The Brunswick website has a thorough list of construction elements specific to Brunswick tables, as well as an archive with diagrams and photographs of its models. It has black print on a white background with the Brunswick logo and can be found on the underside of the slate. They sit on top of the legs in the corners of the underside of the table and are held in place with nuts and bolts.Ĭheck for the"Brunswick Certified" slate sticker. On an authentic table, the joints that support the slate table surface will be "dovetail" joints.Ĭheck the legs for the galvanized steel leg plates that Brunswick used to attach the legs to the table. Brunswick tables have strong joints that utilized furniture-making techniques like gluing two pieces of wood with alternating grain. This allows the rail to attach evenly to the slate surface.Ĭheck the table and slate joints. Brunswick tables are made with a machined recessed area on the underside of the cushions where the felt may be stapled down. If the rail is made of joined pieces of wood, it is not authentic.Ĭheck for a recessed area on the underside of the cushions. Classic and strong styling this mission unirail table is in amazing condition. Brunswick pool tables were only made with that material. Nike, adidas, Under Armour, Garmin + more. The most innovative methodologies and premium quality materials are used to build up these pool tables. Each kind has its own upgraded features and characteristics that make them a class apart, with their ground-breaking design ideas and expert craftsmanship. This method will not be an option if the rails are intact.Ĭheck to see if the rails are solid hardwood. Brunswick pool tables are well known for their perfection.
These hardened dome washers cling to the underside of the slate and their design is unique to Brunswick pool tables.Ĭheck beneath the felt covering of the rail cushions for labels that will identify the cushions as genuine Brunswick "SuperSpeed" cushions. Petes originally opened as Brunswick Billiards in 1919. This table spent most of its life at Petes Place in Annapolis Maryland. Given the excess of inventory in the used pool table market these days, it doesn't take long for something decent to come along.Look for dome-shaped washers with pointed edges holding the nut plate in place. The Pool Table is a Brunswick-Balke-Collender'Twentieth Century' 4 ½ x 9 nominal) Pool Table built manufactured between 1937-1940. I don't know what the asking price (or your budget) is, but I would personally stay away from this one. The rest of it is produced extremely cheaply with very low-end materials. The slate is the best component on that pool table.
The Brunswick "Contender" pool tables offer high quality design and build. Here's piece of Brunswick marketing material that explains the difference between their standard Brunswick pool table lines and their economy "Contender" lines: Brunswick "Contender" vs Brunswick "Authentic"īrunswick offer two distinct ranges of pool tables - Contender and Authentic. It is a Brunswick Bristol pool table from their "Contender" line of economy residential-grade pool tables, circa 2000-ish.