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Title: The sickness
Post by: BadMouth on May 16, 2011, 07:17:09 pm

My neighbors just set a disassembled ping pong table out by the curb for trash pickup.
It's made up of four 2'x5' sections of 5/8" mdf with a blue finish on one side.  (yes I went and looked at it that close)
I have some black 5/8" T-molding, an old computer/monitor that I want to get rid of and plenty of controls..........

I keep staring out the window at it thinking....I could put together a cabaret, it won't me take long or cost me anything.....  ???

must resist........

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on May 16, 2011, 07:21:17 pm

Resistance is futile.

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: Indyplumber on May 16, 2011, 07:29:19 pm

Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on May 16, 2011, 07:21:17 pm

Resistance is futile.

He can't hear you.  He's already outside dragging his victim into the garage.  Saw blades are spinning up.

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: BadMouth on May 16, 2011, 07:36:52 pm

Quote from: Indyplumber on May 16, 2011, 07:29:19 pm

He can't hear you.  He's already outside dragging his victim into the garage.  Saw blades are spinning up.

You nailed that one, except that I couldn't saw anything because I had other unfinished projects on top the table saw.

The ping pong table sections are now in my shed.  :'(
(along with a tempered glass "bezel" out of a tv stand that was also at the curb)

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: drventure on May 16, 2011, 07:59:11 pm

I want to see pics of the ping pong cade!

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: BadMouth on May 16, 2011, 08:30:22 pm

Quote from: drventure on May 16, 2011, 07:59:11 pm

I want to see pics of the ping pong cade!

There will be a build thread, although I'm not sure when.

I've had the computer and arcade parts laying around forever and thought about attempting to do a shoddy build start to finish in one day...more or less just to get rid of everything.  I think this will be it.

I'm thinking of calling it the crap-cade or recyclade....or possibly getting some figurines and doing a tribute to epic fail guy.

The plastic edging looks like marquee retainer to me!

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: drventure on May 16, 2011, 09:48:21 pm

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doing a tribute to epic fail guy

Awesome!

Title: Re: The sickness
Post by: Gray_Area on May 21, 2011, 01:09:56 am

This was like the other night for me, when I went out to the trash. I didn't have to, it wasn't smelly trash and could've waited, but decided to do anyways. And found two 24"x about 6' pieces of 1/2" MDF, almost pristine.

Funny, because I'm in the middle of a project, and I was thinking exactly of getting a sheet of 1/2. Of course, I blew some of it on mistakes, but still.