Storable Game Table Cover

Step 3 Cut some shapes

Since my table is round, I've gotta make a round table cover. Circles take a little more care than squares.

Go out to the garage. By some unholy occurrence, it will be hotter in there than outside.

Ok, take your two boards and smush them next to each other. Measure halfway down the seam and make a little mark - that will be the center of the circle. Now take a nail and tape it upside down on your mark, now you've got a little pivot point to help draw the circle. Make a piece of string two feet long including a loop for the nail on one end and a loop for your pencil on the other. Slip one loop onto the nail, on one your pencil, and WHEEE! A perfect (enough) circle!

Clamp one of the boards down to a workbench and carefully cut out the semi-circle with the jigsaw. Then, clean up them gnarly edges with the sanding block. Rinse and repeat.

Comments

[Plautus]

looks like a sweet game top (the extra cushioning is nice, especially for card games). One thing I would like to stress is that you shouldn't cut MDF any more than you need to, and definitely shouldn't sand it if you can avoid it, because breathing MDF dust can seriously make you sick.