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Archive for December 2016

Featured Pool Table of the Month January

Our mission at GW is to provide the best quality service and product to our customers. We are the one-stop, industry leading in design pool table manufacturer that does all laminating, wood turning and carving in-house.

Check out some of our exceptional carvings and all the attention to detail that goes into the manufacturing process.

The pictures do it no justice! come in and explore our showroom. Our talented and knowledgeable customer service representatives will be there to provide a guided tour. Please be sure to give us a call before heading out to ensure the most enjoyable visit.

The Julianne (shown in Maple with Old World finish) was first manufactured in the late 1800’s. Nicknamed the “Jewel” this table is unparalleled and unrivaled in style and grace. The craftsmanship in the hand turned, doweled frame, and legs, lend itself well with any Victorian style décor.

A superbly crafted antique reproduction only found at Golden West Billiards. Custom pool tables hand made just for you…one at a time.

Types of Wood Working at GWB

We are the one-stop, industry leading in design pool table manufacturer that does all laminating, wood turning and carving in-house. If you are wondering what some of these processes are we’ve broken them down with examples. Be sure to keep an eye open for these techniques while on your tour!

About Wood Laminating:

What is laminating? Laminating is a technique of assembling a material in multiple layers, mainly in order to improve strength There are different lamination processes, depending on the type of materials being laminated.

About Wood Turning:

Wood turning is a craft using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation. Much like the potter’s wheel, with a wood lathe it is simple to generate a variety of forms, this operation is known as wood turning.

Wood Carving:

Wood carving is a way of woodworking by means of a cutting tool in one hand like a chisel and some sort of mallet by the other hand. With one tool you sculpt and with the other you drive the power, as you can imagine this takes time, talent and much experience.

Themed Game Room from GWB

Keep your game room themed with a Golden West Pool table, shuffle board, game table and other custom furniture.

Pool Table

Shuffle Board

for custom furniture ideas please give us a call today!

A guy made an emoji pool table, “because why not?”

Check out this interesting billiard article it’s well worth the read!

We’re nearing peak emoji. People have emoji tattoos. They’re selling emoji pillows on street corners. Children have abandoned words in favour of grotesque facial contortions. It’s only a matter of time before someone grafts a crying-with-laughter expression onto their own cheeks.

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Season Greetings From Golden West Billiards

With the holiday season upon us, Golden West Billiards wants to wish you and your family a happy and prosperous holiday season. If you are local please come in and enjoy a guided factory tour with your whole family.  If you are out of state but still within the continental USA you are eligible to enjoy our free shipping with a purchase of any billiard table!

Eco-Friendly For A Better Tomorrow

In order to hand a better world to our children we have to all concisely reduce waist and that goes for everyone, individuals, business, schools, etc.

There are many ways to be eco-friendly for example saving water, saving energy , saving money, re-using, recycling, using materials that are eco-friendly and bio degradable, improving your home by getting windows that reduce heat loss, adding solar energy, and so much more.

The planet is our home and we all have to take care of it. Here at Golden West we recycle our cardboard and we recycle our wood debris. We give our unwanted wood to Mcfarlane Bark who then chips it, composts it for over 6 months, and then is resales it to the community.

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Learn about McFarlane’s

With just a little effort we can all make a difference. Please join us.

Golden West Billiards Gift Ideas

Do you want to make this year gifts something memorable and something everyone can enjoy year-round and for years to come? Well if your answer is yes, then you came to the right place.

Golden West Billiard MFG carries custom American made billiard tables which are built to Billiard Congress of America specifications meaning you are getting the best, being that they are tournament ready.

All frames are kiln dried and humidity controlled to resist warping and to ensure maximum rigidity. Your choice of Northern Red Oak, Rock hard Maple, Pennsylvania Cherry, Alder, eco-friendly Honduran Mahogany, and many other customer selected hardwoods. GWB uses all North Pacific Lumber, premium plywood from local Pacific Northwest lumber companies. So not only are you getting a beautiful hand made table you are also contributing to keeping jobs going right here in the North West.

