Two teams of best friends take the Warehouse Warriors challenge and try to design and build a game table in just eight hours. The teams: Best friends with a variety of building and handyman experience. The project: Game table The timeframe: 8 hours (9.a.m. - 5 p.m.) These guys came to the Warehouse as best friends. But, after eight hectic and hard-working hours together, will they ever want to see one another again? Let's meet the teams! Red Team Andy Bass
Bob Atkin
Mike Berry
Blue Team Todd Anders
Craig Stevens
Mark Franklin
Red Team Activity Journal (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) - The Red Team concept is a multi-surfaced table that includes an area for playing poker and a checkerboard. A lazy Susan will offer users easy access to drinks or snacks and dice chairs and card-shaped table legs complete the gaming theme.
- The first step is ripping one-inch plywood for their tabletop and table legs. Then, the plywood is cut freehand into a kidney bean shape (figure A).
- Six 2 x 4s are cut 15-1/2 inches in length. A square is also cut from more plywood to serve as the card-playing surface on the tabletop.
- Next, the 2 x 4s are attached to the table bottom. These will serve as supports when the playing card legs are finished and added (figure B).
Ed's tip: Remember that there are a lot of different types of surfaces you can use for the top of your game table including felt, tile and custom-fit granite.
Blue Team Activity Journal (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
- The Blue Team decides upon on an octagon-shaped game table that features a felt-covered surface for playing cards and a removable checkerboard.
- The team begins by selecting four pre-made cabinets to serve as the base of their table (figure C).
- The checkerboard is cut from birch plywood using the circular saw. Four corner brackets are cut from 2 x 4s at an angle of approximately 45 degrees (figure D) and then added to the cabinets to help support the tabletop.
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