Now hold it a minute guys, I slap the bejesus out of the balls, no weak wristed shots here. A man's man don't ya know
Maybe the 3 weeks off made me lose my touch a bit but it's coming back....
All kidding aside, maybe the goal plates were a bit looser on the Cyclone, who knows. I did take the bearings off and cleaned them, and by doing so, and using silicon it now plays much better. Gotta get used to it I guess. BTW, why do they calls these two plastic inserts bearings? That's a misnomer!
I did talk to Charles and he told me to get in touch with the carrier. I wrote him back and said you guys help me collect at least the shipping cost. His wife wrote back and reported they'd help me collect but it might be after XMAS. It's wait and see for now. Truth is I too am one picky SOB, and if things don't go my way, when I'm right, I can become a royal SOB but this was not structural, plus not cosmetic on the out side, and since I was able to practically correct this minor problem, I'll just wait for the shipping refund. No need, at this stage, to be demanding a pick-up and a new table delivery, unless of course the shipper starts tap dancing at which point all bets will be off. But I don't believe we'll come to that, Charles seems to be a straight shooter. BTW he did not supply me with slugs, don't even know what these are....I assume coin replacements?
I did not sand the handles, but I did stain (golden oak) and sealed them (one light coat of rub-on polyurethane), cause I can't stand the dirty handles look. This table was used at a tournament you see....I also loaded it up with two 45lbs dumbbells, a bag of lead shot I had laying around from my shotgun reloading days, and I included a couple of sand bags I had in the garage for good measure. Also stored the spare parts the came with the table for easy access if/when I need them. The whole package feels good! Came with a promotional DVD but is there anything else out there of benefit to a midrange player other than practice, practice, practice?
Thank you for your help, you're a great bunch of guys, I am very happy to be part of your group.