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Need to know how to
properly level a pool table?...
This is the place to start.
Refelting Your Pool
Table
Prepping the Slate, and
leveling a pool table
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NOTE: NEVER EVER NEVER EVER lift or
pick up your pool table from the top!! Especially from the end...Imagine how
the pool table will flex from end to end, and what it will do to your pool
table's slate as it binds...get a small bottle jack from the trunk of your car,
or from the garage, find the supports under the pool table, and lift it from
underneath, and in the center of the pool table. DON'T screw up your pool
table!
Not only will you need to level the pool table overall, but you
will also need to check each of the individual pieces of slate as well,
because, although the p[ool table itself might be level from end to end, and
from side to side, there might be variations with each piece of
slate.
When you are leveling your pool table, try to use different sizes
of levels... a six or eight foot level for overall length, a three or fore foot
level for leveling from side to side, and a two foot level for leveling the
individual pieces of slate where necessary.
Always use the longest level
you can to get the most accurate readings possible when leveling our table, and
be sure to flip the level over so that you can be sure that your reading is
true... if your level isn't level, the bubble won't give you a correct
reading.
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| These are slate shims that are used to level your pool table. Just
slide them under the slate of the pool table while you have it loosened up. You
can also place them under the legs of the table.... These shims are made of
wood, but there are plastic slate shims available as well. |
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In this picture, you can see that when this
table was set up, they used some sort of a fixall cement repair product to seal
the slate...Allen says to avoid these products because, although this this
table looks pretty good for its age, the material can chip, and you'll end up
with little grains of it under your new felt. We are going to use sealing
wax. |
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When leveling the table, loosen the bolts where
necessary, and place wooden or plastic shims under the slate. Then screw the
bolts back down nice and tight. Be sure to use at least a four foot level
(preferrably a 6 foot level) when you do this, then check, and recheck, and
then check it again. There's no sense in ending up with a table that isn't
perfectly level if you've already come this far. |
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