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Latest News & ProductsSanta’s Surprise Sorbonne Delivery
Here we are in Chino, CA lending a hand to Santa, because his sleigh wasn't large enough for this pool table delivery. This eight-foot slate table is manufactured by our import partners, the CL Bailey Co. of Marionville, MO. This model, called the Sorbonne, features...
Garages Make Great Gamerooms
This eight-foot Artisan Designs slate pool table has been around. The owner has had me disassemble it and reassemble it in three different cities over the past six years. My latest encounter with his pool table was to replace the cushion rubber which had all...
Fusiontables Dealers Duel It Out in the O.C.
Score one sale for the Fusion Table King. Yesterday we delivered and installed a stainless steel Aramith Fusiontable to our client in Laguna Beach, CA. Our client really did her homework when researching this purchase, and although she was offered an unbelievably low...
Santa Delivers Slate Pool Table Early
A slate pool table can be a great family gift. This San Juan Capistrano, CA family decided to get an early start this year for Christmas. They ordered one of our most popular pool table models called the Sabino Classic, manufactured in America by Connelly Billiards....
Newport Beach Pool Table Setup
This seven-foot, three-piece slate pool table is going back together after our client's floors were re-done. My crew and I tore down this ABC seven-footer and moved it out to their garage for a couple of weeks while the construction was going on. Before we returned to...
Pool Table Storage Made Easy
This pool table we serviced for a client who had just purchased it from a co-worker, but unfortunately our client had nowhere to setup the pool table. This eight foot American Heritage "SoHo"...
Aramith Fusion Table With A Lime Twist
Here we are in Manhattan Beach, CA delivering and installing an Aramith Fusion Dining Pool Table. This ultra-modern, fully customizable dining/pool table features a sleek all-steel frame, available in either powder-coated steel or stainless steel. This European design...
7′ Pool Table Delivers Family Fun
The Elayna pool table by C.L. Bailey is one of our most affordable models. It's available in seven or eight-foot sizes and features a one-inch three-piece slate bed. This family of five from Irvine, CA decided on a seven-footer for their home game room. A home pool...
Another Connelly Hot Off The Texas Assembly Line
Here we are in Tustin, CA delivering and installing an eight-foot Connelly slate pool table. This is one of our more popular American-made models called the San Carlos, which is usually sold with a carved leg. But this client chose to go with a tapered leg, Connelly...
Brunswick Pool Tables; What’s In A Name?
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...
The Phoenix Gets Its Game Back
This pro. eight-foot pool table named The Phoenix was manufactured by the now-defunct Beach Mfg. It was purchased new about 10 years ago and installed on carpeting in my client's upstairs game room. The San Clemente, CA residents hired us to do a new flooring move so...
The Widowmaker Rears Its Ugly Head
Yes ladies and gentlemen, when we say widowmaker we mean it literally. A lovely family from Laguna Niguel, CA are the new owners of this 1970s pool table. I call it the widowmaker because of how heavy the slate is. It's an eight-foot, one-piece slate pool table that...
Is Your Pool Table Unlevel?
Is your pool table unlevel? You may have a wedge thief in your midst. Here in the showroom, we have about a dozen or so pool tables set up on the floor for our customers to view and roll balls on before they purchase. Each pool table is set up and leveled so that the...
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 Table Gets Refelted, Two Year Old’s Artwork Saved
Here's a pool table refelt job we did last week in Yorba Linda, CA. The client's two-year-old Grandson climbed up onto the pool table for some creative drawing. But in the boy's defense, the felt was very old and needed replacing. These are the pics of the new felt...
Digging through the Archives
I was digging through some old photos today and stumbled across a few not actually on our website yet. It's fun to go down memory lane and remember all the fun tables and customers we have had. The photo above was the Aramith Fusion Pool Table featured on notcot.com....
Oops, I Ripped My Felt!
This is an Emergency refelt job we did for a client in Long Beach, CA. The client actually lives around the corner, but her daughter was housesitting while the owners of the pool table were on vacation. Our office received a frantic phone call from a woman who...
Coin Operated Pool Tables: How do they work?
You may have pondered this question while shooting a game of eight ball at your neighborhood bar. Whether it's a Valley, Dynamo, Global, Murrey, American Shuffleboard, Fischer, or Irving Kaye coin-op pool table, I'll clue you in on how it all works. First and...