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At Sharks pool tables we believe you should get the most out of the table you purchase. We take great pride in providing professional quality set up, repairs, delivery and installation on our pool Tables. We offer SUPERIOR quality Pool Tables at wholesale prices! We are available to expertly install your own pool table or ours for optimum play. Place a phone order today and have your pool table delivered ASAP. Limited quantity call now or stop by toll free (877)250-8211
Moving Services Cushion Replacement Uniframe support structure is formed combining one and one-half inch by four and one-half inch solid hardwoodcross-members with interlocked. Cabinets are KD-able for easy installation. Our uniform integral support system was engineered with strength and longevity in mind. Solid hardwood cabinets are reverse-grained and Solid Hardwood wide-profile top rails provide an elegant furniture appearance standard on all models. For an exact fit, aprons are attached at our factory. The Floating nut plate secures the rail and apron to the slate bed with unyielding torque strength; allowing fro exact alignment. Accu-Ball Control cushions are k-66 tournament grade cushions formulated to respond consistently to ball momentum with dynamic accuracy! Rails are produced with a machine-stabilizing ridge to precisely align the cushions deliver consistent performance. Solid Hardwood sub-rails are designed to deliver optimal ball response. They are reverse-grained and laminated to add weight and density, thus resisting the ball's impact and allowing for the cushion to absorb and react to the energy transference. Also, the cloth relief the rail system bolts down absolutely flush to the slate for added symmetry as well as strength. The finest slate is carefully selected. One inch three-piece oversized slate is featured on every model; it is matched, registered, and diamond-honed for a perfect playing surface that meets or exceeds BCA specifications. Solid hardwood leg mounts are solid as a rock. Sporting great legs — the corner system is the foundation on which everything else depends. The highest quality craftsmanship incorporates over-sized, mortised leg connecting stop block timbers.
Congratulations on your decision to put a pool table into your home. At Sharks Pool Tables we know that having the right size of room is critical to the enjoyment of your pool or billiards table. This room size chart was designed to help you decide if you have enough space to accommodate a pool table. Please feel free to contact us at any time for additional information.
In 1845-and the decades that followed-a billiard table was a fine status symbol. The mere presence of a table stated that you were a person of wealth and influence – because you could afford a table, you could afford a home large enough to accommodate one! But a man of influence and position had more than one reason to own a billiard table. Billiard tables were also constructed from expensive materials at the time. Aside from the pure enjoyment of the game – and impressing guests – a man could complete negotiations over a friendly game of billiards. Whether commercial, political, or even military, serious issues could be discussed, and deals could be struck, over the neutral ground of a billiard table. One of the first real American celebrities who owned a pool table was an immensely important person in American history – Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a self-confessed "billiards addict." He described the game as a "health inspiring, scientific game, lending recreation to the otherwise fatigued mind." It is quite possible that critical issues of national interest – slavery, international relations and the civil war – were handled over the slate of a great billiard table. We know of one account in the 1890s, when Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Uhumbro and Wild Bill Hickock were touring with their "Wild West" show. While drinking in a tavern in Boston, a group of about thirty longshoremen decided to see how tough these "Westerners" really were. Well, Hickock grabbed a pool cue, and about one minute later, there were four people left in that room-Hickock, Cody, Texas Jack, and of course, the bartender. Buffalo Bill bought a billiard table shortly thereafter.
Among sports figures and celebrities, Mark Twain, one of our nation's most renowned authors, Babe Ruth, one of our great sports legends, and Humphrey Bogart, one of our greatest actors – all owned billiard tables. Nat King Cole, Lou Gehrig, James Dean, and of course, Frank Sinatra also owned billiard tables. There was a billiard table in the White House during the administrations of several recent presidents. And when President Eisenhower established Camp David, it was furnished with not one, but four billiard tables. Every President from Eisenhower, including Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, and Clinton, has used those tables. A stream of notable visitors, including Winston Churchill, Nikita Krushchev, Charles de Gaulle, Anwar Sadat and King Hussein, all knew those tables. Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were known to be pretty good players. What issues of world security, what areas of common ground, what conflicts were settled over those billiard tables? Today, billiard tables are certainly more affordable, allowing even those with modest incomes to enjoy the relaxation and enjoyment that comes from playing on a quality billiards table. Sharks pool tables has a wide variety of billiard tables of all sizes and prices for you to choose from. Let us help you make your next pool table purchase an historic one. The name "billiards" was derived from the French word bille (a piece of wood, or a curved stick) or billes (a variety of spherical objects, including balls). These words were used to reference ball games as far back as 1164. Today, we associate innocent fun with the notion of sharing a game of pool with family and friends. It was not always this way, however. The Church once frowned upon the game of billiards as "too dangerous" (double-speak for enjoyable), and in 1369, Charles VI of France attempted to suppress these games by limiting their play…to one day a year. It was his contention that billiards was a direct cause of hatred and malice. Thankfully, this notion never stuck. The first definitive