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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….

CWO Marc

@bighammer:

There’s a side of me that wonders if I made more of these, if they would sell.Â (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….

There would probably be a market for these – no doubt just a small and specialized one, but this wouldn’t be a problem because I assume you’d build the tables only on request rather than producing an inventory, so you’d never have any unsold stock lying around. The technical issue you’d have to figure out, however, would relate to shipping and assembly. Shipping costs might well be significant for something as heavy as the table…but the real problem would actually be volume. The fully assembled table could only be shipped by truck, which is probably okay for local customers in your town but becomes more difficult between cities. My guess is that shipping costs depend both on weight and volume, so to keep shipping costs down you’d presumably have to work out a design that could be shipped flat-packed (kind of like Ikea furniture). This in turn would mean that the design would have to allow for easy assembly by the customer upon receipt (again, like Ikea furniture), using very simple tools (a hammer and a screwdriver) that the average person is likely to have around the house and using simple instructions that the average person could follow. There are probably home-handicraft hobbyists who have the specialized tools, the skill and the enthusiam to handle more complex assembly requirements (I certainly don’t fall into that category), but it would limit your potential market if your design was aimed at such hobbyists rather than at more general customers.

Dafyd

I have been looking through this thread and have been very encouraged to make a table for the 4x8 map that I painted on piece of masonite. The tables featured here have demonstrated the simple and easy to the fine furniture quality that I would like to make. Are the any recent examples that have not yet been shown. I would love to see it. I won’t have the place to build an entire room around it with all of the decorations and the B29 flying over it (which I loved by the way) but I want to build a table that I can put a cover on and use it for a table should the need arise or atleast to protect it from grandkids and others who just can’t resist playing with the I G Joes.

pfc_pander

Finally finished my game table. My first game on it is today.

pfc_pander

One more pic

General 6 Stars

That is a great looking table. I see you used the pool table counter like YG. Where do you get that at ? What stain did you use ?
Also like the wide open dice boxes.

I could just buy the rods and beads with holes in them and make it myself.

CWO Marc

Terrific table in a terrific-looking game room! Very, very nice. I’m intrigued by what seems to be the French flag: is that an eagle I see in the middle part of it?

pfc_pander

@SS:

That is a great looking table. I see you used the pool table counter like YG. Where do you get that at ? What stain did you use ?
Also like the wide open dice boxes.

I could just buy the rods and beads with holes in them and make it myself.

Thanks! I didn’t use a stain because I like the natural look. I did put three coats of polyurethane on it which gave it a honey shine. The abacus is just put together from pieces. The rods were a couple dollars from Home Depot, just cut up some wood blocks an drilled holes in them, and the got the beads online that were already stained for about $15.

pfc_pander

@CWO:

Terrific table in a terrific-looking game room! Very, very nice. I’m intrigued by what seems to be the French flag: is that an eagle I see in the middle part of it?

Thanks. It’s in my basement but I can’t wait to finish it. The flag is the Italian Social Republic which was used by Italy in 1944 as their war flag.

Young Grasshopper

Awesome table PFC Pander, really awesome… love the detail and everything is so organized and clean. You should be really proud of your creation and I hope everyone who plays there appreciates your hard work.

Cheers.

Dafyd

PFC Pander, That is a great looking table. I like the edges where the players sit. It looks beveled so that the player can lean against it. Did you use a planer for this or cut it out on atable saw. Either way it is a nice touch.

pfc_pander

@Dafyd:

PFC Pander, That is a great looking table. I like the edges where the players sit. It looks beveled so that the player can lean against it. Did you use a planer for this or cut it out on atable saw. Either way it is a nice touch.

The edge is beveled. I borrowed a router to do it. Literally only took 2 minutes. I’m glad I did it because now you can put your arms and elbows on the hand rail without any discomfort.

pfc_pander

@Young:

Awesome table PFC Pander, really awesome… love the detail and everything is so organized and clean. You should be really proud of your creation and I hope everyone who plays there appreciates your hard work.

Cheers.

Thanks! Thank you for all your pics and videos which I was able to use for ideas and inspiration. I think my friends like it because during our first game on it this week the losing side would not surrender making the game last 18 hours. I have always wanted a custom table since the first time I played AA when I was 12, glad I finally have it thanks to the help of axisandallies.org

Maddog77

I forgot about this sticky. I posted in the A&AG40 about the table & room I set up over time in my basement. Jut replaced the carpet, padding & some trim work. Now it’s just way too cozy to come back upstairs. Here’s the link.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=37393.0

Regards, Steve

84tigers

@Maddog77:

I forgot about this sticky. I posted in the A&AG40 about the table & room I set up over time in my basement. Jut replaced the carpet, padding & some trim work. Now it’s just way too cozy to come back upstairs. Here’s the link.

Regards,� Steve

This is a great setup, wonderful place to play Axis and Allies - now if I could only figure out how to win more often :-)

h2o

These are some pictures of a table I built in Afghanistan. A couple of buddies and I wanted to find a way to spend some of our down time and decided on A&A Global. I decided we needed a table. Not really one for the game room back home, but it serves it purpose well for the excellent games we have had thus far!

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cyanight

Excellent work H20. Looks like a well suited table for the game.

Dafyd

That is such a cool idea. I love the top that folds over to put the game away while on duty. Keeps everyone from messing with it (at least deters everyone from messing with it).

CWO Marc

@Dafyd:

I love the top that folds over to put the game away while on duty. Keeps everyone from messing with it (at least deters everyone from messing with it).

It also has potential civilian applications as a protective device against interference by cats and other domestic pets.

h2o

I appreciate the kind words about the table. We made do with the best we could. A couple of guys are leaving so it may not get the same amount of time on it, otherwise we were thinking about printing out a larger game board and making some other adjustments, but it really has served us well. I am excited to return to the States and create a table/room like some of these other superb ones I have seen on these posts!

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