putting a snooker table back together....

[TheRowdyOne]

Our eightball association has an old snooker table that has been put away in storage for 5+ years Make and model unknown, although i'll be trying to find that out in the next week or two.

My question is.... can anyone please point me in the right direction for a guide or even better a video that would help up put the table together correctly? I sort of understand the basic idea of putting it together.... the very basics... But a video would help alot, also any tips. ie i rember someone saying that when the slate pieces are laid and leve,l the gap in between the slate pieces is filled and sanded back to prevent movement, but what do you use....

cheers big ears...

[tcollick]

I bought a dvd from easysnooker.co.uk and it helped me recloth both the table and cushions. I also called Thomas Manning (the owner of the site and creator of the DVD), with a couple of questions when I was having problems (recovering cushions around the pockets is tricky!) and he was extremely helpful and friendly.
I don't think he has any DVD's that include the actual putting together of the table and slates, probably because this is much less common than reclothing. But if you buy one of his DVD's I'm sure he'll sort you out on the phone if you come unstuck when doing the table and slates, aswell as the recloth.
BTW, if you are not a DIYer or good with your hands, I recommend getting a mate who is to help because its quite tricky. The table recloth I could do myself, but for the cushions I had to ship in a mate because (even after the phone calls) I wasn't competent enough!

[RGCirencester]

surely this is a job for a professional fitter?

[tcollick]

Definately with the cushion recover..but there aren't any where I am so had to make do with a DVD and a mate. Fortunately my mate is a pool cue maker and has good hands and made a decent enough job of it. If Rowdy has the budget and a fitter in his region, definately that would be the obvious choice. But if that isn't an option the DVD is much better than nothing atall. Maybe I'm going off topic and he doesn't need the cushions recovered anyway, which would make the job a lot easier.

[RGCirencester]

well personally id get a pro to do it all but setting the table up, filling the slates etc. i would definately think is a job for a fitter

[tcollick]

Yes, I guess so. All I have done is the recloth which if a fitter was available I would have given my right leg, and assumed (probably wrongly) that the table set up and slates was the easy part because when I watched the table being fitted originally, it took no time to get the table and slates up but a lot longer to get the cloth on. But I guess professional fitters make it look easy just like the players!

[TheRowdyOne]

Thanks for you replies guys. Yes i agree a professional fitter would probably be required. The problem is it's a non-profit association and were not rolling in money. I just thought there might be something out there that would be able to help us put it together by ourselves. After all even the pro's had to start off somewhere, although they were probably shown how to do it by a pro themselves.

[barracuda911]

when you get it, let me know and i'll help you through it.

[philip in china]

Having seen tables assembled I wouldn't even attempt it myself. Remember a good table badly fitted plays much, much worse than a bad table well fitted.

[TheRowdyOne]

Having seen tables assembled I wouldn't even attempt it myself. Remember a good table badly fitted plays much, much worse than a bad table well fitted.

yes that's very true, but confusious also say that money saved is money spent on beer.

had a day off work(horray) so i went and had quick look at the table, seeing as i've never seen the table. I'd only heard rumors about its existance and it's.......... lets say 'value'.

http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/a...Snooker_Table/

it looks bad, but i don't think its as bad as it looks . There's just a few nicks and scratches on the structure/frame. And obviously the cloth, and cusious were going to be replaced anyway so the condition of them isnt really a factor. If and when we decide to move it to a new, playable location i'll keep everyone posted and updated with pics. I'll even try and get a step by step pictorial of the dismantling. removal, and putting together. Although i must admit this mighn't happen for a couple of months being a association that has to follow process of decisions if you understand what i mean. I have a JVC camcorder with a inbuilt hard drive, but it's not HD. I'll give this a whirl as well, because a picture paints a thousand words but a video is good for a giggle too.

[edemrulez]

Can't wait for this "blog"! Really!
You are lucky man to live in a country where man can find a table like this in the "pantry"!