I use my pool table nearly everyday and am looking to recondition it to make it play somewhat tougher. There's a number of things I am going to be upgrading.
AZBilliards.com has a great forum for table mechanics that I've monitoring since setting the table up originally.
Pockets:
On particular thread for the basics is: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=145584&highlight=What%27s...
Here's a great overview of why pockets play the way they do by my friend, RKC: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=145007
Ironically, here's another post on doing the exact opposite for business purposes:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=2348255&postcount=107
Finally, a more scholarly approach, at:
http://www.azbilliards.com/rogerlong/roger2.php
Here is what I got so far:
Artemins Incotintental K-55 cushions
Simonis 760
New set of pockets