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Bought a table on Facebook Marketplace two years ago for a good deal. Unfortunately, the more I played on it, the more I hated the racetrack.
Cards got stuck between the felt/rail, cupholders took up too much real estate on the table, and I cannot stand shuffling chips on wood or reaching over to shuffle on the betting line.
(Forgot to take a proper "before" picture, this is a screenshot from a video with the table for reference)
When I bought the table, the legs were wobbly so I replaced them with the BBO Strong as Hell Legs for like $150. Honestly, great purchase and amazing value compared to the Gorilla Gaming legs or others that cost 2-3x as much.
I also bought new foam and felt to eventually attempt to refelt the table. They sat in my garage for over a year.
For some reason, a wave of motivation came over me last weekend to take a crack at it.
I have been reading racetack conversion posts on PCF and watching videos since I bought the table so I figured I had enough knowledge to give it a try.
We started by disassembling the table starting with the rail, the racetrack, and the middle felt piece. We got extremely lucky because after removing the foam and felt, the table sat pretty flush and even so no further sanding or manipulation had to occur. Although we probably could have sanded the middle piece further but the difference is negligible with the new foam in place.
After the final removal of the old foam, we cut out the new table foam ( casino supply) flush to the edges of the table and used 3M 77 adhesive spray to lock it into place. After drying, we prepped the felt.
With the felt prepped, we sprayed adhesive between the felt and foam and waited for it to dry.
After drying, we used a borrowed pneumatic staple gun to staple the felt into the side of the table and a few staples into the felt/foam for good measure.
The final piece was attaching the rail back on the table. This proved to be a little difficult because the foam added some space between the wood so we had to pull the width of the rail apart to bend the wood ever so slightly so that it would fit back on.
Longer wood screws were needed (see spacing issue due to foam above) and it buttoned up like a charm.
Trimmed the excess felt off the table and... DONE!
Feels like a real casino in this MF.
Thank you guys for the support as usual and everyone before me who posted their racetrack project on PCF. This was my sole resource for inspiration and guidance to take this project over the finish line.
Bought a table on Facebook Marketplace two years ago for a good deal. Unfortunately, the more I played on it, the more I hated the racetrack.
Cards got stuck between the felt/rail, cupholders took up too much real estate on the table, and I cannot stand shuffling chips on wood or reaching over to shuffle on the betting line.
(Forgot to take a proper "before" picture, this is a screenshot from a video with the table for reference)
When I bought the table, the legs were wobbly so I replaced them with the BBO Strong as Hell Legs for like $150. Honestly, great purchase and amazing value compared to the Gorilla Gaming legs or others that cost 2-3x as much.
I also bought new foam and felt to eventually attempt to refelt the table. They sat in my garage for over a year.
For some reason, a wave of motivation came over me last weekend to take a crack at it.
I have been reading racetack conversion posts on PCF and watching videos since I bought the table so I figured I had enough knowledge to give it a try.
We started by disassembling the table starting with the rail, the racetrack, and the middle felt piece. We got extremely lucky because after removing the foam and felt, the table sat pretty flush and even so no further sanding or manipulation had to occur. Although we probably could have sanded the middle piece further but the difference is negligible with the new foam in place.
After the final removal of the old foam, we cut out the new table foam ( casino supply) flush to the edges of the table and used 3M 77 adhesive spray to lock it into place. After drying, we prepped the felt.
With the felt prepped, we sprayed adhesive between the felt and foam and waited for it to dry.
After drying, we used a borrowed pneumatic staple gun to staple the felt into the side of the table and a few staples into the felt/foam for good measure.
The final piece was attaching the rail back on the table. This proved to be a little difficult because the foam added some space between the wood so we had to pull the width of the rail apart to bend the wood ever so slightly so that it would fit back on.
Longer wood screws were needed (see spacing issue due to foam above) and it buttoned up like a charm.
Trimmed the excess felt off the table and... DONE!
Feels like a real casino in this MF.
Thank you guys for the support as usual and everyone before me who posted their racetrack project on PCF. This was my sole resource for inspiration and guidance to take this project over the finish line.
