Building a home Poker Table

[cnorrick]

I've maxed out my bandwith on my evansville account. So I've mirrored my pages on: http://chris.norrick.com/poker_table

[Gambit]

Long time lurker, first time poster... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Since the posts in this thread were helpful to me as I was looking for info on building my own table, I figured I'd document the process and come back to share my experiences. I just started and finished the project over this past Memorial Day weekend. It proably took a total of six hours over a two day period.

Everyhting can be seen here: My Poker Table Project

Bottlom line cost for me was under 80 bucks! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[dandy_don]

Very nice; nice job on the website as well.

[Sadat X]

I ran into this one a while back but have yet to actually try it. The photos and descriptions are excellent.

http://www.pcpotato.com/poker/

[LetsRock]

And I can tell you that his table is great. I play with this guy. Follow his instructions and you'll have a table that is the envy of every home poker player you know.

[demonx5]

I'm also looking to build a poker table, although not an enormous 4'x8' hold 'em table as I will be transporting it to college with me come this fall. I was thinking of manufacturing a smaller circular shaped table with folding legs for easy storage.

I realize they make octagon fold-up table tops but i've seen those and they look so hokey. Does anyone have any ideas on how to start this?

I was thinking just get a circular table with folding legs and reupholster it with the foam padding, casino-grade felt and some foam/vinyl armrests much the same way you would any other table. I was just wondering if anyone has done something similar with a round table and can offer some useful pointers.

[ncskiier]

Like this? http://www.pcpotato.com/poker/pokert...es/davidb1.htm

[cmoses]

I am in the process of building a round table. The table itself is now done. I still have the rail to finish. I went with a 60" round table. A much better size than those 48" octagons. Eight people fit very comfortably around it and you can squeeze in 10 if need be. 60" is a bit big though if you plan to transport it alot. Mine does have folding legs, but would really only fit in a pickup truck. I went with the round design becuase it is hard to see and deal at a long table. They are designed to have a permenant dealer. We also play "dealers choice" some nights so this works out better. It was a little more difficult finding some of the material because of the size. I had to find 5'x5' plywood and vinyl usually comes in 54" as a standard size. I wanted a seamless rail so with a lot of looking I found a company that had 78" vinyl. Let me know if I can answer anymore questions.

Clayton

[jtnt1096]

I am going to begin building a table this week, but I am struggling with what I should use for a pad.

Does 3/8 carpet padding work well or should I go with headliner from Hancock Fabrics?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[LilBart]

I just completed my table yesterday. Definitely use Headliner Foam from Hancock Fabricks (are they a national chain, that is where I got my foam and vinyl). The headline foam gives a very smooth feel to the playing surface. The carpet padding is too bumpy. Carpet padding worked fine for the rail, however.