Ping Pong Table - Making my own in the back garden
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Uploaded by aclohesy on Jul 26, 2007
After a taste for ping pong and a dearth of money both struck simultaneously, I was forced to make my own table tennis table in the back garden.
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Ah the ignorance of the ignorant - it's an mp3 player, my friend.
2 years ago 5
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If the screw heads make playing on it difficult, take them out and countersink the heads. That should make for an even playing surface.
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@aclohesy 8' by 4' MDF? I wonder if my home depot has these...
Thank you for the help! When it's done, I'll upload a video! :D
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@aclohesy Oh I see.thank you man.
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@enzo2123 I used a standard piece of 8' by 4' MDF - it's fairly thick, so has sufficient density to give a good bounce, which something like thin plywood wouldn't. But a full-size ping pong table should be 9' by 5' I think. Those would be difficult dimensions to get hold of, even in two halves - most boards come narrower than 4'6. Good luck! Make a video :)
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Hi, I'm making a ping pong table for my project at school; may I ask what are the measurements of the two boards you use? and what kind of wood was it?
Thank you!
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nice, I made mine a few days ago :) I bought a net that clamps on table it came with 3balls and two paddles for 13 bucks a wallmart.
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@LeonardoCrum Yeah...don't use white!
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how did you attach the legs for the table?
yatoysoldiereden 5 months ago
@yatoysoldiereden I just screwed them on from above - one or two screws in each corner is unlikely to get hit during play very often. You could also put supporting pieces up from half-way down the legs to beneath the table, to provide some extra stability. But unless you're planning on sitting on the table, probably not essential.
aclohesy 5 months ago
does it matter what kinda of paint you use?
LeonardoCrum 1 year ago
@LeonardoCrum I think it was a standard exterior fence paint, and I gave it 2 or 3 coats. Still kept it under a tarp overnight, though, since MDF is not really designed for outdoor use, and even a bit of swelling would have affected it's usefulness as a ping pong table
aclohesy 5 months ago
Do you have a cover in case of rain, plus does the table ever rot due to the weather?
123ricewine 2 years ago
@123ricewine Used a tarp to keep the rain and dew off overnight. I reckon the MDF would rot unless it was protected - not sure how effective the fence paint would have been in preserving it, but I wasn't going to risk it.
aclohesy 5 months ago