Normally, it is a pleasure setting up an Olhausen pool table. When they are past 10 years of age, we sometimes fret though. Not that it's a terrible table, ok maybe in a way it is because they are ALL made out of particle board and laminate frames, but we know that there have been numerous billiard technicians that have worked on this table and it is probably going to need some extra attention.
This particular Olhausen pool table went together relatively well. Some of the legs were beginning to crack and also some of the slate screws needed filliing, but overall it wasn't in too bad a shape for the age. It was the cloth that had been destroyed and moved so many times it was nearly impossible to reuse it.
The pool table recover was recommended to the customer, however, they elected to not have new pool table cloth put on. This presented a problem because the billiard technicians that previously installed the cloth, trimmed the pocket cuts so that the customer HAD to buy new cloth. But hey who are we to complain. You will see some pictures below of how it came out with what we had to work with. The customer was shown and was very happy that half of the pool table cloth wasn't even stapled on in places in the pockets. As long as they are happy though Big Break Billiards is happy too. Just remember when we recommend something like this to be replaced it isn't to make more money off you. It's to get your pool table back to a playing condition. Professional player or not, it's still a precision game.
Thanks for the post. I have an old beaten down Olhausen pool table that is in dire need of some love and care. Trying to decide if the money it would cost to get her up and in working condition would be worth it. I am sure it will be, just need to find the motivation!
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