LEGO Table

[Follows Closely]

Has anyone build or purchased a large LEGO table designed for kids. Similar to this:

I am considering building one about double the size of above. But before I start to design I want to reach out and ask for some thoughts and advice?

I am also considering purchasing an old table that is solid wood and cutting a hole in the center to make a trench for the LEGOS.

Edited December 11, 2009 by Follows Closely

[Torax]

Well, I saw this table at Kmart once, which was LEGO branded and called 'LEGO Building Table. It cost $150 something.

You could always buy an old table, install a drawer or two for the pieces and superglue some 48x48 baseplates on it.

Your idea was good too, good luck with this and I look forward to seeing some pictures of what you make in the end!

Edited December 11, 2009 by Torax

[Follows Closely]

My main dilemma is how big to make this. We have over 200 lbs of LEGO, 100 lbs of which is unsorted for the five little one to play with.

[tedbeard]

I know this would be a lot more complex but what if you did something like the one above but with a second "trench" suspended above the first? A box not nearly so deep with enough clearance so that little hands could reach to the main trench underneath.

Just kinds thinking out loud.

[Follows Closely]

I know this would be a lot more complex but what if you did something like the one above but with a second "trench" suspended above the first? A box not nearly so deep with enough clearance so that little hands could reach to the main trench underneath.

Just kinds thinking out loud.

I was thinking about multiple trenches... Lighting may become an issue if they are over top of one another. I was thinking of trenches in a tiered step pattern.

[Grimmy]

I've actually looked into buying Lego tables for my niece and me. I've suprisingly never seen the one you posted. I like the trench and this is the first time I've seen that idea. Usually they have drawers under the table or on the right side. On Amazon.com they have a few but what I found are that they just cost too much money for me so I'm going to build one. Nothing really big. We don't have nearly that amount of Legos. I'm going to get some plywood and wood from the basement workshop. My father is a carpenter with many talents. We practically build our house after buying the huse and using it's frame as a skeleton. Nothing you see wasn't made by us. I was just going to glue some big 32x32 plates on the top of the table. After seeing this I think I might make a trench in the middle but that will be a lot more work. I think I would make it so that the table has a hole in the middle to fit one of our plastic tubs that hold Legos so that it can be closed with a tap afterwards. If it was a wooden hole I think it would be tougher to clean.

[EDIT] I now noticed that the table in that picture is a kids classroom table. I don't think it's something they sell to everyone?

Edited December 12, 2009 by Grimmy

[Follows Closely]

[EDIT] I now noticed that the table in that picture is a kids classroom table. I don't think it's something they sell to everyone?

Yeah, I have not found anything like this for sale. Time to put the kids toys away and get back into my wood shop!

[David Thomsen]

I found an old table-top at a building recycling store. I found that when I turned it upside-down, there was a kind of barrier around the edge. It's amazingly useful for preventing round lego part from rolling onto the floor, something that almost always used to happen when I poured out the plastic bags.

All I had to do was fill in the screw holes and paint it white and viola! My perfect lego table. Unfortunately my clever idea was to put the table top on top of my lego boxes to save space, so when there's a lot of things constructed on the table, I can't actually get at the rest of the collection... which usually means I have to plan very carefully beforehand.