Homemade (DIY) Air Hockey Table, The Build

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I made a professional grade air hockey table at home using readily available materials. It turned out very nice, durable, reliable and fun to play. This video goes through the process of the build, showing some of the wood working details including mounting the blower and using pegboard as a hole guide for drilling the many holes. The end and side rails need to be pinned to the table very securely to allow a fast acting game. The air hockey table has 8 pre-set games, automatic scoring and timing. The timing, and scores are beamed to an overhead scoreboard using an infra-red led.
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The Hobby World of Dr. Mike
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@derrick3636 3 года назад

The models of blowers I’m seeing are 8.7a, 950ish watts. Does that sounds similar to what you used for a blower?

@rahulmishra4191 4 года назад

Hey, Great Build, What is the Cubic Ft per min air flow of the air blower you have used?

@TheHobbyWorldofDrMike 3 года назад

The blower I used has a 120V, 8A motor. Cubic Ft per min is a fuzzy number when the air flow is restricted. The 8A motor is oversized. A little smaller motor would be sufficient and would probably be a little more quiet.

@nikosantwniou6621 3 года назад

how much did it cost ?

@82cutty 11 месяцев назад

Awesome looking table . Looks like you put in a lot of hours to put that together . Great work I'm about to build one soon . How wide did you make the goal ? I cant find any info about regulation goal width online . Looks like your goal is about 12-16 in. wide . Also where did you get the aluminum rails ? Only thing i can find is flat bar and angle . Thanks for any info.

@TheHobbyWorldofDrMike 11 месяцев назад

Thank you. The goals are 14" wide at the narrow. I acquired the aluminum stock from a local metal supply vendor. Most fairly large cities have a vendor that can supply the aluminum stock.

@82cutty 11 месяцев назад

Now i'm trying to figure out how to apply the contact cement so it won't plug the holes up . I'm going to route 48 - 1/4in. wide dado channels horizontal on the play table then drill out the grid on the laminate . Did you brush or spray on the adhesive ? Thanks for your help

@TheHobbyWorldofDrMike 11 месяцев назад

I used a roller to apply the contact glue. I didn't worry about plugging the 1/4 in holes. @@82cutty

@82cutty 11 месяцев назад

So you only put adhesive on the plywood ?

@82cutty 11 месяцев назад

Or did you apply to both the laminate and plywood then drilled out the 1/16in. I won't have a problem if I can just put adhesive on the plywood . But I thought it needs to be on both

@arslanshafiq3750 3 года назад

Hi I have an arcade Elephant AIR Hockey Table. It doesn't seem to give out sufficient air flow to play properly. I have seen alot of videos on RU-vid trying to figure out what should be done to fix the problem. I bought a 1/16 drill bit and drilled holes and cleaned them... Than Light sand the whole things to get it smooth and than clean it off.. its nice and smooth the pucks are fine as well... the blower works great I took it out of the table to see if its work fine and blower is very powerful. Blower is mounted right in the middle of the table underneath it . And where the blower is mounted the air flow is fine there but on the right and left side the air flow is almost non existent... Can u suggest what should I do plz

@TheHobbyWorldofDrMike 3 года назад

It depends on how the table is configured. If the blower is pointed straight up to the holes in the table, then more air will flow right over the table. I found that out with a different blower. I pointed the blower I used to the side which generates a cyclone type air movement in the air box. The larger holes in the ply wood also allows for a better air dispersion before the air hits the top laminate with the smaller holes. The blower I used as a 120V, 8 Ampere motor ( answer to prior question) which is far more power than required. A 4 Ampere motor would be more than sufficient and would probably run quieter.

@arslanshafiq3750 3 года назад

@@TheHobbyWorldofDrMike Thank you for your response. So will an other blower facing upwards or side ways could be the solution to the problem?

@arslanshafiq3750 3 года назад

@@TheHobbyWorldofDrMikeI wish I could send u pictures of My Air Hockey and Its whole Board etc