account of the existence of a billiard table was found in a 1470 inventory of the possessions of King Louis XI of France. The table had one hole in the center and he got to make up his own rules for his table. Upon gaining popularity with the monarchy, the need for tables increased. The monarchs vied with one another for the best table and gaming rooms-hiring the finest artisans in an unspoken quest to create the most magnificent tables and gaming rooms. One of the more noted enthusiasts was Mary, Queen of Scots. Upon her incarceration, she was allowed the use of her billiard table inside her prison cell. When this privilege was revoked months prior to her beheading, she wrote a letter of complaint to the Archbishop of Glasgow. Though she was never allowed to play again, one final wish was granted which reflected her undying love for the game. Upon her beheading, her body was wrapped in cloth from her beloved table. The Pool Table Until the mid-1800s, most table implements were imported from Europe. But by the 1850s, the entire pool and billiards industry in the United States was well established. Companies specializing in cues, balls, cushions, and slate beds had spread to every corner of the country. As in Europe, professional billiards players began to emerge, and contest between them became huge spectator events. Thousands of people attended the contest, and the prize money–$15,000 for the first major stakes match-rivaled that of any other sport. The Importance of Slate In 1826, England's John Thurston made a change in the composition of table beds that would alter the game forever. Unsatisfied with the playability and warping tendencies of wood, he set out in search of a new material. His discovery came in the form of slate, which offered many advantages to both producer and player. Slate all but eliminated the problem of warping. Its only problem was weight-which led indirectly to a further advancement: tables had to be constructed far sturdier. This design improvement also let to a dramatic improvement in play. Controlling the Cushions With vast improvements in table construction, focus shifted towards the quality of the cushions. The earliest cushions were nothing more than short walls of wood. Lining the walls with leather or cloth-even stuffing them with hair or cotton-did little to achieve the desired result. Crude rubber from India was utilized around 1835, showing immediate promise…until the seasons and weather changed. India rubber turned soft in the heat and rock hard when the temperature dropped. Various remedies to keep the cushions at a playable degree-candles, ice, pots of hot water-were far more bothersome than they were worth. Today, top manufacturers use 100% gum rubber for its consistency in all conditions. Precision Cloth The Iwan Simonis Company became the most famous billiard cloth manufacturer in the world. Founded in 1680, in the Belgian town of Verviers, they remain, to this day, the most respected and prolific producer of fine billiard cloth. By producing their own spinning mule designed to their exacting standards, they were able to revolutionize the game. Even when used on wooden table beds, the results were near perfection. Cue Balls Most of the earliest billiard balls were made of wood. It was easily shaped, inexpensive and readily available. Ivory balls came into use in the 1600s. While far more playable than wood, they were relatively scarce. Only the wealthy could afford the material. While beautiful to look at, ivory balls were never very dependable. They were also time consuming to make-properly seasoning a tusk could take up to two years, and unless fully dried, temperature changes could cause the ivory to fracture or split. New balls had to be broken in gently, struck softly for the first couple of months. Even then, they tended to lose their shape quickly when subjected to a high impact game. Still, ivory all but entirely replaced wooden balls by the early 1800s. As the demand for balls increased, so did the numbered of slaughtered elephants (in a sign of the times, the concern then was not for the treatment of the elephants but the safety of those who hunted them to their deaths). One elephant tusk generally yielded only four or five balls – far from an efficient process. In 1869, however, all that would change. An Albany chemist named John Wesley Hyatt mixed nitrocellulose with camphor under very high pressure to create a shiny, hard, moldable substance he named celluloid. Unbeknownst to him at the time, he'd just invented the world's first plastic. By adding another compound he'd created, collodion, to the celluloid he was able to make this hard surface perfectly smooth as well – just right for pool and billiard balls. Except for one thing: the balls had a tendency to blow up. Shortly after the first shipment was sent, reports of exploding billiard balls surfaced all over the country. Rumors spread that the new materials were highly explosive and dangerous. And they were, but only during the manufacturing process. In truth, the balls weren't explosive at all. The problem was simply a design flaw. The inner weight of the ball was simply too great, causing the collodion casing to shatter, upon heavy impact. Thankfully, these issues have been resolved-meaning you can enjoy a fun, safe game of pool with friends whenever you like. Take a look at our quality pool tables . Pool Table Movers San Jose | Billiards San Jose | Brunswick San Jose | Imperial Billiards San Jose | Pool Table Covers San Jose |
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laminated to resist the natural tendency of wood to warp or twist. To promote a flawless installation, cabinets are assembled, pre-leveled, and squared at our factory every model features a full slate support frame-liner. Installation,cabinets are assembled, pre-leveled, and squared at our factory every model features a full slate support frame-liner. Genuine mother of pearl inlayed diamond sights are an elegant compliment to most of our style. 
The foremost captains of industry – Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, William Vanderbilt, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan and William Randolph Hearst – all of these people owned billiard tables. And we can only speculate what issues were discussed, what negotiations were undertaken, and what matters were handled over a game of billiards.