How to set up and install a Shuffleboard Table

The first step of setting up a shuffleboard table is to uncrate the board and carry the heavy playfield surface into the designated room. Installing most Shuffleboard Table cabinets is pretty straightforward. Our 12-foot and 9-foot size cabinets are normally shipped in one piece with two legs. The longer shuffleboard cabinets have two halves that will connect at the center leg. The most important consideration before setting up the shuffleboard is how to get the board into the room or home.

Shuffleboard play boards are 18" shorter than the cabinet. If the shuffleboard table is 14 feet long, the play board will be 12 feet 8" long. McClure Tables' play board is shipped in a crate, as shown in this post on the 411 of packing. You will need to be able to maneuver this playboard with climate adjusters attached. If you order setup or installation service, this does not include out-of-the-ordinary situations like the one shown below, which requires a crane to hoist the board through a window. These pictures were taken in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. McClure Tables can even offer international shipping and installation. In some cases, we will personally assist with the installation. Owner Todd McClure and his wife traveled tothe  Netherlands and helped with this installation.

                McClure offers other alternatives for elevators or tight spaces such as two piece play-boards shown below. We can also make 12 foot cabinets in two pieces to accommodate getting the shuffleboard into the room or space where it will be used.

All play-board's are made as a one piece board at the time the order is placed. For a two piece play board a dowel system and tight joint connects the two halves together. If you need a two piece play board or even a two piece cabinet on a 9 foot or 12 foot model, you must order a custom made table and have these options added when McClure Tables builds your table.

Todd McClure

Todd McClure is the owner and founder of McClure Tables, boasting over five decades of experience in the gameroom industry. He began his career in retail stores, then became a factory representative and worked in contract manufacturing in China. About 15 years ago, he decided to bring all manufacturing back to the USA, where McClure Tables now produces handcrafted shuffleboard tables.

Pay attention in this video to how we show moving the play board into the cradle. The trick is to roll the play board into the cabinet with the top down and the climate adjusters up. If you put a blanket or moving pad on the side and rest one half of the play board on the cabinet side, then roll it over into place. When the board is standing on its side, remove the wrapping and blankets. Most shuffleboard table installation is straightforward and most do it yourself consumers, handymen or even local moving storage companies will have no problem setting up a shuffleboard table. Just have them watch these videos on how to set up and install a shuffleboard table.

How to set up and install a shuffleboard table is pretty straightforward. This video will explain the process of leveling your shuffleboard table.

In this video, we show a local installation of a Sloan shuffleboard table.You can see from all these that the process is pretty straight forward we will show one more on how to set up and install a shuffleboard table about the leveling process next

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