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Anyway I took two deeps breaths and finally got around to it.
Armed with a sharp knife, some soapy water some 3m 10 bond contact and a rasp/file I went to work.
First I stripped off the old cloth and marked out and cut two templates out of some hard board.
Stripped off the old rubber (Northern Rubber dated 1990 which is in keeping with the Mfg. date of the table)
Cleaned off the old glue with solvent, rails are in good shape.
Glued up the new rubber and installed, you have to lay the rubber dead straight the first time as this stuff grabs pretty quick, got a nice bond though.
Using the templates I marked out the rubber with a fine white marker.
Trimmed off the bulk with the sharp knife and soapy water.
I got a Stanley rasp/file thingy with 4 grades in 1, very handy.
rasped down close to the markings and sanded to match the templates leaving 1/16 " extra as they were a touch oversize before.
Trimmed and filed away the underside but did not undercut the nose.
Re-taped the top side with cloth tape.
Installed the cloth and bolted em back up.
The initial bounce is not that much better but more consistent as I think the old glue was done in places, but I expect as the cloth loosens they will get better.
Hit the knuckle and they do pop out better now.
Pockets play much fairer as they were a little sloppy before, much closer the Aristocrat steel blocks in my local.
Hit them good down the rail and they go and a little forgiving if you roll them.
Measure is 3-3/16" across the drop
All in all not a bad job just time consuming and patience, took me the whole day working till 11:00 pm, take your time trimming and shaping and it should work out fine.
Anyway I took two deeps breaths and finally got around to it.
Armed with a sharp knife, some soapy water some 3m 10 bond contact and a rasp/file I went to work.
First I stripped off the old cloth and marked out and cut two templates out of some hard board.
Stripped off the old rubber (Northern Rubber dated 1990 which is in keeping with the Mfg. date of the table)
Cleaned off the old glue with solvent, rails are in good shape.
Glued up the new rubber and installed, you have to lay the rubber dead straight the first time as this stuff grabs pretty quick, got a nice bond though.
Using the templates I marked out the rubber with a fine white marker.
Trimmed off the bulk with the sharp knife and soapy water.
I got a Stanley rasp/file thingy with 4 grades in 1, very handy.
rasped down close to the markings and sanded to match the templates leaving 1/16 " extra as they were a touch oversize before.
Trimmed and filed away the underside but did not undercut the nose.
Re-taped the top side with cloth tape.
Installed the cloth and bolted em back up.
The initial bounce is not that much better but more consistent as I think the old glue was done in places, but I expect as the cloth loosens they will get better.
Hit the knuckle and they do pop out better now.
Pockets play much fairer as they were a little sloppy before, much closer the Aristocrat steel blocks in my local.
Hit them good down the rail and they go and a little forgiving if you roll them.
Measure is 3-3/16" across the drop
All in all not a bad job just time consuming and patience, took me the whole day working till 11:00 pm, take your time trimming and shaping and it should work out fine.
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