Olhausen, The Best In Billiards
Games Guy | December 3, 2011
Olhausen pool tables are the best tables money can buy; they’re also the world’s largest pool table manufacturer too; however many people prefer to call them by their more formal name “The Best In Billiards.” They didn’t just give themselves this name either, it’s one that was bestowed upon them by people in the know. Not just anyone can get such a title; however, it’s one that they’ve earned for good reason, by producing the highest quality and most artistically crafted billiard tables on the market.
Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing Inc first started back in 1973 by brothers Butch and Donny Olhausen, when they pooled their money together to acquire a little billiard table company for a mere $1000. You could say it was their destiny, since their dad had maintained his own pool table restoration and refurbishing shop in each and every home the boys had lived in. Like most children, they ended up learning a thing or two , but they had little idea that they were learning a skill that would reward them tremendously.
The company that they had bought was putting out only 35 tables annually, but the brothers had much greater aspirations, and they were determined to double the annual production to 70 tables. You could say they met their goal, and exceeded it too, building more than 300 table annualy.
Today, we can see the result of their effort, and that the $1000 investment has paid off nicely, as they have grown into the largest manufacturer , producing as many 33,000 pool tables in a single year, with such classic pool table lines as the Select Series and the Signature Series.
For a manufacturer to produce such a staggering amount of tables, space is definitely a requirement . So they packed up the company, and headed back to their hometown of Portland Tennessee and built them a 250,000 square foot production plant..
I’m sure you’ve heard of this company by now, or maybe you’re new to the billiards table industry. Before you go and buy a table, you need to learn where it was built. Today there is a great deal of tables being manufactured in China, Vietnam, and Malaysia; and that’s not to say that they don’t produce nice tables; however the wood quality that they use in their tables is usually quite poor. Wood quality is by far the most important element of getting a quality billiard table. When you invest your hard earned money into a table, you need to make sure that it will stand the test of time, and offer you generations of enjoyable use.
I hope that I have made my point clear about wood quality, and that Olhausen uses only the highest grade.
So you can buy with assurance that Olhausen delivers only the best, more than a billiard table, but a family heirloom, to be passed down for generations . Not to mention that every table get a lifetime warranty, so if for any reason you’re not happy, they’ll make sure you are.
So as you do your research for pool tables, and pool table suppliers, I encourage you to check out Olhausen, they have a huge selection to choose from such as the Signature Series, Select Series, and Moder Series. And as unlikely as it is that you won’t find what you’re looking for, they let you design your own; just another reason they’re known the world over as “The Best In Billiards.”
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