Comments on: Game Room: Gaming Table

By: MadBrew

MadBrew — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:37:30 +0000

@B.G.: LoL, none one in my group would give me a hard time if my wife made me a gaming table, because then there wouldn’t be any game time food available!

By: B.G.

B.G. — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:29:53 +0000

Just wanted to wish you the best of luck in your endeavor. I am totally un-handy, my girlfriend is the one who owns the power tools. Maybe I can get her to work on one for me. How do you think it would go down if I told my gaming group that the gaming table they were sitting at was built by my girlfriend, would they crown me "King of Gamers" or would it be so emasculating I would have to surrender my dice. I think I will just buy one. B.G.’s last blog post..RPG TURDUCKEN!

By: Donny_the_DM

Donny_the_DM — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:40:09 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimike/2814936261/

there are a few other geeks that have attempted this too, all with varying degrees of success. Good luck to you.

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By: MadBrew

MadBrew — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:39:10 +0000

@Tony: I’ve tried to convince my father that he doesn’t need that tournament legal billiards table he has collecting dust in his basement for years, he won’t budge.

@Marcel: Yeah, I was looking at 1/8″ thick abrasion resistent (Lexan) sheets. I can get 2′x4′ for about $42. The same sized sheet, but not abrasion resistance (regular acrylic) costs only $25 (or I can double the thickness for about the same cost). I need to get a sample of each and appraise which durability meets my needs.

By: Marcel Beaudoin

Marcel Beaudoin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:14:31 +0000

For the maps, I figure you could grab a big (and thin, the stuff is expensive)piece of plexiglass, and then have, underneath, a couple of different large pieces of paper that have the various maps you want on them.

Alternatively, if you use the magnetic markers made by (the name escapes me at the moment) you could get a large rectangle of metal and put it underneath the paper and plexiglass.

By: Tony Law

Tony Law — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:32:07 +0000

Good luck! I can understand not wanting to buy it. You could convert a really nice pool table for that price! Tony Law’s last blog post..Conflict Resolution and Gaming

By: MadBrew

MadBrew — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:03:47 +0000

Thanks for the support. I have all the tools one could possibly need (except for the sweet lookin’ cnc wood carving machine Sears offers…), and a personal font of wood working knowledge, all at my disposal.

My grandfather lives about forty minutes away and has a complete workshop. He’s done woodwork as a hobby most of his life, and he and my grandmother would love the opportunity to have me and the family over more often, especially if it means sharing the love for his hobby.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:40:51 +0000

You should make it out of smoky-mirror like plexiglass — with beveled edges and natural curves and bows… something truly alien looking; but functional.

Sounds awesome. I’m a big fan of HUGE projects that take up all your time that you didn’t know you had. If I lived closer I’d offer to help too (i have all the tools and materials for carpentry – i recently did a complete teardown and rebuild of my kitchen; before that it was the masterbath and now i’m knocking down walls in my basment)

best of luck on your table!

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