Paper Football Table
VR3
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Well, in shop there was this POS table, was originally a work table - fairly wore. Well we asked the shop teacher if we could make it into something...
So we sanded the top down with a belt sander... painted it a dark green, with a light green over it to immitate grass --
Then we made mounts on each end of the table. Then we made field goal post out of Oak plywood (one piece) - painted them yellow, they are removable from the mounts on the side for regular playing...
The table itself has an out of bounds line (visual) - it is still only out of bounds if it falls off the table...
There are two endzones, still undecided what we are going to put in the endzones... contemplating Ford and Chevy among others...
The center will say SR or Shop 2007 (SR for school name)
Oh yeah, and there are lines every 3" to represent a 60 yard field (30 yards mid way)...
turning out great... we are enjoying it
If it all turns out good, we are contemplating making another one out of MDF and oak plywood so it would look good. This current one is RAGGED - but the top looks sweet because we rock like that...
We are going to put a clear coat (2 or 3 coats) on the table, then light sand it, reapply then steel wool it so it will be slick as glass - should be alot of fun...
Ill take some pics shortly...
So we sanded the top down with a belt sander... painted it a dark green, with a light green over it to immitate grass --
Then we made mounts on each end of the table. Then we made field goal post out of Oak plywood (one piece) - painted them yellow, they are removable from the mounts on the side for regular playing...
The table itself has an out of bounds line (visual) - it is still only out of bounds if it falls off the table...
There are two endzones, still undecided what we are going to put in the endzones... contemplating Ford and Chevy among others...
The center will say SR or Shop 2007 (SR for school name)
Oh yeah, and there are lines every 3" to represent a 60 yard field (30 yards mid way)...
turning out great... we are enjoying it
If it all turns out good, we are contemplating making another one out of MDF and oak plywood so it would look good. This current one is RAGGED - but the top looks sweet because we rock like that...
We are going to put a clear coat (2 or 3 coats) on the table, then light sand it, reapply then steel wool it so it will be slick as glass - should be alot of fun...
Ill take some pics shortly...
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Man, I haven't played paper football in AGES. I definately want to see the end results.
Get creative with the names, 'Loose Leaf' and 'Construction' for example might be cool. 'Big Chief' makes great tablets that young'ns learn to write on. Brainstorm it a bit, and knock it out of the park.
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
How bout "Meade Stadium". Cool project. I kicked a field goal one time and it landed in the teacher's hair.:eek:>
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We are thinking of doing these two guys names (ones a white guy, ones a black guy - they joke around a lot) - thinking about putting their names in the end zones... something for comical humor...- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
