Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Festivus" data-source="post: 3926751" data-attributes="member: 34532">Let me start by saying that I have built the Ultimate Gaming Table, so my words come from experience and lessons learned.First are foremost, think about what you have for space.&nbsp; The 4' x 8' table is massive, but it also requires a large area to use fully (like a two car garage).&nbsp; My old house it worked as long as you didn't use the pull out drawers.&nbsp; No biggie, plenty of room on top.&nbsp; My new house it won't fit at all, so it's now my craft table in the garage.&nbsp; Be sure to measure and make sure before you expend the funds that you can actually fit the table, drawers, chairs and people.&nbsp; Remember that folks need to get around the table as well.Second, they use an interesting leg system consisting of grooved joints for the support of the table.&nbsp; In hindsight I would rather have purchased four legs at the hardware store and run a stringer around the table for support.&nbsp; Not only would it have been less expensive, it would have been easier to assemble.Third, check your furniture stores for closeout tables and damaged returns.&nbsp; I saw a table at Ikea for $50 that would have worked great as a support base for a new game table.&nbsp; Then just bolt your game table to the old legs and stringer... done <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Fourth, buy smaller plexiglass for the cover.&nbsp; I went with a single 4'x8' sheet of plexi, it was expensive, it's dificult to manage, and I have cracked it once already.&nbsp; Buy the smaller sheets, you will be happy.&nbsp; Two smaller ones are way easier to handle than one big one.Fifth, buy a mondomat for the tabletop.&nbsp; Drawing the gridlines took forever.&nbsp; Save yourself the time and effort of painting, sanding, painting again, sanding again, and then drawing 144 lines... trust me it is really difficult.In my new place I just bought a 40&quot;x60&quot; sheet of thick plexiglass (it's like 1/4&quot;) and some felt discs, and play on top of our nice dining room table with a flip mat.&nbsp; It works pretty well, though not nearly the space of my old game table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Festivus, post: 3926751, member: 34532"] Let me start by saying that I have built the Ultimate Gaming Table, so my words come from experience and lessons learned. First are foremost, think about what you have for space. The 4' x 8' table is massive, but it also requires a large area to use fully (like a two car garage). My old house it worked as long as you didn't use the pull out drawers. No biggie, plenty of room on top. My new house it won't fit at all, so it's now my craft table in the garage. Be sure to measure and make sure before you expend the funds that you can actually fit the table, drawers, chairs and people. Remember that folks need to get around the table as well. Second, they use an interesting leg system consisting of grooved joints for the support of the table. In hindsight I would rather have purchased four legs at the hardware store and run a stringer around the table for support. Not only would it have been less expensive, it would have been easier to assemble. Third, check your furniture stores for closeout tables and damaged returns. I saw a table at Ikea for $50 that would have worked great as a support base for a new game table. Then just bolt your game table to the old legs and stringer... done :) Fourth, buy smaller plexiglass for the cover. I went with a single 4'x8' sheet of plexi, it was expensive, it's dificult to manage, and I have cracked it once already. Buy the smaller sheets, you will be happy. Two smaller ones are way easier to handle than one big one. Fifth, buy a mondomat for the tabletop. Drawing the gridlines took forever. Save yourself the time and effort of painting, sanding, painting again, sanding again, and then drawing 144 lines... trust me it is really difficult. In my new place I just bought a 40"x60" sheet of thick plexiglass (it's like 1/4") and some felt discs, and play on top of our nice dining room table with a flip mat. It works pretty well, though not nearly the space of my old game table. [/QUOTE]

Verification