Rex Billiard Table

Echoing Brian’s comments, that is a tremendous table. This is the kind of project to do once the kids have grown and aren’t using the basement as a play area…I could use it as a play area LOL. Thanks for the great post.

-- "Checking for square? what madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2

Awesome, really makes me wish I had room for one. Out of curiosity, where did you go for the slate?

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

Awesome table!

-- GlennL, New Jersey

Great looking billiards table. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

I did not follow any plans. The story behind it is as follows: I had been building furniture for many years but building a billiard table never entered my mind. My wife and I were out shopping for a table and were pretty much blown away by the prices for a quality table. A Brunswick Mission style table (btw the Brunswick salesman told me that Brunswick has to pay for use of the Mission name…..How Pathetic) is $5500. After looking my wife said “why don’t you build one”. As silly as it now seems in retrospect I was thinking “because billiard tables are made at factories”. After doing a little research on line I found there was nothing on a billiard table I could not do. I learned the needed dimensions of different parts, drew up some prints and went for it. I bought all of the parts needed on line, retail. I then was able to find a place to by wholesale for the next two tables, but have now been shut off because I do not buy enough from them (????). If you build one expect to pay around $1000 for materials. The first table took me 160 hours. The bed frame I built with 8/4 poplar it was cheaper and easier to work with and the parts of it that are visible I covered in maple. Be very careful on how you have you slate shipped my first set came broken and it took alot of time and energy arguing with the trucking company to get them to cover the loss. The hardest part to fabricate were the rails. The tolerances are VERY tight. It is what controls how your ball rebound.
I hope this information helps

-- Michael A. Brailsford

great table. and a great salvage. I would love to have one of these in my living room, who needs a couch!?

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BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Thanks for posting.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Great looking billiards table.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

One of the nicest looking pool tables I’ve seen.

It’s a shame about all the good material that ends up in the landfills.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great Table. We had one as a kid and I remember my father wanting to move it from one room in the basement to another. He was going to have a company move it. I suggested that we try and if we fail then get the company involved.

Setting up the table was simple. we found that shoting the balls on just the slate, it was easier to determine if it was flat that to use a level and find that you were off a part of a bubble and never know it..

Very nice design and construction.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Beautiful table! You did a great job on it. I only had a chance to work on one of these tables in a restoration job. A guy had a 1889 Brunswick table that was his grandfathers. It had been stored up in a barn loft for years. It was quite elaberate and really had fun redoing it. Always regret that I never took a before and after picture of it. I was surprised I could find all the parts for the restoration at the time. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Very nice job Michael. I know the work that goes into making one of these tables. Good luck in the contest.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Thank you Grumpy. It was a bunch of work but well worth every bit. Billiard tables are alot of fun to build

-- Michael A. Brailsford

From the hospital hall to games of nine ball, nice save and best of luck.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Wow, this is really nice! You’ve done a great job on it…

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †