Forumites, an update to my predicaments. I moved my Cyclone to the garage where I could work on it. I screwed into place a 2x6 cross member under the table, and placed two 45lb dumbbells on it. So, the table is now 90 lbs heavier and feels a bit sturdier. But there's still perceivable movement, unlike the coin ops I felt and played on yesterday. Don't know whether or not this is due to the way the table is made, the plastic corner pieces make me very suspicious as to the solidity of the design, so I'll be calling the manufacturer tomorrow in order to develop a more well informed opinion.
As I've said before, for $895 this is not a well made table. It has multiple imperfections on the legs, which have not been sanded properly, for example, with rough spots/unsanded areas all over them, the plastic adjusters are not perfectly flat, and I assume this most probably contributes to the table’s movement, the metallic inserts the plastic (of all solid materials available to the market they could have been made from, cheap plastic was chosen) adjusters screw into have four wholes in them but only two screws where screwed into each leg. Also one wood grip was cracked, plus the table's pockets were full of wood dust/leftovers. In addition to correcting most of the above imperfections I spent some time sanding the wood grips down so as to make them a bit more comfortable to the touch (sanded all the rough, sharp edges down) so now they do feel 100% more comfortable. This could have easily been done at the factory, which would have indicated an added touch of consideration for their potential customers but no, crank tables out as quickly and as unfinished as possible to minimize cost, maximize profit and the consumer be damned!! BTW, most of the table's wood grips are obviously out of round when I spin the rods....
If this is an example of Texas manufacturing/craftsmanship now days, I believe from here on I best take my chances with the Chinese
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Shame on you Tornado workers for putting out such a shoddy product! And shame on you quality control personnel, if there is such a thing at this factory, for allowing this table to be shipped. Thank goodness I'm a pretty competent wood worker so I was able to finally render this table acceptable and rather playable. BTW this was the second table I had to go pick up, the first one was obviously dropped in transit with two of its plastic corner pieces broken.