How do you dismantle a snooker table?

Answer 1

Hire someone who knows what they are doing. Not as a derogatory comment to you, or your skills. Those tables (if slate) can weigh in the same (or more) than your car and if you mess up in taking them apart you can get seriously flattened. The largest part about taking them apart is recognizing how they are put together, and without those skills you most likely don't have the skills to do it safely. The way tables are put together is very much dependent on who made the table, its size, and materials. Generally tables have two major parts; the legs (support system) and the top (play area). Normally you can separate these two with a few large bolts underneath; be warned that some tables will 'fall' when you do this as the legs are not tied together (on some tables). Also be warned that even if you are an Olympic weight lifter the 1,000 pound top has no nice handles to get a hold of it. Also, some tables cannot stand the stress if you attempt to lift it by the side rails; they break off, IE: it is intended to have the side rails removed for moving, while other tables are intended to have them stay on.

The top itself is made up of the play area, the rails and return system (if any). Variation becomes large at this point and it is easiest to say more complicated and beyond the scope of a simple answer session like this, so I will skip the rest. Taking the top apart is not suggested, more so if it is a multi piece slate top as you have to re-level the slates as well as the table once in place. Trust me, pay someone a couple hundred bucks to move it you will be much happier (your back and medical insurance company will be too), you won't kill yourself (or others) and the table will not be destroyed by making the wrong mistakes.

Answer 2

screwdriver or HAMMER!