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San Juan Renegade Setup

0 Posted by Pool Table King on March 15, 2011

This pool table is our least expensive model. It’s called the Renegade, it’s manufactured in the USA by The C.L. Bailey Co. Although this model has been discontinued, we still have a couple of units left for $1199. The Renegade features a one inch, three piece slate and professional K-66 cushions. The Renegade has been [...]

George’s Birthday Present

0 Posted by Pool Table King on March 13, 2011

Here’s a pool table delivery we did last week for my client in Mission Hills, CA. This day had been culminating for three months, my client George, found us on the internet. He came into our store in December and described his grand plan to my wife about his yearning  to own a slate pool [...]

Coto Game Room Flood, Times Two

0 Posted by Pool Table King on March 8, 2011

These clients from Coto de Caza, CA had a flood in their game room on Christmas Eve day, we went out and disassembled their Pro. 8′ Murrey and Sons pool table and moved it to their garage so repairs could be made .  After the repairs to the room were completed, the client gave us [...]

How To Make A 1000lb. Pool Table Disappear

0 Posted by Pool Table King on March 8, 2011

Last week we were hired to disassemble an old 1970′s Delta nine foot pool table. We setup this half ton monster in our client’s Santa Ana, CA garage about four years ago. He realized that the this nine footer just didn’t fit in the space that he has. In the meantime his father-in-law had given [...]

From Animal Style To Baller Style

0 Posted by Pool Table King on March 3, 2011

This is an eight foot American Heritage pool table we moved from Orange County to Chino, CA for our clients about four years ago. The clients booked us for another move, this time to Fontana, CA and get this this, the pool table actually gets it’s own room this time, not just a lonely cold [...]

How To Get 1000 lb. Pool Table Downstairs

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 28, 2011

This 1970′s Delmo pool table was located in an upstairs Westminster, CA home. The new homeowners just moved in about six months ago. The former owners had left this nine foot slate pool table in the upstairs bonus room. We were hired to disassemble and move this very heavy pool table to storage. I think [...]

50′s Cent Gets New Owner

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 23, 2011

This was my own personal 1950′s Brunswick Centennial nine foot pool table that I had setup in my home. I acquired five of these pool tables, two 5×10 Centennial carom tables and two Valley coin-op pool tables about 20 years ago. My former client, a pool hall owner from Santa Ana, CA was closing his [...]

Pimped Out Pool Table

1 Posted by Pool Table King on February 21, 2011

This is a 4.5×9 foot black Addison we delivered and installed for our client in Fountain Valley, CA last week. We setup this tournament sized pool table in his custom white garage. The C.L. Bailey Co. manufactures these pro style pool tables, they are also available in an 8 foot size too. He chose to [...]

Brunswick Anniversary Lives On

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 17, 2011

This Brunswick “Anniversary” over-sized eight foot slate pool table from the 1950′s was located in an upstairs Long Beach, CA apartment. The former owner of this table loved to play 8-ball on it, often practicing for hours by himself. His widow had a hard time seeing it go, I think that if it weren’t for [...]

Trabuco Canyon Rug Swap & Refelt

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 16, 2011

This Beach Mfg. pool table we serviced for our client in Trabuco Canyon, CA. The eight foot pool table still had the original spruce colored felt from seven years ago. Our client had purchased a new area rug for underneath the pool table. Sometimes we are able to move a pool table on our special [...]

CL Bailey Forsyth Delivery

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 13, 2011

We delivered this eight foot custom built oak pool table last week to our client in Fullerton, CA. He designed this table himself and we built and delivered it him. Our client chose this C.L. Bailey pool table for it’s true solid wood construction and the fact that I install all of the new tables [...]

Third Time Is A Charm?

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 10, 2011

Here is another Connelly pool table we delivered to our clients in Tustin, CA. Our clients had ordered this San Carlos eight foot over-sized with the hopes of receiving it before New Year’s Day. Due some bad weather in Arizona, the westbound freight truck was delayed. One missed engagement, the client was forgiving, can’t control [...]

Surprise! Upside Down Pool Table

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 9, 2011

This is a pretty common scenario, we’re asked to move a pool table from upstairs to downstairs. OK, so we book the job and my crew and I show up on the service date. But what our client failed to mention, was that their maintenance crew tried to tackle this endeavor themselves. When I walked [...]

Eichler Pool Table Setup

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 8, 2011

This is an old Global Billiard Mfg. pool table we had recently setup for our client. She moved into an Eichler Home in Orange, CA. We setup this over-sized eight foot slate pool table in the front room which used to be an atrium. This was one of Eichler’s many unique features. However someone had [...]

Brunswick Survives Four Year Hiatus In Shed

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 7, 2011

Here is a seven foot Brunswick pool table we had disassembled about four years ago for a client in Long Beach, CA. Our client contacted us saying she was back in town and wanted to start shooting pool again. Last week we went back out to find the pool table parts in the exact same [...]

