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I also built one of these from some scrap lumber and a $30 harbor freight RV jack. It's an AMAZING tool that is easy to use. Huge props to the designer.
One tweak I made was to use angle aluminum which is plenty strong, easier to work with, and more forgiving on your games (but still added felt).
This is the jack I use. $40 now, works great: https://www.harborfreight.com/2-1-2-half-ton-trailer-stabilizer-jack-96406.html
I did add stabilizers to my base. IIRC, lag screws from jack into 16" long 1x8 and then something like 16" long 1/2 wide strips glued and screwed onto each end of the 1x8 to keep the platform stable but light to carry. Probably would be smarter to do carriage bolts from 1x8 into jack but I just used what I had on hand and it's been fine for a ton of moves now.
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