If you like ping pong and there is enough space in the house or in the yard, why not do-it-yourself tennis table. In the store, such tables are very expensive, like any professional sports equipment. But why pay so much? To organize a home tennis tournament with friends or relatives, a homemade design is also suitable, so you can enjoy the game for much less money.
There are a lot of instructions and videos on the Internet, and to facilitate your task, this article contains several examples with step by step photos the most simple and affordable options for homemade tennis tables. Some of them can generally be done in one day, there would be material and tools.
How to make a do-it-yourself tennis table
Shown here how to make a standard size do-it-yourself tennis table. It is quite easy, any person who at least once held a hammer in their hands is able to make such a table. Here, only simple materials are used, mainly wood, and the usual tools that are in the kit of any novice master.
All sizes, including the height of the table, can be made at your discretion, while maintaining the proportions, as indicated in the diagram.
Below are the necessary drawings, although the inscriptions are in English, but all sizes are indicated in centimeters.
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This structure, including legs, is made of wood. The table is lightweight, fully collapsible; special precision is not required in the manufacture. If you want to know a more detailed assembly order, you can click on the link below to the source site.
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Indoor Tennis Table
True tennis lovers will always find a way to realize their dream. Not enough money? No problem, this indoor tennis table is not made by professionals at all and for only a third of the cost compared to the factory model. Everything is thought out, the design is easily disassembled, fastened with special brackets to the wall and does not bother anyone. With a large area, in fact, a lot of materials were not needed: a 3-meter beam 50x50 and plywood 12 mm thick. The size of the countertop is 2740x1525 mm, it is advisable to order two sheets of the right size so that their joint is just under the grid. In step-by-step photographs you can see the assembly process, although the brackets, if you don’t have welding, will have to be ordered separately, but I don’t think it will be very expensive.
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One more indoor tennis table option, only on metal legs. The size of the standard table is probably known to everyone, 274.3x152.5, height 76 cm, so the easiest way is to buy two sheets of plywood 152.5x152.5x18, cut 15.5 cm from each, trimmings can be used for stiffeners, then buy legs separately, fasten with screws, paint and the table is ready. All this can be done in a couple of hours. In principle, everything was done here, only the author made the legs on his own.
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Street tennis table
Undoubtedly, the folding table is more practical, just make it a little more difficult with your own hands, there are too many movable joints and additional parts that need to be carefully adjusted. Therefore, if you can make an outdoor tennis table, then you will have much less trouble. Here it is shown how to make just such an option for a stationary table. The standard sizes are indicated at the beginning of the article, but do not focus on them, for a homemade table a couple of millimeters do not play a big role, the main thing is that the surface of the countertop is smooth and without tilting. Therefore, the main attention should be paid to material selection. Do not use fiberboard or chipboard if the table is on the street, no matter how carefully you paint it, there will still be no sense. In the assembly itself there is nothing complicated, everything is well shown in the step-by-step photos.
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Outdoor tennis table made of concrete
If you make an outdoor tennis table, you need to think carefully about the material, especially if it will not be under a canopy, but in the open. A second offers to do concrete countertop. Of course there are many nuances, but in principle, you can achieve a perfectly smooth surface, the main thing is to get to the point.
The author used melamine molds, the table cover turned out to be 4 cm thick. The weight, as you know, turned out to be decent, respectively, and the wooden frame should be very strong, so the lower bars on the inside were added. Of course, you can use other methods of filling and types of supports, but, most importantly, this is the idea itself.
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From the office table to the tennis table
Idea for office workers! The large conference room table easily turns into a ping pong table! In fact, the idea is simple, this is an ordinary transformer folding table. Two halves of the countertop are connected by hinges and, if necessary, fold in half. The cover unfolds on the frame with simple swivel mechanism (see the last eight photos in the gallery). The rest is a regular office desk, reinforced with two beams to support the countertop. It is very convenient in the sense that you do not need a special room for the game and storage.
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The same option 2 in 1. An additional cover is installed on a regular table, which will be tennis table. In fact, to do all this is not at all difficult. Basic requirements - the design must be portable and easy to fold, so that it does not scratch the surface of the table on which it will be installed. Since the table will stand indoors, the surface can be made of any material, in this case two MDF boards 16 mm thick. Of course, you get a rather massive design, but it is not necessary to adhere to the standard dimensions of the tennis table.
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Glowing Tennis Table
For true ping-pong fans, darkness is not a reason to abandon your favorite game. Just turn on the light, it's boring. The author of this photo offers original idea of a glowing tennis table. Everything is very simple, suspend an ultraviolet lamp from the ceiling directly above the table and draw a fluorescent paint on the table. What to draw, this is already include your imagination, and do not forget to tint tennis balls.
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You have a small apartment, but do you like to play tennis? To have a good time after dinner, having organized a couple of parties in Ping Pong, even a dining table. You only need to buy rackets, or do it yourself. Below is a couple of instructions on how to do this. To buy a net, but this is also not necessary, you can think of a lot of different ways how to partition a table from improvised materials, the main thing is to have a height of at least 15 cm. But you really have to buy balls, you can’t get anywhere. In this case, it is simply shown how to fix the grid, reducing it to the desired width and come up with supports for fastenings so as not to damage the table.
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Mobile tennis table
This amazing design can be called "a holiday that is always with you". Now you can come to a friend to play ping pong with your tennis table. Transportation will provide you with this tennis bike. A friendly tournament can be arranged not only in an apartment or courtyard, but anywhere, on the sidewalk, in a city square, even in an open field. To make a similar mobile table for tennis, you need an old bicycle and some metal pipes. Then you need to make a design for convenient transportation; instead of buying ball joints, you can make steering link couplings yourself - take a bolt and weld it to the front fork.In general, see the assembly order on step-by-step photos, if something is not clear, there is a link to the site under the gallery where you can clarify all the details.
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Cardboard Tennis Table
Table tennis is a very popular game, so I want to come up with something so that you can play anytime, anywhere! But a tennis table, a thing rather bulky and inconvenient for storage. Therefore, the author proposes to make a portable table tennis table, that is, that when folded, it practically does not take up space.
Of course, make a cardboard tennis table, the idea is quite originalbut he has a bunch of advantages. For example, this table is made without glue and tape, everything is held at the expense of grooves and bends, which makes it easy to dismantle it and neatly fold it anytime, anywhere! The manufacturing order and dimensions, everything is shown in detail in step-by-step photos. Perhaps at first glance it’s a little complicated, but according to the author, the assembly and disassembly takes less than five minutes. True, an ordinary desktop ball does not bounce well on cardboard, but there is a great alternative - rubber ball.
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How to make a tennis racket
Save, so save. If you made a tennis table with your own hands, then why spend money on the rest of the equipment. Here you can see how to make a tennis racket, it will turn out no worse than the store. To do this, you need a sheet of plywood 20 cm x 30 cm and a thickness of 6.5 mm, a wooden block of 5 cm x 13 cm 8 mm thick and a piece of leather or soft rubber. As well as glue, clamps, electrical tape. Make a stencil and cut a blank from plywood, then a pen. Glue and clamp with a clamp. Then paint. Cut the rubber on the same stencil, but it is better to leave a small margin and then cut it after gluing. Try so that there are no glue residues, for this you can glue the edges with tape.
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Or another such option
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DIY tennis table drawing
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DIY tennis table photo
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