Building your own ping pong table is actually simple job that anybody can accomplish. A ping pong table is a useful entertaining tool to enjoy inside the house for those dreary, rainy days or an activity for friends during a party. The ping pong table could be built with collapsible legs and fold-up table for straightforward storage and fast accessibility.
The standard ping pong table has a length 9 feet, a width of 5 feet, along with a height of 30 inches from the ground. An ITTF approved net is 6 inches in height.
What you will need in order to create your own ping pong table:
• Two 4 ½ feet by 5 feet Masonite boards
• Four 8-inch folding brackets and screws
• Three 2-inch hinges
• White paint
• Pre-made ping pong net
• Four metal predrilled legs 28 inches long
• Drill and Phillips head bit
Start building your own ping pong table:
The initial thing to do when building a ping pong table is to drill the leg supports into the base of the table boards. You will drill the leg mounting brackets directly into two corners of one 5 foot long side of every board. Using this method, whenever you are done making the table, the 5 foot lengthy side might be the edge and the 4 ½ foot long sides will add up to make the regulation 9 foot size of your table tennis table.
Make sure you position the predrilled legs on the supports and secure them with the right drill and screws. If they are not properly secured into the mounting brackets the table will be wobbly and almost unplayable.
Using a ruler, mark the bottom of the boards you will be using for the hinges. Mark the table at about two inches from the ends toward the middle, so that you’re marking on each end, and then mark one directly in the middle of the boards. This middle section mark will likely be at the 2 ½ foot spot from either side. Ensure that the marks on both boards are within the exact same locations so whenever you add the hinges, the table folds up evenly.
Drill within the three hinges first on one board. Make sure they are secure just before you connect the two boards. Screw within the second board and stand the table up after.
Paint a white line down the middle of the ping pong table making sure that it is straight and in the middle. This line is for playing a doubles ping pong game.
Attach the 6-inch net to the hinge of the ping pong table as per the manufacturer’s directions. It is very simple to install your own ping pong net, as lengthy as you’ve got 6-inch tall and 5 foot wide netting, two dowels and smaller plastic clamps.
Building a ping pong table is an easy project as long as you use the correct sizes and tighten the pieces properly. If you don’t secure the pieces right, you will have an unstable and shaky ping pong table.
