Large table football kicker. Assembly instructions. Do-it-yourself table football Table football scheme

The base of the game (see. Fig.) - plywood 1160x580x20 mm in size. Side walls with a height of 160 mm are also made from it. Holes are drilled in the walls through which the rods will be passed, "controlling" the players. The structure is fastened with glue and screws, and the corners are reinforced with metal squares. To prevent the ball from lingering in the corners, glue triangular blocks into them.

Make the rods for the game, to which the figures of athletes are attached, from a thin metal tube Ø 10 mm. The handles for them can be made of wood or plastic tubes with an internal Ø 10 mm can be used.

Holes in the side walls for the rods are made according to their outer diameter. A support is attached to the opposite wall for each rod: a flange with a soldered tube into which the rod will be inserted.

A - playing field; B - control rod with support: 1 - support, 2 - metal plate, 3 - tube, 4 - pin, 5 - plastic sleeve. 6 - felt ring, 7 - limiter ring; B - placement of players: 1 - goalkeeper line, 2 - defenders, 3 - midfielders, 4 - forwards. X is the distance of the longitudinal movement of the rod.

Each rod has a restrictive plastic ring; the distance between him and the wall will determine the lateral movement of this row of players.

Make figures of football players from plywood 5 mm thick and attach them to the rods with M3 bolts.

Gates can be made of iron or measuring wire Ø2 mm and wire mesh.

The soccer ball is a wooden, rubber or plastic ball Ø 25-30 mm.

At the beginning, I decided to make a trial model in order to identify the difficulties possible in the manufacture of more complex version. All material was found at home. The most difficult thing was to figure out what to make barbells for football players from. 10 mm aluminum tubes came up, however, bought for another homemade product.

The main material for the manufacture of this exciting game steel plastic panels and sandwich panels. And adhesive tapes came up for assembly, gluing and decoration different types and colorful tape. Useful and no longer suitable children's felt-tip pens. No complicated tool was used - everything is simple and fast enough.

The basis was a ready-made coffee table 61x43 cm with a small rim. The parameters of all other materials depend on the size of the table. The football field itself is assembled from plastic panels, interconnected with colored tape. I glued the side walls of sandwich panels with locksmith tape and pasted homemade labels with football club logos.

For the manufacture of the gate, I used a mosquito net on a frame from the same sandwich. I didn’t bother with the figurines of football players - it’s still the same sandwich. Cool pictures of football players became a highlight. The assembly consisted of gluing the side walls with inserted bars with players and playing field extra strong tape. From felt-tip pens I made bushings in the side walls for the rods (760mm.) And the handles themselves.

This is how a long-awaited toy appeared in our house from construction debris in a short time and at no extra cost to the delight of everyone.

A couple of months ago, it was decided to make a table for playing table football out of wood and Aliexpress. 9 items were bought from 5 sellers. There are a lot of letters and photos under the cut, about how I got to this point, and what came of it.

At one of the youth parties in a rented cottage, instead of traditional billiards, the hosts set up table football. I was hooked, and spent the whole night at the table, forgetting about the party and getting enough cuffs for it. Over time, the desire took shape in confidence, and since the place for installation was just found in the attic, from which it was decided to make a recreation room with football and air hockey (Can be seen in the background of the finished product).

In the vastness of the well-known store, a lot of goods on this topic were found. In terms of size, everything was taken at random, and in the end I turned out to be successfully right. There are several sizes of goods available on Ali, which differ in the thickness of the rod that they will wear. I tried to find information which is better and more correct, but I could not. The choice fell on 5/8 inches, that is, 16 mm in Russian.

Purchased in total:

Excellent players, they sat perfectly and tightly on the pipe. However, the screw hole is rated at 4mm, with reverse side there is a 6-sided groove for the nut, the usual 4 mm nut dangles there. A 5mm nut fits perfectly. (Perhaps you can find oversized 4 mm nuts on sale, but I haven’t come across such ones). The problem was solved - 5 mm was placed under the 4 mm nut, since the height made it possible to do this so that nothing sticks out and does not interfere from the outside.

The handles worked without any problems. They do not slip in the hand, they sit tight. The hole is the entire length of the handle, so it does not bend to the sides.

They turned out to be the most problematic part along with the rods, but I will discuss this below.

They work like springs. The bar with a sharp push can bounce off the walls 2 times.

The same problem as with the figurines of football players, I had to put 5 mm nuts. Everything else is fine.

Everything is fine. They protect great. Once I got a barbell on my arm without a plug, I don’t take them off anymore.

