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Before and After: Ebonite Pool Table
Here’s a 40 year old Ebonite Pool Table with a new lease on life. We went out to Mira Loma, CA last week for this job. Our customer had just purchased this seven foot one piece slate pool table. The table looked pretty bad when we showed up, we had our hands full with this table. [...]
Garage Level?
Here’s a recent job we did in Capistrano Beach, CA. We moved this 8′ Beach Billiards pool table from storage in San Clemente, CA to our customer’s garage and set it up. It had been previously stored in a San Clemente garage for about three years. We unloaded the frame and positioned it in the [...]
1970′s Murrey Pool Table
Here is a recent job in La Habra Heights,CA. Our customer is re-carpeting the floor in the Billiard Room, so our job was to disassemble this 1970′s Murrey “La Grande” pool table. When we arrived at the home, I took a look under the pool table to see whether it was a one or a [...]
How NOT to Recushion a Pool Table
Yet another addition to our Hall of Shame. A very nice fellow from Long Beach, CA brought his rails into the shop a couple of days ago. He explained to us that he had hired a pool table company in Bellflower, CA to recushion his “dead” pool table rails and to refelt the rails to [...]
New Products Coming Soon
We are looking forward to offering these great new tables for you! Stay tuned we should know a bit more late July.
Pool Table in a Storage Unit
Most people are surprised at how little space a pool table takes up when disassembled for storage. Take this 8′ 3pc. slate American Heritage pool table we recently disassembled in Rancho Santa Margarita,CA. Our customer was pretty happy that we were able to fit her pool table in such a small storage unit. This unit [...]
The Pool Table Delivery Process
Some of you may be wondering, “How does a new pool table get inside my home?” Well, I hope this post helps. These photos are from a recent delivery to Lake Forest, CA. This model is a Presidential Billiards 8′ Chestnut “Capetown” with Euro Blue cloth. First, I start by building the cabinet. The cabinet [...]
Movable Pool Table
This 8′ 3pc. slate pool table in Chino Hills, CA was in a space that was a wee bit too tight. But this didn’t deter the homeowner. Our client hired us to setup his pool table which had been stored in the garage for several years. He was really intent on setting his pool table [...]
Yet Another American Heritage with Dead Cushions
This week in Fullerton, CA we finished up another American Heritage recushion job. A great looking, well built pool table that is about 5 years old should not need recushioning. I just can’t believe how many of these pool tables have bad rubber! But now, with new cushions and new felt (and a new spot [...]
Hall of Shame: Poor Installation
We know that everyone is trying to save money that every dollar counts. But where do you draw the line? We came upon this beautiful Monticello pool table by Presidential Billiards. The family had just moved from Texas to Coto de Caza, CA and was in a hurry to get their pool table setup. The [...]
Getting the Most Out of Your Gameroom
By not placing their pool table in the center of the room, this nice family is going to have space for other furniture in their upstairs gameroom. This 8′ Chinese import pool table was inherited with the purchase of the house, it was originally setup in another room. When our customer moved in they wanted [...]
A Little Imagination Goes a Long Way
A few months back a nice gentleman named Ben purchased some cloth from us. He explained that he had a cabin in the mountains of Wrightwood, CA and wanted to refelt his own table. He picked up his special ordered orange rail cloth and he went his way. Today, Ben walked through the door with [...]
A Tale of Two Adlers
Two Adlers, two different cities on the same day. Some of you may remember Jeff #2′s pool table in Fullerton, CA from our post Pool Tables for the Jeffs. Jeff #2′s antique replica circa 1970 got new cushions rubber and new cloth and looks great on his new floors. Our second stop of the day [...]
From the Sunshine State to the Golden State
Here’s a transplant from Orlando, Florida to Yorba Linda, CA. We uncrated and setup this Proline Billiard table. Looked great on the east coast, still looks great on the west coast. Whether you are moving from another state or to another state, the Pool Table Experts can help get your pool table there safely.
Keep It In the Family
This “pro. eight foot” Brunswick Contempa has been around since the 1960′s. Our customer used to play on it when he was a kid. He recently started helping his mother clean up his childhood home, he decided to keep the pool table he loved so much as a kid. He hired us to move this [...]
