Your DREAM table?
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I always loved Gold Crowns, I grew up with them. 
ioCross said:
I, too, am a traditionalist and always preferred green cloth. However, since playing regularly on my friend's Diamond Pro Am, covered with "Tournament Blue" (similar to electric blue) cloth, I've changed my opinion. That color, plus the magnificent Diamond light, provide the finest conditions I've ever seen. At first it seemed too bright, but the balls are so crisply delineated that after hours of play, I feel no eye strain at all.
Here's (hopefully) a little better picture of my dream table, in my dream room, in my dream house. This Anniversary (circa 1945) is fully restored, and looks and plays like new. I've had it for almost a year, and I still go downstairs every morning just to look at it.
And another one with the light on.
And another one with the light on.
Smith's Billiards in Springfield, MA had several 10' pool tables up until just a few years ago. I think they were antique Medalists, but that's a guess. One by one, they disappeared (sold I assume), until none were left.tedkaufman said:
If I had a dream table, it would be one of those 10' tables from Smith's (Brunswick's from some World's Fair).
Here's a sight with an antique Medalist on it. http://www.billiardrestoration.com/tables.htm
Fred
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UWPoolGod1 said:Same tables I learned on up in Seattle at U. of Washington. They have these models and the Anniversaries as well. The games area manager just won't seem to sell me one.
We have a few of these Anniversary tables for sale here. Each one is beautifully restored. PM if you need some details.
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14oneman said:
Thank you, 14.1. I found the table and had it restored at the same place -- Billiard Restoration Service in Clay Center, Kansas. They do beautiful work.
The price? [gulp!] Uh, just a tick under $7k, including delivery and installation, Simonis 860, a new set of Centennials, and some house cues and other dodads. But it IS my dream table. The house is merely a protective enclosure (and the necessary bargaining chip with my spouse).
BTW, in looking at the staple holes on this table, it looks like it had only been recovered maybe 3 times before. Pretty amazing for a 60 year-old.
For me the Park Avenue model pictured in the link below. Don't know about playability but the looks of these Blatt tables blows me away.
http://www.blattbilliards.com/ContemporaryPage.html
http://www.blattbilliards.com/ContemporaryPage.html
Cornerman said:
That site is awesome. What a collection of tables! Thanks!
Double-Dave said:
Blatt does make some incredible tables. My studio used to be close to Blatts, and I'd make a point every so often to drop in and browse the tables on the showroom floor. I've heard they play very well, too.
Here is mine:
http://www.brunswickbilliards.com/our_rich_history/antique_tables/arcade.html
This table is beautiful and soooooooooooooooooooo solid! The only bummer is that the ball return tray is really low to the ground.
My dream at home poolroom would have that table, a 6 x 12 Brunswick Snooker Table and a 5 x 10 Brunswick Carom Table.
Ernesto and Oscar D. have the closest I have ever seen to that set up at home (Nice!).
http://www.brunswickbilliards.com/our_rich_history/antique_tables/arcade.html
This table is beautiful and soooooooooooooooooooo solid! The only bummer is that the ball return tray is really low to the ground.
My dream at home poolroom would have that table, a 6 x 12 Brunswick Snooker Table and a 5 x 10 Brunswick Carom Table.
Ernesto and Oscar D. have the closest I have ever seen to that set up at home (Nice!).
I don't have a link, but the Brunswick Mission 9' in dark cherry stain makes me drool. Simple but gorgeous, and a good playing table.
-Andrew
-Andrew
Black and chrome Brunswick Metro Tournament Edition with blue Simonis 860 cloth.
I can't decide between electric and powder blue...
Tight pockets for practice issues, but still within the "normal" measurements.
That along with Aramith TV Balls and a pro-looking lightning system
Next to that would be a 12' Riley Aristocrat Snooker table with Strachan cloth
The Metro would be possible in some years, but I'd prefer a Focus ST instead of a Snooker table (10.000€ + super mega sized room
)
I can't decide between electric and powder blue...
Tight pockets for practice issues, but still within the "normal" measurements.
That along with Aramith TV Balls and a pro-looking lightning system
Next to that would be a 12' Riley Aristocrat Snooker table with Strachan cloth
The Metro would be possible in some years, but I'd prefer a Focus ST instead of a Snooker table (10.000€ + super mega sized room
)
The one I currently own.
9ft. Robertson Black Max w/ Simonis 860 (Tournament Blue) and ball return.
9ft. Robertson Black Max w/ Simonis 860 (Tournament Blue) and ball return.
tedkaufman said:
Nice new website they have! Weird though that they still build tables with T-Rails and say this is actually a good thing. I can understand doing this to duplicate the look of the antique tables they specialize in, but everything I've heard says this method produces inferior rail response, which is why it hasn't been used since Brunswick introduced the first "modern style" tables like the Anniversary in the 1940's.
This is also the reason I wouldn't personally want my "dream table" to be one of the classics from the early 1900's, beautiful though many of these are.
I'd take a perfectly restored and setup Anniversary or Centennial myself too. (And for anyone looking Blatt's have one listed in their Table Exchange section at present) Intersting how no-one so far has dreamed of a Gold Crown IV.