Finally Building Our Beer Pong Table!

[R3RUN]

It all started Freshman year of college, maybe two weeks into the first semester. Most of my 7 roommates (yea, it was crowded.) had gone home for the weekend or were asleep already. My buddies Dan, Anthony, and I had bought some beer and were shootin the **** in our dorm room when the idea was born. We decided we should build something out of beer caps. Sure, college people (including us) are usually unrefined in our decorative tastes and often decorate with alcohol bottles, but we wanted something a bit more complex. We settled on building a beer pong table, the top would be covered in caps and have USF (our school) in the school colors in the center. We did some math and found out that we needed, a TON of caps to cover our planned 8' by 2.5' table. About 2500 to be exact. Also, just setting caps on a table and gluing them down didn't seem very exciting, so we decided it would have raised edges and bar epoxy would cover the caps, leaving a smooth surface to play on and keeping moisture from rotting anything.


Fast forward two years of drinking and collecting caps. Big shout out to all of those that joined in and saved caps for us! On Friday, I had yet again, another ****ty day. My much anticipated and looked forward too, trip to Atlanta fell apart and I pretty much felt like ****. I had to do something to get me out of the house and keep me busy so my roommate and I headed to home depot to start the build. Here's our progress so far.

Materials needed:
**** ton of beer bottle caps
Bar Epoxy (2 liters cost about $40 and didn't even cover 1/3 of the table)
8' x 2.5' 3/4 Particle Board (nice and sturdy works great with the epoxy)
21' of moulding, we chose some that had a small notch on the back to hold onto the table better
Liquid Nails
Clamps/Straps to hold wood while drying
The cool guy at Home Depot that will cut all the wood for you :)


Pictures!

Putting one of the sides on
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable1.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable4.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable2.jpg

Checking the corners and making them line up. We had to get notches cut in the molding since the saw at Homie Depot doesn't cut at angles.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable3.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable5.jpg

All strapped up letting the glue dry. Its still hot as hell down here so it didn't take long.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable6.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable7.jpg

Our friend's came over to help lay out all the caps. Real tedious work, this part took a while. Here's some of that:

Big Pile O' Caps
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable9.jpg

Getting some sorted and lined out
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable8.jpg

Making Progress !!!!
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable12.jpg

Everybody working hard
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable10.jpg

Close up of one side
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable11.jpg

Making room to form the center piece
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable13.jpg

Center piece sorting, etc. All the green caps for the center are Heiniken, the gold ones are Yuengling.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable14.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable15.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable18.jpg

Where it's at now. We still need A LOT more resin so we need to find someplace to get it in bulk because its not cheap. The caps that are covered by resin already look insanely good though. The epoxy really accentuates their colors and ****.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/n5030301_37925279_8590.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable16.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/baconbitz99x/Pong%20Table/pongtable17.jpg


Anyway so thats where we're at now. We're trying to get it done for my roommate and I's 21st birthday party this Saturday so hopefully I'll get some finished and action shots soon. :cheers:

[IndianStig]

that turned out hella nice. good idea with the bottle caps

[FasTech]

That's awesome bro! I think it should have been alittle wider but it would have to alot more time and all with the collecting of the caps... Still hella cool!

[Kyle]

lol bottle cap beer pong table, whatta college kid. :D

The girls look real happy in all those pics.

Also I didn't read your dissertation on the table but what are you covering it with? I hear plexi makes it hard to bounce(of course everyone says bitches bounce) but either way I'm curious.

[R3RUN]

That's awesome bro! I think it should have been alittle wider but it would have to alot more time and all with the collecting of the caps... Still hella cool!
It's actually really wide in person. You have plenty of room for empty cups and stuff, doesn't feel cramped at all. We chose this width so that it will be easier to bring with us to Football games to tail gate.


Also I didn't read your dissertation on the table but what are you covering it with? I hear plexi makes it hard to bounce(of course everyone says bitches bounce) but either way I'm curious.

We're coving it with bar epoxy. Plexiglass will eventually leak around the edges and the wood could rot or the caps could rust. This way the caps look better, wont move, and it won't leak.

[Dracc]

man.. where is my invite to the house.. tampa is like 45 from me in orlando

[R3RUN]

man.. where is my invite to the house.. tampa is like 45 from me in orlando
I'd say head on over for the party on the 27th but we got zero room left for people crashin at our place. I'm gonna be tripping over hungover people in the morning, lol. BTW, you live anywhere near Sanford? Thats where I used to live in O-Town.

What the hell is up with my last post? Text went all crazy.

[MongolPup]

The girls look real happy in all those pics.



This one especially...isn't this the girl who you are finding a motor for?

Also BJ if you could send me all those as high res that would be most gangster.

[Dracc]

I'd say head on over for the party on the 27th but we got zero room left for people crashin at our place. I'm gonna be tripping over hungover people in the morning, lol. BTW, you live anywhere near Sanford? Thats where I used to live in O-Town.

What the hell is up with my last post? Text went all crazy.



lol well damn.. no room for the blacc guy lol. but its all good.. we might still come through.. my brother doesnt drink so thats my cab right there.. and I dont know where Sanford is.. but I'm on Westwood across the street from Sea World and walking distance from I drive

[R3RUN]

This one especially...isn't this the girl who you are finding a motor for?

Also BJ if you could send me all those as high res that would be most gangster.
Nah, its a diff sarah. I'll get high res ones tomorrow.

[redrumracer]

damn thats some dedication

[Alan®]

Now thats fuccin awesome

[Double_0_Rusty]

FUCCIN SWEET!

[R3RUN]

damn thats some dedication
Yea we spent a lot of money on beer, and only bought bottles, for a long time. I can't tell you how many of these were smuggled into our dorms in backpacks after being bought from places that didn't card. We all wanted the table and always kept track of the caps and now we have this. Feels nice for something to work out the way it was planned. There's a lot of history in this thing and its not even done yet. lol.

[Friggintitsman]

You know at first I was coming in here to flame you for building something as lame as a beer pong table, but that thing is pretty damn cool.

[ironchef]

So, whos going to keep it after you guys graduate?

[Deke]

Awesome table man. I've got a few friends that have beer cap coffee tables done like that, but no beer pong tables.

[BTLFED]

That girl in the white with the glasses would get it. :idb:

[HalfBaked]

We built ours about 2 1/2 years ago using caps.

We used plexi to cover it and kind of regret it now, the caulking around the side did leak and the caps started moving around when we moved a few times, but we popped top off and fixed it then resealed it. Still leaks a bit but just leaks out onto the floor.

[BTLFED]

We built ours about 2 1/2 years ago using caps.

We used plexi to cover it and kind of regret it now, the caulking around the side did leak and the caps started moving around when we moved a few times, but we popped top off and fixed it then resealed it. Still leaks a bit but just leaks out onto the floor.

Did you change the caps?

[MongolPup]

It says **** you ahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha. Rep'd. And bottle: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to BTLFED again.

[_dc4_]

WOW! This really amazes me! That's a lot of beer! LOL!

[EJ25RUN]

nice

[R3RUN]

So, whos going to keep it after you guys graduate?
None of us actually. We decided the most fair, and best idea is this: When the last of our group is ready to leave USF, we are all going to come back to campus and donate the table to the bar in the student union. That way other USF people can enjoy it as much as us.

[R3RUN]

WOW! This really amazes me! That's a lot of beer! LOL!
Lol, and we're not even 21 yet. :cheers:

I turn 21 on the 27th.
My roommate and good friend turns 21 on the 28th.
Table should be done for the party.

[Kyle]

That girl in the white with the glasses would get it. :idb:
x2.