Foosball anyone?

TarJak · 08-24-11, 07:06 AM

Just finished building this for the kids:

Betonov · 08-24-11, 07:19 AM

Nice

Are the figurinees hand crafted or machined

Osmium Steele · 08-24-11, 07:22 AM

Scratch built? From plans? Boxed with directions? Slide tab A into slot B sort of thing? What?

Looks great! (Except the 3 man goalie line, but hey, I'm old school)

TarJak · 08-24-11, 08:40 AM

Kit form with lots of screws, nuts and bolts and a set of instructions that wasn't quite right.

Took a while to decipher where the instructions were wrong and some undoing of the previous doing and then redoing it after putting the missing or incorrectly placed step into the process.

Figures were machined and part of the kit.

papa_smurf · 08-24-11, 09:02 AM

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Took a while to decipher where the instructions were wrong and some undoing of the previous doing and then redoing it after putting the missing or incorrectly placed step into the process.

Ah, the joys of self build.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-24-11, 09:08 AM

De ja vouz

but still looking good

Penguin · 08-24-11, 02:16 PM

It looks good, much better than the plastic ones. Looks solid also - if you din't forget to tighten the screws...

However I have to agree with Osmium: one goalie is sufficent!

And what material is the flooring made of? A good flooring can make an enormous difference, not only in speed, but also in handling the ball.

FIREWALL · 08-24-11, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

It looks good, much better than the plastic ones. Looks solid also - if you din't forget to tighten the screws...

However I have to agree with Osmium: one goalie is sufficent!

And what material is the flooring made of? A good flooring can make an enormous difference, not only in speed, but also in handling the ball.

I think it's called a Rug,

BossMark · 08-24-11, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I think it's called a Rug,

TarJak · 08-24-11, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

It looks good, much better than the plastic ones. Looks solid also - if you din't forget to tighten the screws...

However I have to agree with Osmium: one goalie is sufficent!

And what material is the flooring made of? A good flooring can make an enormous difference, not only in speed, but also in handling the ball.

The playing surface is some sort of laminate with a textured finish which gives the ball a bit of grip. The board the laminate is on is just plain old particle board.

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I think it's called a Rug,

Sailor Steve · 08-24-11, 03:59 PM

I hate foosball.

Mainly because I suck at it.

Penguin · 08-24-11, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I think it's called a Rug,

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Originally Posted by TarJak

The playing surface is some sort of laminate with a textured finish which gives the ball a bit of grip. The board the laminate is on is just plain old particle board.

damned, took me a while:
"hmm, what's so funny about a carpet on a foosball table?", till I looked at the pic again...

*writes 1000 times "I will say playing surface"*

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I hate foosball.
Mainly because I suck at it.

But you don't drink, which is a big advantage regarding foosball. Although it is a pub sports, I am doing only OK when I am sober till half-sober. At later stages I miss the slowmo button

RickC Sniper · 08-24-11, 04:13 PM

Does it have the traditional banked corners or a completely flat playing area?

My wife bought one for the grandkids that is flat and I think it came with 3 goalies for that reason.

Jimbuna · 08-24-11, 04:21 PM

Nice one Grant...spent many an annoying hour one one owned by a mate when I was a kid...I was crap at the thing!!

Stealhead · 08-24-11, 08:38 PM

When I was stationed at Ramstein at the far end of our hangar which we shared with the crew chiefs there was this small single room building that had lockers along the walls at some point unknown a foosball table wound up in there.Everyone would go in there during breaks or while they where waiting for their plane to arrive and play often there would be 10 or 11 different games running each day because everyone was on the move so much so we would write the scores for each game on the walls to keep track every year or so when space ran out we painted the walls again.Sometimes even pilots would come and play and once in a blue moon even a general officer would play round or two.

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Foosball anyone? Just finished building this for the kids:

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Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Scratch built? From plans? Boxed with directions? Slide tab A into slot B sort of thing? What? Looks great! (Except the 3 man goalie line, but hey, I'm old school) __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	De ja vouz but still looking good __________________

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RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Does it have the traditional banked corners or a completely flat playing area? My wife bought one for the grandkids that is flat and I think it came with 3 goalies for that reason. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Nice Are the figurinees hand crafted or machined

08-24-11, 08:40 AM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Kit form with lots of screws, nuts and bolts and a set of instructions that wasn't quite right. Took a while to decipher where the instructions were wrong and some undoing of the previous doing and then redoing it after putting the missing or incorrectly placed step into the process. Figures were machined and part of the kit.

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Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	It looks good, much better than the plastic ones. Looks solid also - if you din't forget to tighten the screws... However I have to agree with Osmium: one goalie is sufficent! And what material is the flooring made of? A good flooring can make an enormous difference, not only in speed, but also in handling the ball.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice one Grant...spent many an annoying hour one one owned by a mate when I was a kid...I was crap at the thing!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-24-11, 08:38 PM	#15
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	When I was stationed at Ramstein at the far end of our hangar which we shared with the crew chiefs there was this small single room building that had lockers along the walls at some point unknown a foosball table wound up in there.Everyone would go in there during breaks or while they where waiting for their plane to arrive and play often there would be 10 or 11 different games running each day because everyone was on the move so much so we would write the scores for each game on the walls to keep track every year or so when space ran out we painted the walls again.Sometimes even pilots would come and play and once in a blue moon even a general officer would play round or two.