This particular pool table we’re setting up for some clients in Anaheim, CA. The family just relocated here from Texas and brought their Brunswick pool table with them. The couple was unaware of the sub-par quality of their 8′ slate pool table. The Mr. and I spoke a little about the reasons why he bought […]
Billiard Table Setup
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Billiards Back Breaker
Here is an antique Brunswick-Balke-Collender Royal billiard table that we were hired to move from an upstairs room to our client’s garage. This massive five by ten-foot pool table weighs in at an incredible 1600 pounds, almost as much as two standard size eight-foot pool tables. The Royal, circa 1928, features a three-piece slate bed. Each […]
Nasty Nick’s New Outpost
My client Andy, the owner of Walker ’47 in Anaheim, CA was moving his historical old west garment and firearms store. He had been in his former location on Beach Blvd. for three years. He found himself a better location a few miles east of there, on Ball Rd. This will be the second time […]
This Old Pool Table; A Family Heirloom Restored
Here is an older Global Billiards pool table we recently serviced for our clients in Long Beach, CA. This eight-foot, one-piece slate pool table used to belong to my client’s father. She grew up with this pool table and learned how to play pool on this table. She had racked up many, many fond memories […]
Billiard Table Puzzle From Texas
This family of five from Rossmoor, CA had just relocated from Texas. The family purchased this eight-foot American Heritage billiard table new in 2007. When my assistant and I arrived at the two-story Rossmoor home to re-install the billiard table, it was in many, many small pieces. Normally when a billiard table is disassembled, the […]
Broken Pool Table Slate
This pool table slate was damaged due to disassembly inexperience. This 3/4″ piece of slate had slate screw holes that were covered with putty and the person who disassembled the pool table years ago tried to remove the slate from the table with out removing the (hidden) screws. The slate cracked. We were able […]