I have never seen or heard of any problems with the pockets and/or pocket irons coming loose on Gold Crowns, its the first time I heard about it in these forums. I had my Monarch Super Speeds replaced with Artemis cushions, i have zero complaints about my Artemis cushions but if I had to do it again I probably would have used current Super Speeds. The correct way to do it is send your rails to one of the mechanics here and they can modify the sub-rails to fit a current cushion profile. The diamond system will not play properly on multi rail shots. ![]() What I do think is a big deal about short cutting your cushion job and using K55s is that the table will no long be twice as long as it is wide. You can put K55 cushions on and it does shrink the play area by 1/4" both directions which I agree is not a big deal. I think most on AZB who have GCIs do have leg levelers, my GCI does. GCIs may or may not have leg levelers, just the very early ones came without leg levelers. You can not tell a difference by playing on it. GCIs and GCIIs came with Brunstone, some people do not like it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Brunswick never did make a table or frame any better, just more ornate or thicker slated, but those older ones are heavy and end up in a rich persons home. You can also tell allot about the age of the table by the amount of staple holes into the side of the thicker slate frames. If the top rail formica color is deep then this table was most likely not in a pool room for years, tho most all GCI's were in colleges and pool rooms of the sixties. Other than that, the ball counters hopefully are the older style, which when working are the best of all. The pocket irons have barrel holes to run the bolts thru and don't loosen up in time, like the GC II's and later (tho is took a pool room environment to loosen up the later ones, if they did). The slate frames/poplar are MUCH thicker, thus giving the play surface it's 31'' ht. ![]() The brown stone or burn stone slates/deep reddish orange(flint) if cracked can be repaired, since it's NOT slate. I'd do a search within this forum and you'll find allot of good info, some from my prior posts as I had a room with GCI's and II's. With this, the technician can properly install K55 cushions to the correct nose height, which will make your table play at its peak performance. If you have the budget for it, the best option is to send your rails to a capable technician, to have the subrail angles changed. This is a bit more of a chore, but doing so will maintain the standard play area of 50" X 100". This will also reduce the play area to 49 3/4" X 99 3/4" (Hardly noticeable).Ĭonversely, you could also replace the cushions with a standard K66 profile, though you would have to ensure that the cushions were mounted lower on the subrail, to maintain the correct noseheight (approximately 1 7/16"). This is because the nose height will be slightly too low. ![]() As a result, the table will bank a bit faster than it should, and the bank angles will tighten up some. You CAN replace the current Monarch Superspeed cushions with a standard K55 profile cushion. That being said, if the cushions do need replacement, you have a couple of options. If the cushions need replacement, you might be able to work the price down some, but don't expect too much. Expect that there may be some missing bolts, and it will need new cloth. If a Gold Crown is what you really want, $1000 is a decent price, so long as the table is in reasonable condition. However, (again, dependent on the area) those deals tend to be few and far between. Occasionally, you can come upon a Gold Crown for $600 or less. The value of a Gold Crown really depends on the area.
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