Up In Downey
We went up to Downey, CA yesterday to finish up some work on a nine year old Advanced Billiards pool table(a.k.a. Artisan Designs) for what started as a refelt/recushion job. Our customer decided to remodel the front room of their house and make it the new game room. In an effort to save our customers [...]
Surprise Sorbonne Pool Table
What a great birthday surprise! A beautiful traditional mahogany stained pool table delivered just in time for a birthday/Memorial Day celebration. This Fischer Sorbonne pool table has scalloped rails and cabinet frame, provides a perfect party centerpiece.
Coto Once, Twice, Thrice.
Three different pool tables, three different homes, one zip code. DK Billiard Service helped some nice folks get their Memorial Day parties in Coto de Caza, CA started. First, we finished up a setup, refelt, recushion job on an old International Billiard Table. At thirty years old, this pool table still looks great and with [...]
Before and After: Mended Pool Table Legs
Last week we were called out to a home for just a “relevel”. As it turned out, the table had been moved improperly (for the third time). We ended up taking the pool table all apart and storing it in the customer’s garage while we repaired the pool table legs in our shop and recushioned [...]
Most Interesting Pool Table of the Month
Sometimes we get called to service a pool table and the owner “forgets” to tell us they have something a bit unusual. Take this custom pool table in San Juan Capistrano, CA. We came out to disassemble this pool table so the moving company could safely move it up north to Santa Barbara,CA. Wow! It [...]
Fusion Pool Table Setup – Out of the Box
We haven’t posted much on how the Fusiontable by Aramith goes together, so we took a few photos on a recent delivery to Sherman Oaks, CA to give you an idea of what it looks like. The Fusion Pool Table comes in a giant crate/pallet. It isn’t put together (we do that), so it looks [...]
Going On a Stainless Steel Safari
Here are few photos of another great looking Aramith Fusion Pool Table we recently delivered and set up in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The Ocelot Beige print on the wenge rails and camel cloth on the slate brings a little safari edge without losing the simplicity of the overall look. And, the stainless steel frame [...]
How NOT to Move Your Pool Table: Part 4
Once again we have come across a pool table that has been moved improperly. This owner (and his friends) in Trabuco Canyon, CA thought it would be a great idea to move his 8′ 3 piece slate, World of Leisure pool table for a party dance floor. They put the pool table legs inside of [...]
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
To most folks this looks just like a regular pool table. It’s an 8′ 3 piece slate pool table,an 8 footer that has leather pockets and carved legs. And, in that sense, it is a regular pool table. But, when we were called out to setup and refelt this pool table, we found that the [...]
Cushion Rubber: Part 2
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Not all pool table cushion rubber is created equal. Depending on the type of rubber, age and environmental conditions, typical cushion rubber lasts about 20 years. Some a little less, some a little more. And then there are the exceptions to the rule. Take our Looking [...]
Before and After: Looking Good at 40
Last week we posted a few photos of a Mitchum pool table from the 1960s. We went back out to Walnut, CA to finish the second leg of the new flooring move and to refelt this unique 9 foot pool table. The burgundy felt makes the table pop and after 40 years with the original [...]
Most Interesting Pool Table of the Week
We see quirky and sometimes odd pool tables while out and about doing pool table service in Southern California. But every once in a while we come across one that makes us do a double take. Take this interesting Mitchum pool table in Walnut, California. The frame style is highly unusual with narrow bottomed pedestal [...]
Blast From the Past Retro Pool Table
We definitely aren’t strangers to having Fischer pool tables around. But seeing a Fischer pool table circa 1960 is another story. It’s not the first time we have seen this table. We moved and refelted it a few years back. But it is such a cool looking table we just had to post a picture. [...]
Before and After: Wet Cement Pool Table
Some of you may remember I posted a pic of some interesting working conditions on a job site that involved the Pool Table King disassembling and moving a pool table over wet cement. Well, we made our way back to Laguna Beach, CA and set up the pool table on the newly tiled floor. Looks [...]
Coin Operated Pool Tables: Part Two
As a follow-up to Coin Operated Pool Tables: How Do They Work, I’ll go through the cue ball dropping sequence and some of the mechanics involved with quarter/ball trap drop.
