those questions for you. First of all trying to recover the side pockets without a fold requires stretching the cloth so hard it distorts the nose of the cushions to the point that they end up having a bend in the facing starting to resemble a snooker side pocket, second the added fold provides a little more padding to the facing as balls when being played off the facings have a more direct hit on the side pocket facings, so the cloth lasts longer as a result.
As far as how many times can rails be stapled, well that depends on who's recovering the rails, how long the legs of the staples are, how wide the head of the staple is, and just exactly how the staples are removed when being replaced. Most of the abuse on the bottom of the rail comes from the installer, not the staples if the correct staples are being used.
This is the kind of abuse I'm talking about, when rails are recovered like this, you get about 5 years worth of wear and tear in one recovery, keep in mind all those staples still have to be pulled out the next time the cloth is changed, and if the installer digs out a little wood from every staple as it's being removed, you can end up with 50 years worth of wear and tear in just 10 years.
This is the kind of abuse I'm talking about, when rails are recovered like this, you get about 5 years worth of wear and tear in one recovery, keep in mind all those staples still have to be pulled out the next time the cloth is changed, and if the installer digs out a little wood from every staple as it's being removed, you can end up with 50 years worth of wear and tear in just 10 years.
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Electric staple guns are the most destructive stapler that can be used to recover the rails, all it takes is just a little pressure on the head of the gun and it buries the staple in the wood, then had to be dug out to be removed the next time, and every time that's done, more and more wood keeps getting dug out of the staple area, until there's almost nothing left to staple into.
Chris has Gabriels in his room
Oh well, I don't care for Gabriel's much either.
So on the corners this same issue doesn't occur? You don't have to pull as tight?
All interesting stuff and thank you for the insights!
Corners are simple, not nearly the angle of the side pockets.
I second that!
I will probably never install my own cloth, but that was a very well done video. I like the POV camera that shows the setup from your perspective. Nice work.
So, you don't use an electric stapler? What's the right size staple?
Thanks Zach, I enjoyed watching your videos.
I have covered over 50 tables over the years but today I’m happy to pay a professional to do the job perfect. I still like watching and learning about your professional techniques.
Also I hope RKC sells a ton of that glue and changes the pool world for the better.
I have covered over 50 tables over the years but today I’m happy to pay a professional to do the job perfect. I still like watching and learning about your professional techniques.
Also I hope RKC sells a ton of that glue and changes the pool world for the better.
1/4" leg, 1/2" crown staples and a pneumatic stapler. Unlike an electric stapler, with a pneumatic stapler, you can pull the trigger and the staple hammer stays extended, then you can belt sand it flush to the nose of the gun, then it don't matter how pressure you apply to the cloth with the gun, it can't sink the staple through the cloth, or bury it in the wood, which is what causes the wood to get dug out when the staples are being removed.
And trust me, I've come behind idiots who used a 1/4" crown, 3/4" long finish staplers to install the rail cloth AND bed cloth. Once, when I took a table apart and seen how the cloth was attached, and how many 1/4" crown staples was used, I put the table back together, told the home owner to call the person who did that, and have him recover the table, packed up my tools and left....no charge!!
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Brilliant.
Thank you,
Jon
Thank you,
Jon