About Pool Tables

Elektra asked:


i have a regular pool table and i want to put it in a lounge and turn it into a pay to play table. anyway my table can be converted…
I want it to be official. whether it accepts coins or dollar bills… as if it were in a real pool hall.

Pedro

Miodrag Trajkovic asked:


Do you want to save space in your home but you still want to get a ping pong table installed in your recreational room along with your dart board, and pool table? If so, then you will see that there is a way you can save space and at the same time have a ping pong table in your home.

With the table tennis conversion top, you will be able to convert your pool table to a ping pong table with little effort. The great thing about this device is that it will be able to fit on different kinds of pool tables.

Basically, the conversion top will utilize the frame and body of the pool table. By placing the conversion top on the pool table and locking it with the mounting brackets, you and your friends can instantly play ping pong.

The great thing about these conversion tops is that they are very easy to install. As mentioned before, there are many available conversion tops that will be able to fit on different sizes of pool tables. This means that by purchasing the correct conversion tops, you’ll never need to worry about pocket interference. All you need to do is mount it and lock it with the mounting brackets on the pool and you will have a firm and solid ping pong table that you will enjoy playing in with your friends.

Because you won’t be purchasing another table, you will see that getting a conversion top will provide more value for your money. It is cheaper and it is also very durable. You can also remove the net from the conversion top and make it a table for eating or studying. As you can see, this will serve as an all purpose table that you can use for any reason.

Another great feature of a table tennis conversion top is that it will save you a lot of space. Because you will only purchase the top, you can easily set it aside beside the wall of your home and start playing pool with your friends. Now, when it’s time for you to play ping pong, you can easily place the conversion top again and lock it in on the pool table.

These are the great benefits that a table tennis conversion top can provide. With it, you can be sure that you will be able to have a ping pong table at a very low price and at the same time, save precious space in your home.



Harry

breo_saighit asked:


If two people lay a quarter down to request a match, and you and your pool partner just got the table, and were on your first match against each other, and there’s only one table in the place, is it bad etiquette to turn them down and just continuing playing yourselves?

Brian

Jayesh Bagde asked:


Leslie Poolmart Inc., Pentair, Hayward, Aqua Superstore, Inc. and Tri-State Swimming Pools, Inc. are among USA’s paramount stores selling swimming pool supplies.

Here’s a brief description of the product variety these stores offer.

Leslie Poolmart Inc.

Leslie Poolmart Inc. is amongst America’s and the world’s largest retailers specializing in swimming pool supplies. It has more than 600 stores all over United States. The accessibility of copious on-site stores as well as online and mail order shopping grant each consumer the expediency and wealth of options. This also makes the company one of the most sought after pool supplies retailer in the country.

Leslie’s product assortment consists of above ground pools, saunas and spas, pumps and motors, lighting, filters and filter media, pool liners and cleaners, heaters and many more.

Many of Leslie’s products are offered exclusively; finding them in any other pool store is impossible. Its on-site stores also provide free services–labor on repairs, water analysis, and seminars.

Leslie Poolmart started out as a small backyard pool supply venture in North Hollywood, CA in 1963.

Pentair

Pentair Water Pool and Spa is recognized in the industry as a seller of world class spa and pool accessories as well as equipment. Its Pentair Pool Products, along with the Sta-Rite and Rainbow brands make up of the company’s line of pool necessities.

Residential and commercial swimming pool owners can choose from a quality collection that ranges from pool safety and maintenance supplies, aboveground systems, pool cleaners, heat pumps, water features, filtration systems, to fish feeders. Pentair is a major source of pool decking supplies, pool tile, aquarium, and pond, too.

Hayward

For almost nine decades, Hayward has been the partner of pool lovers by selling revolutionary swimming pool products. Hayward brings you products that consist of in-ground and above-ground equipment, generators, lighting, pumps, heaters, automatic pool cleaners, etc.

Aqua Superstore, Inc.

Headquartered in Port Charlotte, Florida, Aqua Superstore, Inc. is amongst the vital sources of discount yet premium swimming pools, pool supplies, and equipment.

With both online and onsite stores, the company has a knowledgeable, receptive team of customer service professionals.

They have one of the most comprehensive offering of pool-related products that include waterfalls and fountains, blowers & ozonators, pool furniture, diving boards, slides and alarms. Customer can also enjoy shopping for multiplicity of heaters, filtration systems, loungers and floats, and pool cleaning tackles.

Tri-State Swimming Pools, Inc.

Developed in 1970, the Tri-State Swimming Pools, Inc. began with building concrete and stainless steel in-ground pools as well as pool vinyl liner.

The following year, the company opened a shop that focused on retailing pool accessories and materials, above ground and in ground pools, pool tables, and pool construction.

Tri-State Pools proved itself to be versatile not only by selling equipment and supplies for your pools, but also by building swimming pools, aboveground and in ground. Prior to building a pool, Tri-State Pools offers its clients free assistance in creating layout and inspecting pool spot.

