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<blockquote data-quote="dragonlordofpoondari" data-source="post: 3424211" data-attributes="member: 42088"><p><strong>My ultimate table would be ...</strong></p><p></p><p>I used to know this guy who happened to be a mechanical engineer. For $20, he took a dry erase board and permanently etched a grid into it with some sort of micro saw or something. I don't know exactly how he did it but it came out beautifully. Then he cut the board in two and inlaid both pieces into two beautiful pieces of wood and attached them with a hinge turning the whole thing into a foldable chess-board type thing. The device is awesome for smaller encounters ... it's about 3 feet on each side when unfolded. Unfortunately, Marty is now lost to me. He quit his engineering job and decided to just travel around and live the hippy lifestyle for a while. He can probably be found at Burning Man every year, but I'm getting too old for that sillyness.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the grid etching method is the most professional looking in my opinion. If you really wanted to do it right, I would find a large wooden table. Have a professional carve out the top so you could inlay two sheets. The bottom sheet would be whiteboard with etched in grid lines. On top of that you could have plexiglass. This way, if you are using a paper map, just slip it under the plexiglass and you can draw over top. If you relying on the grid lined white board, either draw on the plexi or directly onto the whiteboard. The ultimate would be to have a projector hanging from the ceiling too with a retractable laptop station by the DM.</p><p></p><p>Built in or carved out cupholders and dice trays would be pretty nice too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragonlordofpoondari, post: 3424211, member: 42088"] [b]My ultimate table would be ...[/b] I used to know this guy who happened to be a mechanical engineer. For $20, he took a dry erase board and permanently etched a grid into it with some sort of micro saw or something. I don't know exactly how he did it but it came out beautifully. Then he cut the board in two and inlaid both pieces into two beautiful pieces of wood and attached them with a hinge turning the whole thing into a foldable chess-board type thing. The device is awesome for smaller encounters ... it's about 3 feet on each side when unfolded. Unfortunately, Marty is now lost to me. He quit his engineering job and decided to just travel around and live the hippy lifestyle for a while. He can probably be found at Burning Man every year, but I'm getting too old for that sillyness. Anyway, the grid etching method is the most professional looking in my opinion. If you really wanted to do it right, I would find a large wooden table. Have a professional carve out the top so you could inlay two sheets. The bottom sheet would be whiteboard with etched in grid lines. On top of that you could have plexiglass. This way, if you are using a paper map, just slip it under the plexiglass and you can draw over top. If you relying on the grid lined white board, either draw on the plexi or directly onto the whiteboard. The ultimate would be to have a projector hanging from the ceiling too with a retractable laptop station by the DM. Built in or carved out cupholders and dice trays would be pretty nice too. [/QUOTE]
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