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Monthly Archives: January 2013

How to Properly Move a 7′ Billiard Table

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 29, 2013
After removing all the slate screws, the slates can be easily separated.

Billiard Table Movers in OC Do you know why billiard tables are so heavy? Because of what lies underneath the billiard cloth. Slate. Slate is nothing more than a slab of rock pulled out of quarry and sliced into sheets small enough for a billiard table. Did you know the average weight of a seven [...]

More Bang for Your Buck

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 25, 2013
Finished installing this 8 foot Connelly Redington in client's garage.

Cheapest American Made Pool Tables. Here at DK Billiard we pride ourselves on our ability to supply our clients with cheap American made pool tables. We’ve partnered with Connelly Billiards, an American pool table manufacturer based Richland Hills, TX. for the simple fact that they produce the lowest priced, highest quality billiard tables. Unlike their [...]

When Does a Foot Not Equal 12 Inches?

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 21, 2013
7' Connelly San Carlos

What Size Pool Table Will Best Fit? When you hear someone say, “I’ve got an eight foot pool table,” a foot doesn’t ever equal 12 inches. What I mean by that is, a standard size pool table, typically 4×8 foot, measures 55×99 inches when measuring from the outside of the rails. But, that’s neither four [...]

Don’t Trash It, Refelt It

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 18, 2013
Cutting the old rail cloth and removing the featherstrips is the start to refelting your table.

Pool Table Refelting Orange County If you’ve had your pool table for over a few years, you may want to take a look at the condition of the felt. With normal use your pool table felt should last anywhere from four to seven years. This time frame could be less if the pool table has [...]

Why is Slate so Important?

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 16, 2013
Three piece slate tables can be leveled much more finely than a one piece slate can.

Slate Pool Table Benefits Thinking about buying a pool table? Let me tell you about the differences between a pool table and a slate pool table. What is slate anyways? Slate is a very heavy, fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock. Billiard table manufacturers use slate because of it’s flatness and it’s sheer weight. Slate adds [...]

Pool Table Styles Galore

2 Posted by Pool Table King on January 13, 2013
Finished installing this 8' Connelly Del Sol.

Contemporary Pool Tables For Sale Connelly Billiards produces fine American made pool tables in many different styles. Take this recent pool table delivery to our clients in Irvine, CA. Our clients didn’t want the same old traditional style pool table with slanted cabinet sides or a carved leg. They wanted something more contemporary, such as [...]

Budget Minded or the Epitome of Opulence

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 10, 2013
I'm installing the Nave Blue worsted wool felt.

Solid Maple American Made Pool Tables Finding the right American made pool table for your budget is something we specialize in. Whether you’re looking for a traditional pool table with ball in claw legs or something more contemporary, our Connelly Billiards showroom has something for everyone. From our lowest price American made pool table, The [...]

Ring In the New Year with a New Pool Table

4 Posted by Pool Table King on January 7, 2013
I'm laying the piece of felt that covers the slatebed.

Cheap American Made Pool Tables Here at DK Billiards we pride ourselves on our vast selection of affordable, American made pool tables. Take this 8′ Oak Redington pool table we recently delivered and installed to our client’s Fullerton, CA home. The clients knew that they wanted to buy an American product but were shocked at [...]

Out With the Old and In With the New

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 4, 2013
New felt job on this eight foot one piece slate Regal is complete.

Orange County Pool Table Services. This old 1970′s Regal Mfg. pool table has been overhauled. It’s owners decided to ring in the New Year by refelting and replacing the leather pockets. This Orange, CA pool table has seen many games of pool in it’s 40 years of existence. The owners decided to have the table [...]

The Traveling Pool Table

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 2, 2013
Installing the last pool table leg.

Golden West Pool Tables Orange County. This Laguna Hills, CA family recently hired us to uncrate and setup their Golden West pool table. The eight foot three piece slate pool table has been with them for many moves. This table has even been to the United Kingdom and back. This time I had to replace [...]