![]() The cushions are chemically created with artificial rubber and the table uses cheap metal from China for its bolts, screws and washers – all of which break. Particle board, MDF and solid wood parts from Asian softwood trees make up the frame, cabinet and rails. ![]() While it might be one of the best known brand names in the world, it is now producing some of the cheapest made tables in the industry. This Brunswick Pool Table is a midnight dream in dark wood and wine colored felt. The quality is acceptable but lacks long-term stability because of the inferior products used to lower costs. They do have a manufacturing center in Portland, Oregon who make their product. The problem is “Heritage Maple” is an engineered wood – a chemically produced imitation wood similar to imitation wood flooring. claims to use solid “Heritage Maple” wood for their cabinets, legs and rails. The GW Pool table made from “Heritage Maple” an engineered type of wood. The way in which the table is assembled – metal brackets and hardware and the felt produced by their own brand which is a woolen felt instead of a woven woolen felt – is acceptable but not up to the quality of either of previous two. Actually, they don’t hold a candle to the first two in my list. They are a definite 3rd place in the Trust department mainly because their advertising claims that they are “the Best in Billiards”. This Olhausen Pool Table is looking wonderful in its wood finish. I didn’t personally have an opportunity to go to the plant in Texas but I do have friends that went for me and reported back that they make their tables from scratch, just like Schmidt. Both are equally as good according to the professional billiard players. made by Aerospace and Schmidt uses Cobra cushions. ![]() Connelly uses s nooker cushions imported from the U.K. However, their pool table cabinets as well as the crossbeams are all constructed with 2” pre-milled solid hardwood while Schmidt uses the 1.34” thickness. The wood is real, solid American hardwoods such as maple but the selection of woods is more limited than that of Schmidt which is the only reason that I put them as second in line. ![]() And, the r ubber for the cushions was real rubber rather than a blended chemical product that looks like rubber. (They use a fine grit sandpaper after the stain is sprayed on for the polishing part.) The billiard cover I chose is a very fine woven felted wool that is so soft and luxurious that it could be used for clothing. The lumber in their warehouse is from real trees and there wasn’t one piece of plywood in site! I got to watch the paint department stain and polish the finished pieces. Schmidt Pool Table.Īll of their statements – written as well as those made by their customer service department – turned out to be verified when I went to their manufacturing plant. ![]()
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