Just a little gadget we use to test the rebound value of Cushion rubber by ball distance roll , and also speed of cloth .
Made by the Late Dave Gibson for use in his own billiard hall in Beeston Nottingham to inform him of the state of his tables speed and cushion life .
I purchased it 10 years ago with some other bits and bob’s on the close down of the billiard hall , from his widow Kathy , and she was pleased it was still going to be used .
The ball is placed on the ramp and is clasped into place and held by a spring loaded lever , press to release and the ball rolls down at its own release pace not assisted , it hits the end cushion from its baulk line start line , and you measure the return travel of the ball to access the condition of the rubber .
It is the same with cloth speed , you can see if you think you need your cloth re-stretching , or compare a fast paced match or ultra fine cloth speed on on one table, to say the slowness of thick heavy club cloths .
a usefull tool and I was delighted to own it .
and still put to the use it was intended for , more so with me as a fitter , than with a 10 table billiard hall , it is now used on hundreds of tables , to show clients the state of play on their tables
Phone Karen on club phone 01530 412438 to book or reseve your ticket …only two days to go
I have just spent 4 days this week re-furbishing the playing surface and pockets on 5 full size Riley Snooker tables at the Ivanhoe social club at Ashby de la Zouch LE65 2GW . TOM FORD The Professional Snooker player ranked 24th in the world will be playing on Table 2 this Saturday , playing against local club members , meet and great autograph signing and photo opertunity , exhibition shots , and a prize Hand spliced Britannia Cue raffle The ivanhoe club has many of these professional players attend for exhibition nights , they have had some great professional exhibition players in the past , and few of the locals are tasty players too . the tables are always busy in this club . And they have their own room , sepperate from the main bar area , with sliding bifolds to close it off completley if required . The 5 full size Imperial model tables circa 1930s / 60s upgraded by Riley Leisure to modern arsitocrat cushion just over 20 years ago .the club have the tables re-clothed every 18 to 24 months depending on use and wear . I used to do the maintenance on the 5 tables for the firm I worked for before I went self employed in May 2012 . and I have a very good relationship with the Club , in fact they where the very first Job that I took on as a self employed Billiards fitter . A few Photos showing the great expense this club goes to , to provide decent playing conditions of the Snooker tables . All work useing UK made products , re-clothed in strachan 6811 tournament 100% pure new wool cloth 30 oz weight , and Peradon high quality thick leathers and nets used . The club have a high care of maintance and the tables are visited most days for , Brushing and ironing . New modern lighting was fitted around 7 years ago , to replace the old fashioned coffin shaped bulb lighting . ***Modern cushions and pockets on better Welsh slate , with modern lighting , this is the best combination . Welsh slate is far superior than the soft slate they use on modern tables of today , in fact I have seen some shocking Italian / Brazialian and Chinese sourced slate which is realy soft and powdery to the touch . You cannot get good old hard blue Welsh slate anymore , where many would have replaced the whole table , the fitting of modern cushions and pockets to the high quality welsh slate was the way to go . I know of no better quality slate than Welsh and Irish slate . It is a pity Billiard slates are too expensive to produce in Wales anymore .
****SOLD within Five days of advertising .. 2 where after it ,,, sold to first one to complete purchase , Selling client delighted . and so is the Buyer . Qulaity table , that if made to day would be very expensive to produce in Oak and steel cushions .
A very nice Oak Burroughs and watts billiards table circa around 1920/30s Oak has a nice 1/4 sawn pattern . which means it was constructed from selected oak plank pieces in the factory and not just any low grain offcutts .