Connelly Going Back To AZ

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 4, 2011

This is a Connelly Billiards table we serviced for our clients in Dana Point, CA last week. The clients are moving back to Arizona and will be taking their beautiful eight foot “Scottsdale” with them. Most moving companies will not move a pool table unless it is fully disassembled and the slates are properly crated [...]

Storage Unit Pool Table

0 Posted by Pool Table King on February 3, 2011

This pool table we had torn down and moved to storage for our San Juan Capistrano clients about a year ago. Last week we were notified that their new place was ready and wanted us to pickup the pool table from storage and set it up in their new Marbella condo. The eight foot three [...]

1970′s Brunswick Resurrection

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 30, 2011

Here’s an old 1970′s Brunswick Billiard table we had dismantled and stored in our client’s Fullerton, CA garage last year. The Client’s home flooded and we rushed out to rescue the family’s prized Brunswick. We were called out last to week to bring the table back inside and setup and re-cloth it. We also replaced [...]

Body Shop Billiard Table

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 30, 2011

This is a pool table we recovered for our client, Precision Collision in Orange, CA. This Valley bar room pool table was totally refurbished by Jason, the body shop’s owner. He wanted something “totally tricked-out” for his Salton Sea “Man Cave”. When my crew and arrived at Precision Collision, the pool table was already taken [...]

Dirty Old Pool Table Comes Clean

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 29, 2011
dirty old eight foot pool table before refelt

This has to be one of the filthiest pool tables I have ever come across. We were hired to give this Santa Ana, CA garage pool table a little makeover. It looked as though somebody was rebuilding some type of engine on top of the pool table. There was a huge black stain on the [...]

Shady Canyon Breakdown

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 29, 2011

This seven foot Imperial pool table was being given to one of the contractors doing work in this Irvine, CA basement game room. We were hired by the contractor to disassemble the slate pool table for him. He and his buddies will be coming to pickup the pieces and move them to his house. This [...]

Connelly Del Sol Delivery

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 28, 2011

Here we are again in Irvine, CA’s Shady Canyon to deliver and setup this eight foot Connelly pool table. This model called the Del Sol is part of Connelly’s plateau collection and features all solid wood construction and massive 1.25″ thick slates. Our clients chose this pool table for its clean, modern look, not to [...]

Breakdown In Coto De Caza

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 28, 2011

This is an eight foot Golden West “Tiburon 2″ pool table we disassembled for our clients in Coto De Caza, CA. The client is downsizing and moving to a smaller home in Coto.  He hired us to breakdown this three piece slate pool table so that his movers could safely move it to his new [...]

Zumasys Gets Game On

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 27, 2011

IT infrastructure provider Zumasys, Inc. hired us to move and refelt this Valley coin operated pool table to their company  headquarters in Irvine, CA. This old bar table used to be in service in one of Lucky John’s bars. From there it was sold to a Zumasys employee who setup in his Aliso Viejo, CA [...]

Keeping It In The Family, Almost

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 21, 2011

Here’s an old seven foot Olhausen from the late 80′s. This white washed oak pool table used to belong to the owner of Allen Cadillac. It was his personal pool table, he then passed it down to his son. This Olhausen was formerly located in the son’s San Juan Capistrano basement. Where it endured many, [...]

Murrey Pool Table Move

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 20, 2011

Here is a seven foot Murrey and Sons pool table from Los Angeles, CA. We moved this slate pool table for our clients who were relocating within Placentia, CA. The homeowners had professional movers handle all of their household furniture, but did not want them to touch their pride and joy pool table. Most reputable [...]

From The Rubble Comes A Pool Table

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 19, 2011

This is an eight foot Olhausen pool table we had disassembled for clients in Orange, CA. The clients had some major renovating to do and didn’t want their beautiful Olhausen to be disturbed by workers. We carefully dismantled the eight foot slate table and placed all the pool table parts in their garage while the [...]

Pool Table Disassembly:101

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 17, 2011

This is an eight foot, three piece slate pool table we disassembled last week for our client in Costa Mesa, CA. Last year we moved the pool table upstairs for our client. He and his girlfriend are downsizing to save money and will be moving in to a smaller one bedroom apartment. Rather than sell [...]

Pool Table Puzzle From Texas

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 14, 2011

Here is a pool table we setup in Long Beach, CA the other day. This client relocated from Texas and brought his Brunswick pool table with him. The client had the pool table refelted in TX, so the felt was still relatively new. I had no problems re-stretching the Championship Tour Edition cloth a second [...]

San Clemente Billiard Room

0 Posted by Pool Table King on January 10, 2011

My crew and I were hired last week to relocate this seven foot World of Leisure slate pool table. My clients were moving from Nellie Gail Ranch, in Laguna Hills, CA to San Clemente, CA. The new home featured an upstairs game room with views to die for. Which is exactly what almost happened to [...]