Building a Pool Table

Building a fine Hardwood Pool Table - Rustic Style
Introduction & Time Line

- Building your own Pool Table is a highly rewarding project for a weekend woodworker with basic woodworking skills and tools, and the motivation to spend a few solid weekends in the garage.

After designing and building very simple, rustic style furniture for my home, I thought to myself, "Why not build a pool table?"

With the advice from Ron at bestbilliards.com and a few "how to" web pages on the web, I was able to get the necessary information needed to design this table, and to build it right.

Spending around 70 hours on this project, and roughly $1500.00, the result is a beautiful, solid hardwood table that equals, or surpasses, all High-End tables on the market.

Plans: Because I designed this table in my head and built it on the fly, I have no drawings, or plans to offer at this moment. But, I hope to give others out there the inspiration needed for such a project, and to bring all of the necessary information to one source. Besides, half of the fun is designing the table yourself.

This is a large project, but isn't overly difficult. Take your time and think things through, and you will end up with your own personal work of art!

Enjoy!

P.S. I ain't no English major, so please refrain from analyzing my grammar :)

Preparation & Design