Queens, New York – Billiard industry giants Championship Cloth, Olhausen Tables, and Aramith Balls are joining together in support of the oldest tournament in billiards at the Predator 72nd World Tournament of Straight Pool. Championship Cloth has
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IWAN SIMONIS S.A./Belgium, world leader in the manufacture of billiard cloth, has just announced the acquisition of SALUC S.A./Belgium, world leader in the manufacture of phenolic billiard balls, ARAMITH balls.
Amateur and professional billiard players everywhere are familiar with and love both of these products, and both
Refurbishing the Brunswick Gold Crown.
Once you find your Gold Crown you will need a skilled and reputable mechanic to check it for loose spots on the cushions and cracked, chipped, or warped slate. Check the slates very closely. My mechanic said that he sees a warped or cracked one now & then, and sometimes the dowels have to be removed in order to properly align the slates without cracking them out at the dowels (it could be that this was on slates that were mixed between sets).
Have the table delivered and left in pieces. Tighten all of the frame's bolts. It might also be a good idea to drill and dowel all the frame's slate screw holes and start with new screws into freshly drilled pilot holes. Strip the paint from the table's aprons (side pieces) legs, and the bridge that connects the legs (be sure to preserve the make & model decal!). Fill any nicks with wood filler or spackling compound. (It may not be necessary to strip the strip the aprons, but I don't like having too much paint on stuff.) The ends of the legs will likely be butcher-block maple, which if clear-coated makes for a very nice highlight. When the clear is completely dry, mask it off and then roll (yes, just like on your living room walls) the rest of the wood bits with a few coats of gloss black enamel. (Pull the masking tape off while the black is still wet. Re-mask before the next coat). Make sure the inserts that the feet thread into are mounted really well. As I recall, I had to drill mine for additional mounting screws, as they were loose & wobbly.
Clean the rubber cushions with naphtha, acetone, or lacquer thinner - which ever works best (I used a spray electronic contact cleaner called ZepElec). As I recall, the original cushions will say Brunswick Monarch on them. I can't remember if they are off-white rubber with dark red control cloth or vice versa. Mine looked really bad when I stripped the cloth off, but after the solvent cleaning they looked like new. (My table mechanic, who now just restores antique tables, feels that the old Monarch cushions will outlast all of the cushions that are being manufactured today.) The rails should require no additional work other than cleaning, however on some the footrail nameplate is proud of the rail surface and can scratch cues. Use a Dremel or chisel and recess the plate so that it is just below the surface.
The GC metalwork is weird: The finishing shop said that the rail trim is aluminum, but they were not sure what the corner castings are (I was lucky enough to get a full set without ashtrays). I had everything chromed, which they said would be ok indoors and so long as no one whacked 'em.Brunswick Gold Crown It would be a good idea to have the edges of the pocket castings buffed, as they can scratch cues pretty readily. Black chrome might look interesting.
Give the paint some time to cure and then heavily wax every area where painted pieces will touch after the table has been assembled. Now have your mechanic come in and set it up.
Buy a GC cue rack if they have one. The rubber thingies that hold the cues in can be replaced by rubber rod. On mine the cue butt recesses were so deep that the butt plates hit, so after painting the thing black I put maple drawer knobs in the recesses. This still gives a recess, and the maple mimics the ends of the legs.
This past weekend, a group of female pool players known as The Rack Starz had their official launch party (disclaimer: PoolDawg works with some of these ladies and will be looking for ways to expand the relationship. Despite those facts, this is not a shameless plug).
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At first glance, the plain, white cue ball may appear to be the most boring on the table. On the contrary, the cue ball is packed with technology. Did you know that pool cue balls are not all created equally? They come in different weights and sizes. And the type of pool table you are playing on determines whether you need a regular sized magne
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First things first . . . First and foremost, you must hit the rack square, or head on. If you see your cue ball deflect to the right or left, you aren’t hitting the rack square. You want all of the energy from the cue ball to be transferred completely to the rack. Ideally, the cue ball should hit the rack and stop dead in the center of the table.
When your pool table begins to wear with age, its time to consider to recovering the playing surface with a high-quality 
replacement worsted wool pool table cloth. As this “wearing out” effect happens, you’ll begin to notice that it will start to negatively impact your game by affecting the rolling pattern of your billiard balls.
For years, Iwan
...When you begin setting up your home gameroom, you’ll need several essential items. Of course, you’ll need a pool table, a dartboard and darts, swivel barstools, a couple of pub tables, a good pool 
cue, and lastly, you must have a cool set of billiard balls, maybe like the Brunswick Centennial Ball Set.
Keep in mind that you no longer have to
...Hello and thank you for stopping by CornerPocketPool.com for our new product review of a very popular replacement model of pool table cloth … the Simonis 760 pool table felt.
Now if you’ve had your pool table for a while, you’ll notice that the felt cover on your playing surface will wear out over time, and as a result start to negatively impact you
A well loved and often used pool table sometimes needs a little sprucing up. A replacement pool table cloth can go a long way to giving your pool table a new life to help it fit into your home décor, to upgrade the surface of the pool table, and to make it more fun to play on. This is something that you can choose to do yourself for maximum v
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This video demonstrates to the beginning pool player the proper way of racking for 8-ball. Accord to BCA (Billiard Conference of America) rules, the 8 ball should be in the center of the rack, with a low ball in one of the opposite corners and a high ball in the other.
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