The best part is that GWB is that they are a manufacturing company so they can easily customize your table, make matching specialty tables, game tables, seating, cue racks, arts and crafts tables, and so much more all at different price points. They are friendly and hassle free, all you have to do is call or come in for a guided tour and see the whole process with your own eyes. Maybe you could bring that loved one who you are shopping for so be part of the process and experience.

For the kids, fuzzball tables, air hockey,  and shuffle boards.

Be sure to ask about holiday deals, specials, and gift certificates.

Season Greetings from Golden West Billiards MFG

Factory Tours

Golden West Billiards MFG is a family owned and operated company which started manufacturing in the late 1960’s.

We are the ONLY pool table manufacturer that does all our own designing in-house, along with
all our own laminating, wood turning and carving. We have been the industry leader in product design, with many patents granted us over the years.

We are very proud of our manufacturing process, our employees, and our tables. Our factory tour gives our customers a first-hand look at the quality of our products and the way a successful business is ran.

Factory tours are available for school field trips, career day, local billiard clubs, family’s, and or anyone interested in billiards. By providing tours we wish to give back to the community and bring more exposure to the billiard world.

Questions are encouraged through the tours.

Please give us a call to set up a factory tour today!

Celebrity Game Room

Tracy Morgan a hilarious american actor and comedian who is best known for his role in Saturday Night Live & 30 Rock. Mr. Morgan has also been in countless appearances on television since 1992, and has played rolls in films we know and love such as 2010’s Cop Out, 2006’s Totally Awesome and 2001’s 30 Years to Life. This man has single handedly helped us experience most all the feelings on the feeling chart and we are grateful for it.

So for us here at Golden West Billiards it was a great pleasure to help manufacture the perfect billiard table for Mr. Morgan and his Family. After a little back and fort this brushed aluminum beauty, with bright orange championship felt and deep blue LED lightings was born and now resides in Mr. Morgans game room.

We hope this table brings yours many good memories and laughs like you have done for us. Thank you.

The Historic Novelty Billiard Table

Brunswick was founded by John Moses Brunswick who was an immigrated from Switzerland at the age of 15. In 1845 he opened J.M. Brunswick Manufacturing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.

His company objective was initially to make carriages but soon after opening his machine shop he found that making billiard tables would produce a great deal of profit, specially since at the time the best billiard tables where imported from England.

After 29 years of commercial success the Brunswick company merged with competitor Great Western Billiard Manufactory owned by Julius Balke and became J.M. Brunswick & Balke Company.

The company has gone on to manufacture all sorts of things and still exists today! Making it the oldest and largest manufacturer of recreation and leisure-time products in the United States.

Even though Brunswick and Balke Co. stopped producing pool/billiard tables they gracefully left in our history works-of-art which are now sought after by antique collectors all over the world. The tables are intricate and elaborate. Recognized as status symbols both then and now. There was no detail spared when producing the tables this greatly enhanced Brunswick’s reputation for fine craftsmanship.

As you can imagine these tables are very rare but when you take a tour at Golden West Billiards you can ask to see first hand one of this handsomely inlaid tables. The Novelty, inlaid with many different colors, made up from California laurel (a hardwood tree native to coastal forests of California), Burl Ash (a wood prized for it’s beauty and rarity), French Walnut (a european wood known for its gold coloring), Birds-Eye Maple (called that because of the figures in the wood), Mahogany (recognized for its reddish brown color), Rosewood (gives of a strong sweet smell for years after its cut), Tulipwood (this high-quality wood is very lovely and dense), and Ebony (a black hardwood which looks beautiful when polished).

It is supplied with the finest of Vermont Slate bed at 11/8″ thick, the slates make for a great playing table. The table is fitted with Tensite J9 rails which are still considered to be superior to rubber cushions on the market today. It’s covered with a beautiful blue-green Simonis Cloth. The table has chalk cups under the head of the foot rail. The two outside rail bolts are covered chased bronze rosettes. It truly is a sight to see!