Pool Table Magic Competitors

As kids growing up in New Mexico, Butch and Donny worked for their dad setting up and re-covering pool tables. Their dad had a shop in every house they ever lived in. Little did they know they were learning a trade that would carry them through the rest of their lives. In the summer of 1969, Butch moved to California. Donny decided to follow in 1972. That's when the Olhausen boys started their own company, moving and re-covering pool tables. They also delivered new tables for a small manufacturing company in San Diego. They charged $12 to deliver and install a new table, using Butch's classic '59 El Camino. Then came what they thought was a great opportunity. The owner of the manufacturing company that they delivered for offered to sell them the business for $1000 and take a note back on the inventory. So in 1973, they took everything they had and bought the company lock, stock and barrel. The company they bought was making about 35 tables annually. The first year, their goal was to somehow double the business and sell 70 tables. Within two years, they were selling over 300. Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing, Inc. is now selling almost 30,000 tables a year in their 250,000-square-foot facility in Portland, Tennessee. Still family-owned and operated, Olhausen has consistently pursued a tradition of dedication to Quality, Service, Selection and Value. These attributes and four generations in the business have earned their company the title of "The Best in Billiards."

Brunswick blends superior craftsmanship with advanced technology to deliver tables of enduring beauty and unsurpassed playabilty.

We’re Viking Cue, a manufacturer of handcrafted pool cues. From the basement of a poolroom in Stoughton, Wisconsin to our long time home in Madison, we recently moved a few miles west and into our new state of the art manufacturing facility in Middleton, Wisconsin. But while much has changed over 50 years, much has stayed the same. We still make 100% of our flagship Viking brand right here in our Wisconsin home. We smell the sawdust every day. And we’re still dedicated to the idea that the finest cues in the world come from Viking’s unrelenting commitment to the craftsmanship you can see and feel in our custom cues. What has changed is Viking’s vision of the future – using technology to create unsurpassed performance. Today our player-tested and critically acclaimed shafts combine the legendary craftsmanship with innovative thinking. The result is breakthrough performance that continues to keep Viking ahead of the game. 100% Made in the USA, every Viking Cue is meticulously handcrafted from the finest materials and subject to the strictest quality control standards in the industry. All Viking Cues have a LIFETIME WARRANTY against manufacturing defects and WARPAGE. When performance matters, Viking’s world-class billiards shafts, featuring the revolutionary eXactShot® Pure Performance Shaft, the player-tested ViKORE® American Performance Shaft, and the solid VPRO® conventional shaft have fused precision craftsmanship with advanced design and are making pool players better every day. With the new 50th Anniversary Line, Viking Cue has released the most new designs and more custom cue options than ever in the company’s history. At Viking Cue, the only thing that isn’t custom is their lifetime warranty, It’s the same with every cue.