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Rails

Solid Mounted Blinds
The blind, also known as the skirt or apron, mounts vertically from the rail and covers the raw edge of the slate. All of Kingdom Billiards blinds are mounted using a “dado-styled” channel cut into the length of the rail. This allows the blind to align perfectly and creates a durable furniture style joint.

Kingdom Billiards uses the high-torque design of floating nut plates & T-Nuts to secure the rails to the slate.

There are several ways in which rails can be fastened to the slate and some are better than others. The quality of these fastening systems is extremely important to the play of your table. The rail should be mounted to the slate in such a way that a seamless bond is created. This allows for solid rebounds and vibration free play. The six most common ways of mounting rails are by lag bolts, threaded inserts, expansion bolts, tie plates, t-nuts, or floating nut plates. However, only the Floating Nut Plates & T-Nut design allow for a quiet consistent play.

Lag Bolts
Lag Bolts are course threaded bolts that are not designed for disassembly. After multiple assemblies the holes will begin to strip out and the bolt’s holding power will diminish.

T-Nuts
T-Nuts are one of the best ways to attach rails to slate. Prior to the laminating of the rail cap and sub rail, a hole is drilled in the base and a t-nut is inserted. T-nuts provide high torque capability creating a strong bond between the slate and rail. This design provides a virtually vibration free rail when struck with a ball.

Floating Nut Plates
Floating Nut Plates are also one of the best methods of securing the rail to the slate. After the rail is laminated a wide slot is cut into the front of the rail and a threaded plate is inserted into the center of the slot. The plate is then able to float in the slot and allows for infinite adjustment when aligning the rails to the table. The rail cushion covers the slot that holds the plate in place. The thickness and width of the plate allows for high torque mounting of the rail. When struck by a ball this design provides a virtually vibration free rail. With the use of floating nut plates, the play of the table is greatly improved allowing the cushions to react with quiet, consistently accurate play.

Rails
Kingdom Billiards tables feature pre-finished hand inlaid genuine mother-of-pearl/abalone shell double diamonded-shaped rail sites. Mother-of-pearl is a cultivated pearl material with a beautiful iridescent appearance. Abalone is a marine snail with a beautiful multicolor shell often used in making custom jewelry.

Sites
The sites are the markers on top of the rails and are used as reference points for aiming. The sites do not structurally impact the table, however they do affect the overall appearance of the table while Double Diamond Sites create a more desirable and expensive furniture appeal. Sites are either placed in the rails before the wood is sanded and stained (pre-finished site) or after the finishing process is complete (post-finished site). Pre-finished sites require a more difficult and time consuming manufacturing process but this method produces a fine-furniture look and feel. By running your finger over the site, you can determine which manufacturing process was used. A pre-finished site will feel so smooth you may not be able to tell where it is with your eyes closed. A post-finished site will have a very defined edge.” Kingdom Billiards only utilized the pre-finished manufacturing process.