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02-27-2005, 09:29 PM
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Some table pics, and a couple of tips
I've mentioned in the past that I'd be posting some new table pics soon. Build this one as a gift for a friend:
 The color looks a little funny with the flash, but the table fabric is a dark, gunmetal gray. Finding that color was very difficult. The rail is built from scratch, with the assistance of a friend of mine who does truck upholstery for a living. It just turned out incredibly well. Hardly a bump in it all the way around. One tip if you're using vinyl material for the rail, is to heat it in some way. He used a heat gun to keep the material pliable, especially around the corners. This helped it to stretch without bunching up as much. He said putting the vinyl in the dryer for a while would also help it be more pliable. Here's a close-up of the logo on the center of the table:  My friend's brother designed the lable. The material itself is a rubbery iron-on material from a local sign shop. It's not silk-screened per se, but actually ironed on. The cards slide across it just fine - I was worried the rubbery feel to the logo might cause sticking but it wasn't a problem last night when we used the table for the first time. A close up of the rail and racehorse track:  The most frustrating part of the project was staining and clearcoating the racetrack. One tip - don't do this in the winter in places where the temp is colder. When the label on a can of stain or clear coat says 70 degrees is recommended, they aren't kidding. The stain took a long time to dry, and the clearcoat had problems with streaks. It looks OK, but we'll probably re-finish it in the spring. 
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02-28-2005, 02:06 AM
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Re: Some table pics, and a couple of tips
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nice gift [/ QUOTE ] Heh, he thought so. Of course, it'll now be the final table for our home tournament circuit, so I hope to get plenty of use out of it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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02-28-2005, 05:34 AM
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Re: Some table pics, and a couple of tips
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[ QUOTE ] nice gift [/ QUOTE ] Heh, he thought so. Of course, it'll now be the final table for our home tournament circuit, so I hope to get plenty of use out of it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] hey, for a sweet ass table like that i will join your home tournament anyday! let me know when it's ready for pick-up, as i have a truck (i figure to at least save you the hassle of delivering it to my house). seriously sweet gift, (how do i sign up to be your friend?) cheers, the Real Macoy
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02-28-2005, 10:28 AM
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Long lost cousin!
How have you been? It's been AGES! Don't you remember, when we were really small, the games out by the pond?
Anyway, my birthday is coming up..... :P
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02-28-2005, 12:48 PM
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Re: Some table pics, and a couple of tips
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Looks pretty good, could you not get the wrinkles out where the felt meets the racetrack? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, we need to go back and tack down the fabric a little better in some of those spots. It's not wrinkled as much as it's tighter in some spots around the edges than in other spots. When we refinish the racetrack part this spring, I think I'm going to add a 1/4" racetrack underneath to make it more flush with the padding. That will make it a little less visible around the edges. The other mistake we made was not using those t-bolt things to bolt the table center to the structural piece underneath. Instead, we just screwed it in from underneath, but I don't think the center piece is a flush to the underside plywood as it would be with the t-bolts. Not sure if that really makes sense.
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