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Mike's Billiard Services We handle all things pool tables. We move, install, level, and cover them, and we're not happy till you're satisfied. I told him I would if he trained me.

Fourteen years ago, a man I met while dropping my daughter off at daycare asked me if I'd be interested in installing pool tables for his business. At the time, I was already delivering hot tubs and furniture for the man. This resulted in both of us taking a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma. He had a friend there who sold pool tables out of a warehouse. His friend taught me the tricks and techniques necess

ary to install a slate top pool table. I laugh when I think back on that day. The man who taught me was a silly old man who shot himself between the eyes twice with an electric staple gun by accident while securing the felt to the edge of the table. I installed my first pool table four days later. It was such a frightening experience installing that first one. Leveling a table is a touchy endeavor. My first table took me six hours to finish. After that, I got quite a bit faster. Still, I didn't feel like a professional. Even after my four hundredth table, I still felt like I was an imposter. My friend, Matt Buus, the man I was installing for sensed this I think. He must have since he chose to drive me down to Houston for some additional training. I learned a lot during that trip. When I got back, I began studying online manuals and buying books on the subject of table installation. It paid off. I soon got to where I was installing three tables a day and traveling as far as Iowa to install them. I don't have an exact count anymore, but I do know that I've installed over two thousand tables since I took up table installation as a career. I've installed them in basements, in garages, and in game rooms. I've filled living rooms with them. I've assembled tables in sheds, under car ports, in bedrooms, and in senior centers from St. Louis to Oklahoma City. Once down in Arkansas, I installed a pool table on a slab of concrete outside while two crews of construction workers feverishly erected a game room around me. They were putting the roof on it as I secured the last pocket. I think it's safe to say that after fourteen years and over two thousand successful installs, I can now in good conscience think of myself as a professional. This is my story.

Camaro pool table: From start to finish.
26/09/2017

Camaro pool table: From start to finish.

This was a first for me.
25/09/2017

This was a first for me.

Another table installed. This one was from Pooltables.com. It's a very beautiful table and leveled up nicely.
16/02/2017

Another table installed. This one was from Pooltables.com. It's a very beautiful table and leveled up nicely.

Well, the Hightower table in Willow Springs went well. It turned out to be a very old and beautiful table, made back in ...
04/02/2017

Well, the Hightower table in Willow Springs went well. It turned out to be a very old and beautiful table, made back in a time when no one believed in hex headed bolts. I had to use a wrech to take the whole thing apart because every bolt on the table was square headed. The pockets were old and brittle. I had to use fishing line to stitch them back together. All in all, it was a nice job. The camel felt was a nice change from the old faded tourney green felt that was on it before. Here, see for yourself.

02/02/2017

I'm thrilled. A new company I solicited on Monday just called me with a crating job over in Tulsa. They need a pool table taken down and the slate crated so the movers can load it on the moving truck. The pay is right. Just waiting on the green light. Wish me luck people.

It's going to get crowded in my living room. I have to store two pool tables from PoolTables.com in my living room along...
01/02/2017

It's going to get crowded in my living room. I have to store two pool tables from PoolTables.com in my living room along with a third table I've been building from spare parts. Can't wait till I find me a duplex with a garage to move into. Wish me luck. I can't install any of them till the end of the week.

30/01/2017

Quite the morning. I have to pick up two pool tables from PoolTables.com. One gets installed in Camdenton, Missouri and the other Columbia. Hope my truck can still handle the weight. I'll post pictures of them after they're installed.

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Do you know that the game of billiards dates all the way back to the 14th Century and was mainly played by royalty. It was originally played outside on green lawns and resembled more closely the game of croquet. The French are believed to be the first to move the game indoors. The traditional tourney green cloth most commonly used to cover a billiard table is a nostalgic nod to those early years when it was played on grass.

29/01/2017

Welcome to Mike's Billiard Services, the foremost authority when it comes to professional table installations in the four state area, happily servicing Springfield and the surrounding areas for the better part of the last two decades. We're more affordable than the other guy with ten times the experience. Rest assured, you'll have no regrets with us.

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