Posts made by bighammer

There’s a side of me that wonders if I made more of these, if they would sell.  (and for how much?) The first is always the slowest, but after all the measuring and figuring is done, it gets pretty simple to do….

Thanks for all the positive comments. We looked at other designs a bit after deciding exactly what was wanted/needed. The dice pits are nice because they don’t bounce out, and the slope of the ramp pushes them to the outside. (no hidden spots where you have to move to see them) The board height is about 40" because most games end up with players standing as they play. It’s more comfortable height for your back and a bar stool is a good height when you want to rest your feet.

It was a fun project and I’m not sure we’d change anything.

It works now, WooHOOO!  :lol:

Not the greatest pictures, I was sort of passing thru and needed to keep moving, but wanted to snap a couple before I forgot.

@Young:

@bighammer:

Nice work, well done.

I’ve enjoyed browsing the different threads on creating a custom table. Lots of creative thought and good ideas.

Cheers bighammer… are you thinking about building your own custom table?

Already did.

Just curious

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So if I were to just post…

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… and say my lowercase H key wasn’t working and it only need one in front of it, would that work?

Nice work, well done.

I’ve enjoyed browsing the different threads on creating a custom table. Lots of creative thought and good ideas.

There are a few really good map files already on here in different threads. I sent one of the files to Uprinting.com and they sent us a rolled 33x72 poster for $65. Nice work and pretty reasonably priced. (compared to our local print shops)

Nice work on the map. I didn’t see this one when I printed ours.

Is there a purpose in the post count? Make sure I’m not picture-posting bot?

OK, I’ll keep posting here and there.  :-D

I sent the file for our table to UPrinting (online printer) and they did a great job. (72"x33" for $65 shipped)

OK, finally getting around to posting and getting some pictures taken and uploaded to photobucket, but I’m having trouble including them here. I keep getting this message Sorry, you are not allowed to post links.

What started as a plan to cut plywood to a proper size to put over an old table, evolved into a custom-designed, ultimate A&A gaming table. It was a great project for over the winter break. (my son is a junior in HS)

We created a list of must-haves, looked at photos of other tables, and refined our plan. We downloaded the map file from here and sent it to VistaPrint for a custom poster. It took some kind of conversion of the file thru another site to be able to send it, but it worked out well and the final product is beautiful. (~$65 shipped)

We bought some turned legs, lumber, plywood, glue, hardware, stain and paint at the local big-box lumber store. We worked out a design that has sort of a “trough” along each edge to hold the boxes for each army. They were each painted to a color to closely match the pieces. (custom-mixed samples form their paint dept.) at each end is a “dice pit” with an incline to roll them to the outside edge so they are visible from a distance.

Hopefully, I can figure out how the picture posting works. Seeing it is easier than the thousands of words to try to describe it.