They count correctly. Didn't notice any difference :) Chosen solely for reasons of low price.

The balls worked very well. After reading about the types of soccer balls, I decided to order both types. White plastic ones, they jump perfectly, there is practically no friction. But they turned out to be too small, and now they lie like a dead weight.
Cork jumps noticeably weaker and very muffled, plus they haven’t been polished properly yet, but they already fit well in size, and you can play with them. However, the seller was generous, and added 3 more plastic purple balls in addition to them, and now they turned out to be the best. The size is slightly smaller than cork, but due to the fact that plastic ones are very convenient to play with.

I will describe the assembly process, focusing on the most memorable moments.
Tolerable drawings were found somewhere on the Internet. I started to do according to them, then I switched to independent calculations, since the assembly methods there were ancient, like those of a caveman. The thickest plywood that I could find available in my city was used. Fastened with corners. HPL plastic, purchased from furniture makers, was glued onto the table. Bought by the roll. In the background of the photos you can see an air hockey table that I make from the leftover piece of HPL plastic. (I also took washers and bits on Ali, I’ll write a review when I finish). A stencil of borders on a protective film was cut out, and painted with a spray can. There were certain difficulties with the internal structure of the gate, I had to break my head. This was all done before the arrival of the players themselves. All that remained was to wait for these little men.

Bearings and football players came. And then the most interesting began. I knew what I was getting into, I decided to buy bars. 16 mm chrome-plated pipes in everyday life are sold as furniture fittings for the kitchen. They were purchased from a furniture store. Only for furniture makers there is not much difference from the wall thickness of these pipes, they also will not suffer from the imperfectly round section of the pipe, and the fact that their pipes are not 16 mm at all, but from 15.8 mm to 16.1 mm in diameter, they also do not particularly care . So the first purchased pipes were sent to the basement, where everything that is a pity to throw away is stored, and the search for new, more suitable ones began. And this turned out to be a difficult task. Thick-walled pipes (1.5 mm or more) only on order with a waiting time of 2 weeks, and not the fact that they will be 100% round and exactly 16 mm. The price didn't appeal either.
As a result, 60 meters of pipe were bought in bulk (for the price they came out to me just like 8 meters of pipe from 1 batch, i.e. about 2 tr.). The walls were 0.9 mm thick, the diameter was ideal for football players, the pipes were round, with a small protruding seam. As a result, the wall thickness was not enough, the bar of the defenders (the longest) with a sharp attack from the extreme elongated position, it bent and clamped in the bearing. Epoxy was poured into the pipes, which gave them both a pleasant weight and the rigidity I needed so much.
Bearings are a separate issue. I bored them at least 5 times, because. I was afraid to take too much. Apparently, it was the bearings that were made according to all the canons of metric systems, and were exactly 15.8 mm, which corresponds to 5/8 inches. The pipes were also made by the Chinese, and some of the samples I selected reached 16.2 mm in diameter. But I squandered it, lubricated it with silicone grease, and now they drive like clockwork.
Still tormented with the corners of the table. After watching the Internet, diagonal cuts were made in the table at the corners, and the corners were raised by 5-7 mm so that the ball rolled out of the corner back to the players. I read on the same Internet that it would be nice to make a cut along the side wall, but it seemed to me an unnecessary perversion and everything remained as it is. As a result, the shock absorber turned out to be a little thicker than we would like, and if the ball is near the wall, then it is unrealistic to pick it up from there by the player of the same line. You have to pass to the enemy. Everything is solved by installing a small side.
I spent about 2 weeks on everything, since there is enough free time. Collected, sanded, painted. I play with my younger sister. Happy as an elephant.

Some photos of the assembly process

And what came of it

In conclusion, I can say that I am satisfied with all the goods. In Russian online stores, everything is much more expensive, but something is not there at all. It's nice to play. Everyone is happy at home. After the final assembly, the understanding came that everything had to be done on a metal frame. Would have avoided many problems with backlash and wood bends (I think I will mount a frame of square pipes from below in the near future, to give a pleasant heaviness and torsional rigidity). If you have time, desire and hands, and most importantly where to put it, then I advise.
P.S.: I don’t see the point in fully considering the assembly with all the subtleties, sizes and types of connections. This is not a specialized forum for this. Considered a product bought on Ali and shown to make an excellent kicker for the home.

P.P.S.: The photo shows quite a lot of assembly jambs and my curvature, but please refrain from giving advice on how it could be done better.