My client is very realistic in his pricing of the table which is located near to Stroud in the west of England . The table is on the Ground floor , it will in my opinion require a full renovation of the playing surface , cloth and rubber , maybe upgrade the nets and leathers but I think it may lose it’s old ORIGINAL charm to replace billiard bag nets with ball rail nets and rails .
any one interested in this full size Billiard /Snooker table contact Geoff Large at GCL billiards for further information , and I will pass on your details to the selling client , who will then give me permission to let you have his contact details . Burroughs and watts are regarded as one of the best billiard table manufacturers some say the rolls royce of billiard firms , but I think George Wright and Orme & sons are also on a level of B&Watts , Burroughs & Watts where credited with the first use of Steel braced cushions known as steel vaccum or Steel block cushions , which is still used to the same design on modern match play tables of today on TV . Steel cushions give you a better ball responce in rebound and speed off the cushions , plus lower noise when the ball hits the cushion , not so much of a thud sound which a normal full wood cushion often sounds like . There are a few mahogany B&WEatts tables for sale but Oak ones only come up now and again , not saying it is rare to find but not as many as mahogany for sale . which is a good point for our selling client , as I do not think the table will be up for sale long at this price . Contact Geoff or Carol Large by email
Just to let Every one know that Geoff is away on holiday in Brixham Devon for a week from this Friday 18th August to next Monday 28th August Bank Holiday . our Daughter is manning the fort at Home with the Dog’s , but is not taking any calls or bookings or Emails . so it is pointless trying to contact me for the next 10 Days . Let me have a Good break from Work and not come back to an overloaded message system please . I only have a few days in September left towards the end of the month , August is fully booked as is first 3 weeks of September . Now taking booking when I come back from holiday for October .
Table UK Logistics Ground floor to ground floor is our speciality , Quotes given once we have both full post codes . Re-clothing in UK manufactured cloth ..no import rubbish Re-rubber in either Peradon rubber or best Northern yellow dot rubber . Geoff Large fully trained time served billiards fitter 47 years experience . Ask a question if you are having problems with your table . Best contact is by Email c.large@btinternet.com with photos of the table in question . It is not often I get a slack period , I am normally 6 weeks booked up in advance . so a few Days left in September , we have spare days to fill in .
Above loading of Table parts , this one was going into storage so rather than blanket wrap it was bubble wrapped .
Above a small 7ft billiard table re-rubber in best Northern rubber . Below same table with a Burgundy cloth re-cloth and new nets and leathers .
Above , Re-rubber full size on site and use templates to get 100% accurate pocket openings this is the best way to have your table re-rubbered and not to guess the size by taking cushions back to a workshop and estimating it all . Pocket could be tight or large openings depending on what the fitter takes off . By using the actual tables bolted on cushion positions there is no mistake . You can also instruct to make them larger or smaller openings .
Above a table we dismantled and stored in our clients Garage ready for collection by a buyer Below a table that was moved by our client and a builder , and placed like this in a room ready for us to call and erect it . the table was upstairs which we do not do anymore , but the builder had a extending beam fork lift to pass these slates through a window , and his work force left them like this for us to sort out .
Below the builders table now complete and set up . the table is a tournament steel professional match cushion model Riley Aristocrat in very good condition . we fitted a Hainsworth Match cloth to this table .
Now and again we get asked to ship full size tables over to France , below we have palletised a table for our courier in Lincoln to ship out and deliver to site . Note we put every part onto one pallet but the tow long sides are separate and the shade if also sent . it would help if anyone in France has access to a extending beam fork lift to help unload , most rural farmers have them .
Below how an extending beam Manitiou fork lift , was used to unload a table to an upstairs opening in France
We also do pool tables from UK small pub type to these American 9ft type . The cloth on this job was ordered special to incorporate Budweiser themed print in three colours staggered at Butlins Skegness hot shots .
We could almost use any colour , as Hainsworth UK manufactured cloth specialists , have a good selection of cloth colour shades in both in Napless Elite pro speed and Napped Smart cloth .
Sorry all new stock have gone out on site , last one reserved today for install at the week end to Ashbourne phoned up today to inquire about more supreme winners and my next order is due December 2023 . I am going to try another make of table for our rentals , to see if I can get their stock in sooner .
*** £25 a week plus we give you 4 free weeks a year .
Sorry last one now gone , a BRAND NEW STILL IN BOX , 7×4 mechanical coin operated pool table for Rental contracts . Last one available , 8 month waiting list for next batch to come through . This is the latest table design by Heywood supreme pool , with grey badge . It comes in standard 6811 Strachan Green cloth as supplied from Factory …BUT we re-cloth every 6 months on our rental contracts and we can then upgrade you to Hainsworth match cloth .
