Gold4Mike
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- May 10, 2017
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Home made slate miller table
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I have a friend who rebuilds pool tables. After reading about slate slabs being used for miller tables I happened to ask him if he had any slate pieces destined for the garbage bin. He did! So I scored a broken up piece of 1" thick slate. I cut it down to about 15" by 24" to eliminate cracks and other damage. I will be attempting to build my own miller table with it. I have read quite a bit and have some ideas based off of the knowledge, skills, testing, etc of many people so I think I can come up with something that works pretty well. My question is on the setting of the slate. I've read quite a few comments and threads where those using miller tables have said it is not necessary to have long surfaces, and possibly better to have a wide surface with shorter slope. I am thinking I will run my piece as 24" across the top and 15" slope rather than the other way around. I was wondering what people think and if one way would be better than the other?
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