![]() These attributes and four generations in the business have earned their company the title of "The Best in Billiards". Still family-owned and operated, Butch, Donny and all the people at Olhausen have consistently pursued a tradition of dedication to Quality, Service, Selection and Value. is now selling almost 30,000 tables a year in their 250,000-square-foot facility in Portland, Tennessee. Within two years, they were selling over 300. The first year, their goal was to somehow double the business and sell 70 tables. The company they bought was making about 35 tables annually. So in 1973, they took everything they had and bought the company lock, stock and barrel. 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. Then came what they thought was a great opportunity. After that, they would go out and "pound the pavement" for any more work they could find. What a deal! They could be done with a delivery by 10:00A.M. They charged $12 to deliver and install a new table, using Butch's classic '59 El Camino and paying for the gas. They also delivered new tables for a small manufacturing company in San Diego. That's when the Olhausen boys started their own company, moving and re-covering pool tables. In the summer of 1969, Butch moved to California. ![]() Little did they know they were learning a trade that would carry them through the rest of their lives. points of the room, such as the bar, the darts board, and the pool table. Billiard rooms need overhead lighting, and a multi-bulb light fixture specifically designed for illuminating a billiard. The variations in the interior design are wide, but there is one general rule. Lighting is important to the design of a billiards room. Their dad had a shop in every house they ever lived in. Optimally, there should be at least 6 ft (1.8 m) of clearance between the table and any walls, furniture or other objects, on all sides and at all corners of the table. As kids growing up in New Mexico, Butch and Don Olhausen worked for their dad setting up and re-covering pool tables. ![]()
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