why not steel instead of slate?

that waferboard that wallmart uses is the shit.. and the table folds up for storage too...

and at $99.00 how can you go wrong
 
I use to work at a Machine shop and there was one material I felt would be good for a pool table backing. Which it's been 4years since I worked there and can't remember what it was called. If I remember correctly GM would use it for punching parts out and it was ungodly strong. But super expensive(Despite GM wasted the crap out of it). We got our hands on a fairly large peice that we used for a work bench top. We call it our $10,000 work bench.
 
smittie1984 said:
I use to work at a Machine shop and there was one material I felt would be good for a pool table backing. Which it's been 4years since I worked there and can't remember what it was called. If I remember correctly GM would use it for punching parts out and it was ungodly strong. But super expensive(Despite GM wasted the crap out of it). We got our hands on a fairly large peice that we used for a work bench top. We call it our $10,000 work bench.
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I believe it's a hard plastic type material called Delrin. It's as hard as a rock and can be machined to any shape.
 
steel is less elastic...

steel is less elastic than slate, so if a ball is dropped on the steel it would bounce higher than a ball dropped on slate from the same height. it would definately be alot easier to hop balls off the table, especially on the snap...JS

p.s. i think anyway
 
J$Cincy said:
steel is less elastic than slate, so if a ball is dropped on the steel it would bounce higher than a ball dropped on slate from the same height. it would definately be alot easier to hop balls off the table, especially on the snap...JS

p.s. i think anyway
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I believe the ball will bounce higher on steel because it is more elastic than slate. Meaning that it will give some and then quickly return to its original shape. Which is why it will give a higher bounce. Slate has little or no give (elastic). A steel ball will bounce higher off steel then a marble off slate. I'm somewhat sure of this.
 
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I see plastic being more reasonable as a replacement for slate, than steel.
With the variety of plastics, and composites we have today, it could be a very interesting experiment to put a few varieties on the table, and see how they played,
 
I think slate is a material which gives a natural roll better that anything else. Even if you could find a substitution, keep in mind that the surface must rebound as been mentioned before. Jummping balls is possible only due to slate reacting to the force implied.
Though I know there have been marble tables constructed, I've never had a chance to play on them to have an impression. I only think they were worse than slate ones.
 
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