This will allow the pool owners to visualize the pool and be given the option to re-create the fit they want. Tri-State also offers an ample array of the best replacement motors, pumps, filters, automatic pool cleaners, cleaning instruments, pool paint, safety equipment, chemical and chemical feeders, maintenance apparatus, as well as pool toys.

Tri-State is based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.



Brett

jennzilla asked:


I’m thinking about alternative surfaces for my pool table. It’s wood right now and is slightly warped. I live in Florida where the humidity is insane, so wood isn’t a good replacement option anyway. Slate is very expensive and heavy, so here’s what I’m thinking:

1. Acrylic or plexiglass sheeting, 1″ thick
2. PermaSlate (Can’t find where to buy this!)
3. Hard polyurethane

What do you think? Any ideas?

Ramon

staceystwins asked:


We are refelting our pool table and are unsure if their is a right way up to lay the felt. My partner thinks one side is fluffier and one is shinier, I can’t tell. Table didn’t come printed or with any tags or stickers indicating a correct way up.

Nellie

sandyrowell329 asked:


I’m trying to figure out how many people I’ll need to move a pool table this weekend. I’m not sure if it’s one piece slate or two (the person I’m buying it from didn’t know & I haven’t seen it yet). Any suggestions on how many people I’ll need?

Billy

cameo asked:


I have a 8′ Fischer 1 piece slate pool table, the slate is cracked and chipped with some holes as large as 1″ across. Is there any better product to use to repair other than auto body putty or bees wax.

Norman

ashley h asked:


i went into a room to play some pool, and when i clicked on a table to play the table wouldn’t come up on my screen. and i just downloaded java, so i know i have the software for it.

Lloyd

Pete Williams asked:


American Pool, which is played on a 9 x 4.5ft table, consists of at least 5 regularly played disciplines. The most popular are the games of 9-ball and 8-ball and these games are played all over the world at an amateur and professional level.

The American style tables first started being put into UK clubs in the early 90’s when operators could see the benefit of offering cue sports for all. These tables are easy to play on and take up far less space than snooker tables.

The lack of popularity of American Pool in the UK is caused in part by conservatism, snooker and English pool are both very traditional sports and at a tournament and professional level are played in very traditional ways. Players wear suits, waistcoats and dickey-bow ties. American Pool is very liberal; players do have to adhere to a dress code but this is not so strict. Audiences tend to be a lot more vocal too!

The next point that I touch on is that there are over 5 million snooker and English pool players in the UK. In the case of English pool, it is always going to be very difficult to convert a player to the larger tables because their local pub can’t house a 9ft pool table. This is the case for the vast majority of public houses throughout the UK. The main player base does not want to travel to a pool hall and pay £7-£8 per hour to play a game of pool when they can go around the corner to their local pub and pay 50p per game. Not that it is all about money, it is convenience too. That is not to say that these “pub pool” players do not enjoy American Pool, I am sure they do, it is just seen as a night out for them and something that only happens rarely.

We then have to consider the impact of television and media coverage of Cue Sports. Snooker commands huge television audiences from its broadcasts on the BBC. The BBC is accessible in nearly every home in the UK, which means that anyone can tune in to watch if they want to. By having the game easily accessible on the TV networks people get a buzz for the sport and want to go and play themselves. This is especially prevalent considering the large sums of money that the professional players receive for winning a tournament. Who would not be attracted to that aspect of the sport?

In contrast American pool is only available via the SKY Sports network (although some is now reaching British Eurosport) and is shown at very inconvenient times. I am not sure of the number of homes that subscribe to SKY Sports but it is probably only about one tenth of the total number of households that can view the BBC. Of these 10% the majority are subscribing to watch the football not the pool. So it all comes down to promotion and exposure. Without reaching the mass market via terrestrial TV American pool will not develop and although English pool does not have the exposure either it is accessible due to the number of tables available in local pubs.

Something that I touched on earlier that further cements the case is prize money. A sport is only attractive to TV audiences (in the first instance) if players are seen to be earning huge sums of money or if the TV networks can see that there is already a mass market. In snooker this has previously been the case (more recently prize funds have dwindled but they still are into the £100,000’s), which is why young people especially want to take up the sport, it is relatively cheap to play and if you get good then you can earn some money playing the game.

In American Pool prize funds in the vast majority of cases are made up solely of entry fees. This means that it can be expensive to play with no real rewards for winning. Even in the USA and on the main professional circuits, sponsorship in the form of added prize money is at a premium. It is not very attractive to players if they cannot be seen to be making a living. I don’t want to paint a completely bleak picture because there are around 30-40 players that earn a very decent living through tournaments and endorsements.

So in conclusion it is easy to see that until the exposure of the sport changes and sponsors come on board the sport will not grow in the UK and our cueists (who I believe to be the best in the world) will stick to what they know.

The game also needs a grassroots level, which is something I tried to introduce when I launched APN Leagues (now owned and operated by a different party). It is grassroots tournaments, coaching and leagues that will build the player base in the first instance, then all the other factors mentioned above will almost fall into place.



Dennis