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Title: BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: ChadTower on October 08, 2004, 01:40:28 pm

I was at Chuck E Cheese with the kids last night playing air hockey when it occurred to me that one of those tables would not be hard at all to build.  Even better, it wouldn't be hard to integrate with something else.  I'm going to be building a bar when I finish my basement, and was thinking damn it would be cool if I put a removable top on the bar that uncovered an air hockey table.

Anyone else ever attempt anything like this?

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: DYNAGOD on October 08, 2004, 02:13:11 pm

id do some google searching, i seem to recall seeing a few homemade table projects years back when i similarly played with the idea.

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: Hoagie_one on October 08, 2004, 02:14:08 pm

never thought about building myown, but Sams' club has a nice one right now for $300.  real nice quality and an electronic scoreboard

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: Hoagie_one on October 08, 2004, 02:40:09 pm

Sams CLub TAble (http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?n=0&oidPath=0%3a-23541%3a-23963%3a-36130%3a856461&coe=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_0793829961.1097260780_CS_&BV_EngineID=ccddadcmjifjkghcfkfcfkjdgoodfkg.0)

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: ChadTower on October 08, 2004, 03:16:08 pm

While that's nice, I don't have room for a standalone table.  That's why I would integrate it into the bar.

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: missioncontrol on October 08, 2004, 07:10:26 pm

every google search I did for a BYO air hockey table allways mentioned problems getting a good air flow...


I've seen the one at Sam's club it is nice...

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: Crazy Cooter on October 08, 2004, 08:08:05 pm

How does a "real" table get its flow?

couldn't you just use a wetvac with a sheet of pegboard?  Those holes might be a little big though.  Who has a table that they could measure the hole size?

[edit]
I just had a picture of a mug of beer sliding down the bar...  ummm,  beeer.

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: Pilot143 on October 08, 2004, 10:19:03 pm

that sams club one looks like the one I just got.. w/o the top bar... mines the same outside design, w/ a black top and electronic scoring and timer built into the board... I hope to update website soon and put some new pics up of cabs (2- 33" generic cabs) and hockey table... jammed into small back room. and cost about $275? ish... from costco.

** measured hocky table holes... 3/64th bit (smallest I have) fits nicely... and the holes are 1 inch apart set up in a grid.

Title: Re:BYO Air Hockey?
Post by: Generic Eric on October 08, 2004, 11:18:25 pm

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