I have recently come across several threads that discuss finding material for making a ping pong table. I was recently looking for ideas for my basement -- replacing my ping pong table being one idea -- and I saw that you can get a nice ping pong table on craigslist for less than $100. That is pretty hard to beat. The same tables would cost from $200 to $400 new. The materials for the top alone may be close to or more than $100.

If you are determined to build it anyway, I would suggest buying a used table and using only the top and building the supporting table.

Just throwing some ideas out there.

Ray