I'd say get a hot glue gun for the middle of the table, that way you don't have staples over the playing surface. If you have access to something where you can bend would you could use that as a liner around the table so the staples don't show. Most people don't have the steam equipment for bending wood, you could also go to a hardware store and pick up something like pvc pipe and use that. Go to an arts and crafts store and pick something up to line and pad it with. If you wanted to go really in depth with it, you could pick up insulation sheets for padding underneath the cloth.
Anywho, those are my ideas. Helped a buddy build a table back in Florida. Good luck with it, it takes a long time and it's worth it.
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