How to Build Carrom Board 

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Thank you! Enjoy your carrom board! :)

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Thank you! I don’t have full fledged woodworking shop, but just enough to do things on my own.

Thank you! The only down side is that you cannot play on any other board after playing on this :)

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Thanks for the feedback.

Please check out the link to the blog in the description. I provided all the information.

Shekhar Mahajan Thank you very much! It was great to have you over, and thanks for all the wonderful feedback you've provided. Pleasure is all ours. Since I had our names printed on it, I can't sell this one to anyone :( I will definitely keep you posted when I do this again... If I have enough people interested in it, I may be able to do all at once :)

I didn’t use any reinforcement. The playing surface is a most half inch thick and a few screws around the inside square is good enough to hold it. It is super strong and have been using it for more than 5 years. Once you put the glue, it becomes permanent and hard to remove it.

Thank you so much for the kind words. It means a lot especially if it inspires someone or helps them with achieving their personal goals. Those childhood memories are the ones that kept me going, and it is very critical that we critique our own work and not satisfy with results. That will yield a very high quality product and no matter how well you think it’s got, there is always room for improvement. I think I wrote it in my blog that, when I was finishing the carrom board, after spending a month putting varnish coating after coating, I realized the surface wasn’t very flat due to the excessive palm sander use with several grits of sandpaper. I then had to strip to bare wood, make it absolutely flat by sticking sand paper to a wooden block and did manual sanding. Then only I started applying varnish for another month. It really took almost 2 months to reach the desired level of finish, and it is still not the best in my opinion - again it comes down to the fact that never be satisfied with your work. Anyway, I hope you get to work on it soon, in the worse case, you’ll be left with knowledge that you can improve on it the next time you do it. Good luck, and I am always thrilled to see thoughtful comments and pictures of individual homemade carrom boards. When you make one, please feel free to share a picture. I’m sure many others may find it useful. Also, I’m glad that you didn’t ask how much I spent on the carrom board. It is irrelevant when you want to do something right. Also, the money I spent may not be same for folks in a different country. That seem to be the most common question I get asked and I usually never answer 😎 Good luck!

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Trompillo Trompo muchísimas gracias :)

Thanks for the feedback! Next time I make another one, I'll keep an eye on the pockets. The board is extremely sturdy the way it is, adding 6 to 9 layers of epoxy made it rock solid, and less chance of warping. The store bought carrom boards are extremely thin and cheap, and they will warp without proper support.

Thank you. Not sure what you mean by twist and turn type. Any examples you can show?

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You can try polyurethane spray after cleaning the board well. Make sure it is dry completely before playing on it.

Thank you. If I can do it, you can do it too :) That's why I posted the video, so that people can do even amazing things!

Thank you. I made this for fun only. Not a professional.

Thank you for the kind words. Woodworking can be very fun, and very forgiving. You don’t have to be an expert. You cannot make mistakes and even if you do, it is easy to fix. If you just want to polish, you can clean your board lightly with mineral spirits and apply multiple coatings of polyurethane. That would be the simplest and most effective option. That should water proof the board and will protect for future use. Just make sure you wait for a few days for it to completely dry before playing on it. Good luck!

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Mahasri Kalavala where you live? in india?

I live in the USA.

i live in usa too.actually i checked some carrom board boards those were not enough good but pretty costly.so i m gonna make one by myself but nor i m talented like you and nor i have all instruments but i hope it will be fine enough to play

Good luck! I am not sure you saw my other carrom board I made for my kids... it is on my blog. If I can do it, anyone can do it, so can you!

+syed zaidi Sorry for the delay in my response. I used marine epoxy and the instructions are very clear. It is recommended to sand it it is dry, but you can apply multiple coats of epoxy without sanding as long as you know when to apply. I did not use credit card for applying epoxy. I used squeegee to gently spread the epoxy, and also used sponge roller sold by the same epoxy company for applying it. I cut into pieces and applied by hand rather than rolling it.

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Umar sharief, Thank you. All the information about the tools and the types of wood I used is listed is in detail on my blog at diycarromboard.blogspot.com

Umar sharief very good job

+Rohit Raj Thank you :)

Thanks! The cost is about 10 to 15 times more than the store bought one. It was a personal challenge to me to build a quality one.

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Thank you! I made this for fun only :)

soliman redwan Hi there, Thank you. You can download the design and read about all the tools and techniques I used to make this carrom board on my blog at diycarromboard.blogspot.com/

The details are here diycarromboard.blogspot.com/

I’m just an ordinary man with grand ideas 🤓

You can use any wood - It would still look good :)

I don't take orders, I made this as I couldn't find quality ones. You can find more information on how to make own your carrom board here diycarromboard.blogspot.com/

Please read the description of the video.

Thank you, local Indian stores carry decent quality boards, or you can order them online as well. It is of same quality that you get in India. It is very time consuming to make one (took me more than a month) and turned out to be a very expensive carrom board because of the tools and materials I used. I don't think anyone would ever buy this in the store for the amount I spent on this ;) Good luck!

This was built to the International Carrom Federation standards. Although some people say pockets could be a bit different, but this is how most of the carrom boards are when you buy them.

This is made for fun only. You can read more details in the blog post, and link to that bog post is in the description.

Thank you! Very nice of you!

Thank you! I wanted to have smooth corners, with no metal fasteners in the joints. I thought it would look nice by doing that.

+Mahasri Kalavala thats amazing,one more question please,how do you make a store-bought carrom water proof?

Any “good” quality will work. I used Baltic Birch, some people use English Plywood. Make sure the plywood is clear and really good quality.

That should be super fun!

vikram kumar maram Thank you, Vikram! Glad you liked it. I have a small table that I use at home, and the board can be placed both on the table or on the floor. Our kids are not tall enough to play the board on the table yet, and that;s why I made the small legs.

vikram kumar maram

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Thank you for the kind words!

Hello, Thank you! The plywood thickness is half inch. You can find more details at diycarromboard.blogspot.com/

If you can’t find the printer nearby, you can do manual painting. That will be fun too!

Amlan Sekhar Swain board powder

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Sorry - No idea!

+Anwar Khan Thank you!

I did for fun only. I am not a professional maker!

Hello, Thank you! I did not purchase wide format LED printer. I went to a place where they print bill boards, and requested them to print my design on the wood. The owner was kind enough to spend time with me and did the printing.

Thank you! I've mentioned some details on my blog diycarromboard.blogspot.com.

So far so good!

Polyurethane

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I've shared some ideas here diycarromboard.blogspot.com/ It is really up to you. Just be creative and bold!