The Supreme Match table is endorsed by leading professional pool player Gareth Potts . He says , “The Supreme Match Table delivers a professional ball response at all times , a true market leader in 8 Ball “
We think the latest supreme match table is the best table you can buy or rent . as used in professional tournaments and finals .
A new set of balls every 12 months with cues and chalk , plus we re-cloth every 6 months .
We prefer Ground floor installations only please . Photo id driving license required showing proof of renter and position held in club or pub or works canteen to sign for .
What it costs to you to Rent a pool table , under contract from GCL billiards .
A 12 month minimum contract at £100 per month = £25 a week with 4 weeks free per year . the rental costs is all you pay , you will have no maintenance fees like re-clothing , replacement cushions or coin mech or balls and cues . and we are not like other firms who re-cloth now and again to suit them , we re-cloth every 6 months each re-cloth is worth £325 so £650 worth of re-cloths is included in your rental agreement , plus replacement cues and balls yearly on the signing of a new contract . we like to keep within 15 miles of our base here in Long Eaton Nottingham NG10 4JU , this ensures that we can safely say we can keep up with maintenance program , and not when we are in the area like other pool rental firms .
12 month initial rental period then an ongoing 6 months contract after this , renew on each re-cloth after the initial first 12 months
Contact Geoff at GCL billiards now to reserve this table for your establishment , ” IT’s OUR LAST RENTAL TABLE IN STOCK ” there will be a long waiting list for more tables we order .
*** POOL TABLE and accessories remain the property of GCL billiards at all times , THIS IS Rental agreement contract not a hire purchase one . *** We do not do Hire purchase .
I am afraid I am fully booked out for work for the entire months of April and May No possible cancellations , no can you fit me in between jobs , no spare weekends . Its just how it’s been this year and to make things worse I have been off ill for two weeks and now playing catch up . Sorry if you want work doing but phone or book in for June bookings now . Do not leave it until June to phone up as it will be July when I can fit you in by then .
We are also on holiday from 6th May for two weeks so not available even messaging for this time period , the firm is closed for business office and work .
This will take a full 10 days to clear up before I am safe to mix again so count from March 27th although I did come down with a fever on March 26th . this put me back on course to start back to work on the 5th ot 6th of April
First time I have tested positive for covid and the whole household has it ( three of us ) This will mean I will have to contact some of you to rearrange work . Some will not be affected it all depends how long I am feeling ill and the protocol of returning to work after covid . I have a couple of confirmed hotel booked jobs these are a few weeks away and will not be affected and because of the hotel booking will not be altered . There is one Job in Leicester that I am half way through table wise and still have two more days to complete that one , that will be no one first on the list to be rearranged but at the moment is on course for April 5th and this will mean other jobs bumped backwards to fit this one in if I have to cancel it .. If it is a pool table re-cloth on private owned tables , I have alternative firms that will take these on if you cannot wait but I like to think you will wait a bit longer for me . this could not have hit me at the wort time as I am due to go away in May for two weeks and booked out when I get back for the entire month of may , I now have the headache of trying to fit 6 weeks of work into 4 weeks , I know it cannot be done , but I will clear as much of the back log as I can .
Regards
Geoff & Carol Large GCL billiards
Snooker & Pool Table Recovers
Geoff Large, expert table fitter with over 40 years of experience. All aspects of snooker, pool and 9 ball table recovers, repairs and maintenance.
My services include:
Recover of bed cloth and/or cushion cloth
Stretching of bed cloth
Re-rubbering of cushions
Fitting new pocket nets, leathers and rails
Refurbishment and re-polishing
Levelling of the table
Dismantling, moving, setting up, logistics and storage
Pool table hire
Service contracts
Hainsworth Toptable recommended table fitter.
West of England 100% pure new wool first grade cloth used, no seconds.
