Building a poker table this weekend

[SossMan]

My buddy and I are building this (http://www.thekopeckys.com/poker.html) table this weekend. Wish us luck!!

I'll post pics here next week....

[Lurgid]

That's the one I started to make last weekend. However, after I finished doing the top, I came to the conclusion that I didn't want the inner wood ring, and would build a wide rail with cupholders in the rail. I didn't want to try my hand at making the inner in a $22 piece of birch plywood, and then making sure I drill nice through that piece, and the felted bottom piece.

I'm going to be working on the rail this Sunday, but so far the table top by itself looks great!

If you need any hints or other pieces of my though process while attempting the same table, drop a line here.

[SossMan]

why didn't you want the inner ring? Too hard to build or you just changed your mind.
We already have purchased the padded railing and chrome cupholders from casinosupply.com.

I haven't built anything since 8th grade woodshop, and it takes me hours to put together simple IKEA furniture, but my buddy suposedly is pretty handy, so I'll probably end up reading the directions to him. LOL! thanks.

[Lurgid]

Same here with the woodshop class. I thought I did pretty well with the jig saw cuts on the main table, but there it didn't really matter that they were precise as it would end up being covered by the felt and rails. I also didn't want to then take the chance of ruining the inner ring and or ripping the felt by drilling out the cup holders in the ring and main table.

Another thing I gave up on was that I was going to make rails like the casinosupply ones, but by covering pool noodles with vinyl. My plan now is to do a raised, flat top rail covered in padding and vinyl, with rope light around the inside and the cupholders in the rail. This way if I mess up drilling or cutting it's only cheap OSB ply and not a twenty dollar piece of birch.

[AgentBishop]

Good luck. let me know if You have any problems. Maybe I can help. I built my table a couple weeks ago... My table (http://agentbishop.freewebspace.com/images/table2.jpg)

[ddollevoet]

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My plan now is to do a raised, flat top rail covered in padding and vinyl, with rope light around the inside

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I built mine this way about a month ago, but I put my cupholders in the table. Post here if you need help. I'll give my 2 cents.

[SossMan]

wow...that turned out nice...was cutting the "donut" very hard?

We are not going to have a dealer tray, but I don't suppost it makes a huge difference.
How long did it take you and were there any surprises along the way that I should be aware of?

[Lurgid]

Do you have a pic of yours? It's still something I'm debating on having the cupholders in the rail or in the table. The only thing that scares me about putting them in the table is that I already have the felt on and I don't want to mess up and rip my felt while drilling. I imagine you made your cutouts before laying the felt, so you probably didn't have this concern. And, I could also still undo and then redo the felt if I decide to do it that way.

Anyone here have regrets about having cupholders in the rail as opposed to the table?

[ddollevoet]

I'll see if I can find the time to post it tonight.

[Mojo Tooth]

I struggled with that question too. I'll be starting my table as well this weekend.

Eventually I copped out and decided I would do slide-unders with the "perfect rail" thing. Easiest solution, plus I like the idea of being able to remove the cupholders if desired. I won't be doing the nice inner wood ring either.

Sigh... I'm such a rookie.

[AgentBishop]

thank you. No surprises for me. I had planned it for a couple weeks before I started. Yes the wood inset was a pain. But, looking back on it, I could do it again a little easier.

[RiverTheNuts]

I like this plan alot better... its so much easier and looks just as good. I built mine off the plans from www.pcpotato.com/poker (http://www.pcpotato.com/poker)

[AgentBishop]

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Good luck. let me know if You have any problems. Maybe I can help. I built my table a couple weeks ago...

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New link. works now. [url="http://www.geocities.com/agentbishop45/poker_table.html?1093051987636"]web page (http://www.geocities.com/agentbishop45/poker_table.html?1093051987636[/url)

[TenPercenter]

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I like this plan alot better... its so much easier and looks just as good. I built mine off the plans from www.pcpotato.com/poker (http://www.pcpotato.com/poker)

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It's a matter of taste, sure, but come on, you like the www.pcpotato.com/poker (http://www.pcpotato.com/poker) table better than the AgentBishop's (http://www.geocities.com/agentbishop45/poker_table.html?1093051987636) table? With the wood ring, the dealer cutout, and the superb padded rail, AgentBishop's (http://www.geocities.com/agentbishop45/poker_table.html?1093051987636) is in a whole different class.. Seriously, pcpotato's is just pad, velour, and a sheet of plywood! He doesn't even have a rail...

I really appreciate the level of detail in pcpotato's plans though. I wish AgentBishop's (http://www.geocities.com/agentbishop45/poker_table.html?1093051987636) had that... I'm no woodworker, I need my hand held. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ten

[TenPercenter]

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I like this plan alot better... its so much easier and looks just as good. I built mine off the plans from www.pcpotato.com/poker (http://www.pcpotato.com/poker)

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Maybe you were saying that Agent's table is better? Now I can't tell if I read your post right...

Ten

[AgentBishop]

Working on it. I'll have plans soon. They won't be great but they will be step by step. But i think he was refering to the originial posters link. Only senese I can make of it....lol

[RiverTheNuts]

I meant I like this one better.. its classier, and a helluva lot easier to build