The Poor Man's Tornado Foosball Table: Part 1

This is a video made to show the differences between a commercial foosball table and a heavy-duty home table.

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Sports

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• foosball
• futbolin
• babyfoot
• table-soccer
• kickern
• tischfussball
• tafelvoetbal
• gitz
• homemade
• homebuilt

[jagiar]

Just a question. Do you find the solid rods to be a bit heavy on the arms after a couple of hours of play? Was it worth the money saved to go with solid rods or would you go with hollow rods next time? Thanks

[chipfoos]

I went with the solid rods because they were about $20 each and Tornado rods sold for $60 here in Canada. Price was clearly the deciding factor. I eventually changed the 3bars to hollow rods, but only after I became more competitive in local tournaments. If I had to do it again, I would get the hollow rods, but if you only play for fun, the solid rods weren't so bad. Actually, I think my forearms were conditioned to the heavier rods, so I hit harder when I played on hollow rod tables.

[jagiar]

Just another question then. If you had to do it all again, would you? That is, would you build it from scratch again for the savings,or would you just bite the bullet and buy an original Tornado?

[chipfoos]

Building the table myself was very interesting and educational. I would not hesitate in building it again because I learned so much from the experience. Yes, I could have purchased a Tornado home edition for the same cost . I knew the hidden cost of my time and labor would never be recouped when I decided to sell it but I really enjoyed the build and the feeling of accomplishment. It was kind of therapeutic; spending my free time in the garage working on project, with a beer and a router.

[ThePidgey2]

any tips, im going to make a foosball table for a school project

[bleachzeldakid]

tornahdo?

[Celwynar]

you sure do say tornado funny in the beginning of this movie

[jagiar]

@nightubble Depends. Since you're asking, I assume you're not a pro looking to compete in Tornado WCS or World Cup/Championships, but maybe looking to compete some day. In that case, if it was me, I'd get a used T2000 coin-op instead. The play is very similar. With the money u save u could aslo buy a used Garlando WC and learn to play both. Being a top Foos player means being able to play not just on one type of table.

[nightubble]

@jagiar

hey, should i buy The T3000 for home usage for playing ? Or the "elite" one or the "classic" one ? all are Tornado's

[yousillybadger]

Ok thanks a lot! :)