Sunday, October 5, 2014

Build Your Own Human Foosball Table - Part 1

We set out to build our own human foosball table with an aim of spending less than $200 and dedicating less than 3 hours putting it together.  We achieved both!  Here's what we did:

The Design

We loved the high quality, custom-built designs like this and this, but we didn't have the time or the money to put something similar together.  Still, having the walls enclosing the playing field was a high priority.  Imagine playing real foosball without those walls!  There's so much strategy that comes from playing off the walls.  Plus, we didn't want to chase the ball every time it got kicked out of bounds.  We found that construction fencing seemed to do the trick (like this), so we decided to go with that.  

We opted for a smaller court to promote faster play and to allow players connected to different rods to interact.  Our final design was 35' x 14' with 6 ropes running across the field each 5ft. apart.  Twelve players could play at a time with 6 on each team.  We threaded PVC pipe over the ropes that players held onto allowing them to slide back and forth.  Square hay bales stacked on top of each other held the ropes up on either side.  



Next:  Part 2 :  The Supplies

9 comments:

  1. I really like that you can make your own Foosball table like this. There is not a whole lot to it and is something that you can build in less than three hours like you said. I know that this is for doing human Foosball, but it still sounds like fun. Would be a great game to play with a bunch of friends and family.
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  2. I have seen a video of one with plywood walls braced with 2x4s. Galvanized fence poles instead of ropes. Any carpenter who has done formwork could build it in 6 or so hours with an assistant. Maybe a bit pricey,but can be disassembled and stored for the winter.

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    1. Can you share me the link to that video? I'm trying to build one myself with a group of people. I really want one that can be disassembled.

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  3. How did you attach the rope to the stacks of hay?

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  4. How did you attach the rope to the stacks of hay?

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