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  1. 1st May 2012, 08:55 AM #1
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    Default Need advice from experts about buying my first table

    Ok guys

    I am a beginner, planing to buy my own table, dont want a top class match table like the ones shown in telly, i just want to buy a full size refurbished table.
    but once the table is assembled i will not be hiring any fitter within another 3 to 4 years to do any work o

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  2. 1st May 2012, 10:16 AM #2
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    Avoid Chinese make such as Shender and Wiraka. Poor quality timber and inferior rubber is used in their construction. Central heating will dry out the

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  3. 1st May 2012, 04:43 PM #3
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    Thanks for the tips, i had a feeling there must be a catch with those chinese tables which come cheap even when they are new.


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    Always ensure the rubber is 'Northern'. Best quality for sure.

    Plenty on ebay to look at.

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  6. 1st May 2012, 05:03 PM #6
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    I have PM`d Shaun with an offer to supply and ship door to door a fully refurbished Karnhem and Hillman `Buckingham table`. The table has had adjustab

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    If you use a table often you WILL have to employ a fitter on a regular basis to recover it , saying you want to practice a lot yet want a cloth to las

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    I understand perfectly what you are saying but get a good fitter to do your initial set up. A bad table well installed will out play a good table badl

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    As I was typing so was Geoff!

    What he says is, as always, bang on the money. If you look at the life of a table- your own lifetime and

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  10. 2nd May 2012, 01:20 PM #10
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    Thank you very much indeed Geoff, a canadian table supplier is offering me a refurbished westbury steel block in good condition.
    and i am consid

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