"Wtf, dude! Racetrack? No raised rail? SSC? And what's with the orangey brassy golden cup holders?!"
Ok, now that we've gotten the obvious questions out of the way, here's some background and photos of Le Gold Luxury Hotel & Resort's first (and last) custom single-table-tournament-table Given that mymancav...hotel's casino area has a relatively small area available for games, I had to go with something smaller than a standard 10-person oval table. With that limitation in mind, and adding the fact that I'm located in Norway, basically narrowed the options down to DIY. Also, I like building things, and I'd never done something like this before. Luckily, I have a friend who lives nearby (read: 1h15m by car), who has (almost) all the necessary tools, and who is not afraid of using them! Without him, this wouldn't have been possible. Bonus: I've learned a lot during this process! To all of you experienced builders there - apologies upfront for what you're about to see in the next few posts
Anyhow... while browsing the tubes and internets, I saw quite a few designs that I liked, but one that I really liked is a classic octagonal no-rail one. As I don't plan on playing SO much (yet), aesthetics was a bigger factor than functionality or comfort. Early on I decided I wanted a dark reddish-brown wood. Given that this is Le Gold, and gold tends to work fine with dark brown, I had ordered golden cup holders.... which turned out to be not quite what I would call a golden color. So, still not sure whether I'll stick with these or whether I'll cave in and get silver replacements inastead. We'll see, need the table first.
In the meantime, I managed to get hold of a (free) used octagonal green-felt table. I thought why not, it's a start, I'll for sure be able to use it one way or the other! Looked like a very solid piece of wood with (surprisingly!) solid and stable legs. So, when I started planning the real table, I thought I'd just build on top of it.
Day one
Since one of the requirements was that it should be relatively easy to transport, and me not having a pickup truck (#europe), the first thing was to cut it in half and put back together.
Ok, we've managed to back to where we started. Let's turn it and see. Looks good. Time for a break. After coming back from the break, I... noticed something. I thought "nah, can't be". Turned out to be "can too!":
Bloody table was totally warped! Whether it was like that from the beginning (never occurred to me to check), or due to long exposure in the hot Norwegian Sun (nobody is used to 30+ minutes of sunshine here, not even tables!), we don't know. What we knew was that was clearly unusable. Back to square one. But we have no table to build on any more, so we're done for the day.
Not so fast! My friend then says: "Hm... I do have a table that is not being used." I was all ears. "Your wife won't mind?" I asked. "Nah."
Next thing, the table is ready to be put under the knife!
Bonus points:
What then followed was a well deserved end to day one:
Stay tuned!
Ok, now that we've gotten the obvious questions out of the way, here's some background and photos of Le Gold Luxury Hotel & Resort's first (and last) custom single-table-tournament-table Given that my
Anyhow... while browsing the tubes and internets, I saw quite a few designs that I liked, but one that I really liked is a classic octagonal no-rail one. As I don't plan on playing SO much (yet), aesthetics was a bigger factor than functionality or comfort. Early on I decided I wanted a dark reddish-brown wood. Given that this is Le Gold, and gold tends to work fine with dark brown, I had ordered golden cup holders.... which turned out to be not quite what I would call a golden color. So, still not sure whether I'll stick with these or whether I'll cave in and get silver replacements inastead. We'll see, need the table first.
In the meantime, I managed to get hold of a (free) used octagonal green-felt table. I thought why not, it's a start, I'll for sure be able to use it one way or the other! Looked like a very solid piece of wood with (surprisingly!) solid and stable legs. So, when I started planning the real table, I thought I'd just build on top of it.
Day one
Since one of the requirements was that it should be relatively easy to transport, and me not having a pickup truck (#europe), the first thing was to cut it in half and put back together.
Ok, we've managed to back to where we started. Let's turn it and see. Looks good. Time for a break. After coming back from the break, I... noticed something. I thought "nah, can't be". Turned out to be "can too!":
Bloody table was totally warped! Whether it was like that from the beginning (never occurred to me to check), or due to long exposure in the hot Norwegian Sun (nobody is used to 30+ minutes of sunshine here, not even tables!), we don't know. What we knew was that was clearly unusable. Back to square one. But we have no table to build on any more, so we're done for the day.
Not so fast! My friend then says: "Hm... I do have a table that is not being used." I was all ears. "Your wife won't mind?" I asked. "Nah."
Next thing, the table is ready to be put under the knife!
Bonus points:
- it has the perfect size
- it is VERY solid
- it can fit both the legs inside (well, almost!)
- it is already divided in two!
What then followed was a well deserved end to day one:
Stay tuned!