Post by alanturner on Feb 12, 2020 10:17:04 GMT
Bought a Jelks table on Ebay ( from a guys ' man cave ' in South Wales )
Table collected , its an original Jelkes in great condition , the only thing missing is the coin release spring and pivot pin , clock/mechanism all works fine set to free play. No cracks in slate , cloth etc is ok and usable for now , just needs a new 'D' .
Came with 4 cues , 4 mushrooms , chalk , proper hinged Jelks back board , Jelks 4 lane brass scoreboard(tear drop brass sliders , cue rack , a reasonable set of balls , set of rules and waterproof cover (795)
Its nicely varnished and requires hardly any refurb at all .
Extracted it from an isolated room , had to get from a semi 1st floor down 4 steps , across a living room , round the kitchen island into the bathroom doorway then forward through the front door , then down 10 stone steps to the driveway , load up drive 175 miles home !!! My back is now killing me !!
The top was locked and key was missing , so when i got home and opened it with one of my keys , i dont think it had been opened for years and years you could write your name in the dust !!
Anyway , set it up , played a few balls realised the rubbers were really really dead , so extracted the cushions , the rubbers looked like they were the original ones , rubbers replaced , cushions recovered and all refitted .
Then realised that 4 of the drop rings were slightly above surface level , 3 of these tapped back down , no problem but the top right hand ring just would not move , didnt want to change the top cloth (cloth is ok for now ) and didnt want to take the top off .
So using a 2 leg fly wheel extractor pulled it out , cleaned the hole with flap wheel , cleaned and deburred the ring then pressed it back in ( still a tight fit ) now all is ok .
Its now installed in my log cabin , i wont be selling it for a long while .
Dave L , if you read this ignore the mushrooms and positions on the picture , i am using a set of four 50/50 , 100 200 .
Alan
Table collected , its an original Jelkes in great condition , the only thing missing is the coin release spring and pivot pin , clock/mechanism all works fine set to free play. No cracks in slate , cloth etc is ok and usable for now , just needs a new 'D' .
Came with 4 cues , 4 mushrooms , chalk , proper hinged Jelks back board , Jelks 4 lane brass scoreboard(tear drop brass sliders , cue rack , a reasonable set of balls , set of rules and waterproof cover (795)
Its nicely varnished and requires hardly any refurb at all .
Extracted it from an isolated room , had to get from a semi 1st floor down 4 steps , across a living room , round the kitchen island into the bathroom doorway then forward through the front door , then down 10 stone steps to the driveway , load up drive 175 miles home !!! My back is now killing me !!
The top was locked and key was missing , so when i got home and opened it with one of my keys , i dont think it had been opened for years and years you could write your name in the dust !!
Anyway , set it up , played a few balls realised the rubbers were really really dead , so extracted the cushions , the rubbers looked like they were the original ones , rubbers replaced , cushions recovered and all refitted .
Then realised that 4 of the drop rings were slightly above surface level , 3 of these tapped back down , no problem but the top right hand ring just would not move , didnt want to change the top cloth (cloth is ok for now ) and didnt want to take the top off .
So using a 2 leg fly wheel extractor pulled it out , cleaned the hole with flap wheel , cleaned and deburred the ring then pressed it back in ( still a tight fit ) now all is ok .
Its now installed in my log cabin , i wont be selling it for a long while .
Dave L , if you read this ignore the mushrooms and positions on the picture , i am using a set of four 50/50 , 100 200 .
Alan
