San Diego "ultimate game table" Build part 1

Right after getting back from Home Depot (1st trip of 4).  We ended up spending about $500 when all was said and done.  It was tempting to go for poplar and pine, but we thought....awww frack it and went with rewood and white oak.  The table top itself is A/C 7 layer grade plywood...basicaly the best we could lay our hands on.  

Were just making some last checks on the final design before we start marking and cutting.  The ping pong table (ie, old game table) is so rickety that we only trust it to hold some of the wood.  Our tools were laid out on the side, all Ryobis, but we bought extra good saw blades just for the project, galvanized 1/8th deck screws and lots and lots of hardware.

Making the first measurements.  The table dimensions here have to be pretty spot on as we planned on building just about everything else to fit from it.  We had 2 people check everything twice and I still managed to make my first mark off by a foot :)

Right after the cuts were made to the end pices we sanded the hell out of it because it might (and did) effect further measurements and angles.  We ended up sanding the table top a good 2 or 3 times before applying the varnish and it will still get another sanding sometime thi week before we put the shelf pices up.

First brace is cut and we pre drill the holes and an inset for the screw head.  We covered all table top holes with durhams rock putty in between sandings.

Getting these angle pieces on was actualy a lot less of a hassle than expected.  "Cut to fit" became out motto, and it actualy turned out pretty well.  BTW, 3/4 inch A grade plywood + 2x4 = flooring.  This table can be stood on and it doesnt even shift.