The most sought after size of the Riley diner is the 8ft
these large dining billiard tables are much sought after for the larger Home .
Serial number starts A8 on this table , A stands for Accrington the home of E J Riley , and 8 is for 8ft .
as you can see a little dusty , but a nice wire wool down and plenty of wax and elbow grease will keep this table patina .
I would avoid going for an expensive strip and re polish as it will knock all the charisma off this table .
you may as well just buy a Sir William Bentley Billiards copy of one if going down that route .
this table needs to kept original .
this Riley diner has at sometime had a replacement slate bed by Thurston .
not a bad thing , you do not wish to buy a cracked or broken slate bed table do you .
so although it need a little restoration work it is in very good condition .
also at sometime the leathers and bag nets have been replaced ,
now you can replace these for new , or just leather renovate the leathers and go for new nets to keep the old patina .
if the nets do not smell fusty keep those too if they can be got off without damage to them .
now because this is the largest 8ft normal line model they have pull out handles to help lift the table on it’s dual height , Diner to play Height adjusters .
( they may have done a few 9fts but not many )
Now this is where the money has to be spent
the table will require a re-cloth .
also we do not know how old the rubber is in the cushions , so I would recommend
a re-rubber , re-cloth , new nets , and leathers or renovate the old leathers with leather renovator treatment .
above a photo of one of the dual height lifters .
the adjusters are sticking at the moment which is normal if they have been allowed to go green , they are brass
and damp sends them sticky , they should be removed cleaned and lightly greased to allow good slide movement .
but it also may be that the two parts are mixed up , if you look tot he right of the words Patent you see 4 notches
this means it is lifter no 4 , now look just below and you see number 2 . this part may not belong to each other and needs marrying up with no 4 bracket
when new these brackets are made to be free sliding , they also wear into each face of its twin part , if you mixed up this outer slide part and fit to another inner fixed part they are not going to operate easy and stick .
A good Billiards fitter will know how to put this right and work much better .
the table is in the north east , Newcastle Area .
Priced as is for just ~£750 come and get me price .
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* this is a private sale direct from the seller to the buyer and is not GCL billiards stock .