DIY table tennis aka ping pong table base.

[Eddo Rogue]

Hey guys,
I salvaged a nice ping pong table top from a busted up base. Its the two piece folding kind. I'd like to make a simple base for it. Probably without the geometrics of making it folding for the sake of brevity, summers almost gone. I have plenty of metal and a welder, unless some other material would be easier. I googled some pics and saw em sitting on sawhorses, figure posting here would probably find me something better.

Anyone ever built/restored a ping pong table? I been on a roll with the rec games lately, loving the new pool table....figured keep the momentum going. It's too hot to crawl under ranger.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I hot nothing on the ping pong table.

But... use to love Foosball.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Use the pool table for a base.

 

[RonD]

I had two folding card tables I used, lol, inherited from grandmother who played lots of bridge

Ping pong table standard height is 30", 2.5ft

Saw horses are about that, then a couple of 2x4s between them

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Use the pool table for a base.

Dang that's actually a pretty good idea.

 

[superj]

we had a ping pong table for a long time, growing up. all the kids in the neighborhood would come over all the time and play. back before internet though. and socal so no rain or anything.

 

[dvdswan]

It's a ping pong table don't over think it.... ping pong table base only - Google Search

How to Build a Ping Pong Table : 9 Steps - Instructables

a couple of saw horses would work just fine too.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

we had a ping pong table for a long time, growing up. all the kids in the neighborhood would come over all the time and play. back before internet though. and socal so no rain or anything.

Same here. Then I got one as a grown, played the heck out of it, then I gave it to my buddys kid, so it lived down the street and then came back with only the tops.
I am even thinking maybe just buy one, mock the base, and return it when I am done using it as template.

 

[Ranger850]

thinking maybe just buy one, mock the base, and return it when I am done using it as template.

+1 ^^^^

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Fun fact and tongue twister: King Kong went to Hong Kong to play Ping Pong with his Ding Dong.

 

[dvdswan]

Fun fact and tongue twister: King Kong went to Hong Kong to play Ping Pong with his Ding Dong.

Good thing it wasn't with Jing Jong who got the thing wrong all over a hit song by Sisqo... Thong th th thong thong.