Ted ran Charlie McCall's place for two years, during which time he was able to run his amusements in several other establishments. This provided him an opportunity to run his amusements and where Sexton's Music Co. In 1971, Ted gained work managing a bar, Charlie McCall's Place, in Pickens County just off Highway 11 going towards Rosman, NC. It became clear that a space to store and work on the amusements was needed in order to begin making money on them. Shortly thereafter, he acquired more machines including a United Shuffle Alley and a Williams Bowler. Ted saw opportunity in these old jukeboxes. That day, he ran across two old jukeboxes - an old Seeburg V-200 and an old Wurlitzer 2100. Dave keeps this site commercial free, with no ads.In the early 70's, Ted Sexton went out picking with his father who dealt mostly in junk sales.
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Now, if you double that measurement you’d be adding up 4 side rails at 2″ each … remember you’re DOUBLING the width, so that means instead of adding just 2 rails, you’d be adding up the width of 4 rails, at 2″ each, plus you’d be doubling the width of the table side to side being 50″ twice, so thats 100″ … now add up … 2″+2″+2″+2″+50″+50″= 108″ which equals 9 feet even, EXCEPT … we all know all pool tables only have 2 end rails and NOT 4, so in order to keep the playing surface twice as long as it is wide … you have to subtract 2 of them 4 rails as ghost rails … meaning they’re not really there on the pool table, so if you take and subtract the 4″ of ghost rails from the 9ft … 108″ that leaves you with 104″, now subtract the 4″ of cloth/cushions that ARE on the table, and you end up with 100″ … so that’s how you get a 50″x100″ playing surface out of a 4 1/2 x 9 pool table.ĭr. Now, add that together and you have 2″+2″+50″ = 54″ which equals 4 1/2 feet. Take the playing surface of a 9ft pool table, it’s 50″x100″ now add in the 2″ of cloth on the cushions on the side rails to the playing surface, what you come up with is 2″ of cushion/cloth on the left side rail, plus 2″ of cloth/cushion on the right side rail, plus the 50″ of the playing surface from side to side. Deluxe rooms really need more room on all sides to let possible passers-by move without bumping into the players.Ī 4 1/2 x 9ft pool table gets it’s measurements from finish of rail to finish of rail. Play for several hours, using the short cue when needed.īetween two tables you can do with about the length of a cue, the limit is caused not by the cue, but by the player being able to go into his stance between the tables.
(3) Go to the pool hall with a piece or pieces of plywood or some such, and a short cue, and set up the “walls” to replicate where the walls would be in your house. (2) Measure your space (at home) carefully, including the distance from the table to all walls that require a special cue (1) Find an indulgent pool hall when it’s not busy. Before you spend $2000 for a table that will cause you to smash the walls in frustration, try this: In the end, only you will know whether you are happy with the room dimensions and need for short cues. Others, of course, take the opposite view - they are delighted to have any table. Many people have found they are unhappy having to resort to shorter cues, and should have either gotten a smaller table, or no table at all. If your room does not meet these minimum size requirements, many billiard retailers will suggest that you can still put a table in, and use short cues (52″, or 48″). The minimum space for a table is the playing area plus the length of a cue (58″) plus about 6 inches for the back swing, more for comfort, on each side. More info can be found here: Wikipedia pool table dimensions resource page. The distance between the diamonds can be found by dividing the playing surface length by 8 or the width by 4.įor recommended room sizes, see the table of data quoted below. Standard size pool tables, along with the playing surface dimensions (measured between the noses of the cushions) are: What are the standard pool table sizes and dimensions, and how large of a room is required for each? Top 100 Pool Maxims, Sayings, and Quotes.Dave Vimeo Video on Demand Stream/Download Top 100 Tips, Tricks, Secrets, and Gems.
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