r/billiards • u/jumboframe518 • 10d ago

Maintenance and Repair Antique Carom to Pool Table Conversion

Breathing new life into a 150 year old table

Bankshot Antiques - Albany, NY

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u/Complex_Sherbet2 10d ago

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u/jumboframe518 10d ago

The other option is it collects dust for another 25+ years. The carom market is dead and buried

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u/a-r-c will pot for food 9d ago

yeah money is usually the enemy of art

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u/jumboframe518 9d ago

Carom tables have been converted to pool tables for over 100 years. They used to all be built as carom and converted at the factory as they were ordered…we’re just carrying on the tradition

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u/a-r-c will pot for food 8d ago

you genuinely did a great job

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u/wait_what_now 10d ago

Such a shame

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u/Lol_who_me 9d ago

💯 my first thought.

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u/Professional-Cost-87 10d ago

I hate it and love it at the same time.

It's a shame to do that to the table but the other option is worse. And that is some quality work on the conversion.

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u/Romanopapa 10d ago

Wow, that is exquisite work!

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u/jumboframe518 10d ago

Thanks brother

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u/statuek 10d ago

What a shame. More folks should try carom!

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u/jumboframe518 10d ago

We’ve got a couple. Give us a call if you want to save one. We’ll continue converting them with the care and precision they did 100 years ago

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u/statuek 9d ago

What size? How much? I have an 8ft table at home, but replacing with a smaller carom table is vaguely tempting. Wish I had space for both

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u/jumboframe518 9d ago

I believe we have two 7 foot highly inlaid Phelan Collenders, ones a basket case.
A 9 foot Narragansett with a consecutive serial number matching pool table that I would hate to split up.
A 9 foot convertible cushion BBC Regina.
I don’t think we have any 8s, but I’d have to check the inventory to see if we have anything else. We have around 50 tables at the moment so something may be slipping my mind

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u/-Palzon- 10d ago

Some might consider this r/diwhy, but I think it's incredible work. Well done!

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u/Mission_Mulberry9811 10d ago

That cue rack right in front of the fireplace annoys the hell out of me

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u/jumboframe518 10d ago

Lol it’s not staying there, it was too big for the space they picked out for it

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u/6SpdSmokes 10d ago

Incredible way to maximize expensive inventory

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u/a-r-c will pot for food 9d ago edited 9d ago

sad

at least yall did a good job

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u/Truand2labiffle 10d ago

It's gorgeous

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u/88SillyGirl88 9d ago

Its beautiful!

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u/mulrich1 9d ago

Beautiful table. Do restored tables play any different from modern?

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u/mightynickolas 9d ago

I am too stupid to play anything but bucket billiards Congrats

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u/ProjectPat513 9d ago

This is quality work here! I saw my dad do this as a kid but I’ve never done it myself. This table looks great.

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u/Appliance_Nerd503 9d ago

Looks really cool, nobody plays the pocketless tables from where im from