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Re: Building a home Poker Table
that rope light is fantastic
also, what sort of material is the playing surface? felt, velveteen, speed cloth? |
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Try this guy on ebay... Poker Cats I bought from him. My table won't get its first use until Friday, but a quick test shows it should be quite playable. click on his view seller's other items link for all his products. [/ QUOTE ] I bought one of his custom fitted table pads systems. And am quite happy with the result. I own a very large dining room table (seats 6 to 8 people) w/ very comfortable seats. So it was really not in my best interest to invest in a whole seperate table. So I measured out my table and sent him the dimensions. Since my dining room is black and light oak, I picked the black colored fabric. And the next week my custom fitted cover arrived. At first I was not really impressed with the set up. But after a little pulling and cutting. I must say it was pretty nice. Like a nice fitted bed sheet for the table. I wouldn't reccomend drinks on the table though as they can be easily knocked over due to the give in the padding. Anyways. If you have a good sized table already. Give it a try. |
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Thanks. I've gotten many positive responses on the rope lighting addition. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
For the playing surface, I used something I've not heard anyone mention yet in all the poker tables I've seen online. I had ordered a small sample of velveteen fabric from an online supplier and wasn't impressed. I decided not to waste $50 on velveteen or speed cloth. Instead, I made a trip to the local fabric store and found their selection of "quilter's flannel". Quilter's flannel is perfect for the poker table playing surface because it's cheap (about $3/sqr yard), comes in countless colors (because they use it to make colorful patch-work quilts), and has a feel that resembles casino felt. Cards glide just as well over it as any other material I've seen people using for their tables. I figured why not save myself $35-40 dollars? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] - SLyFiSH |
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Just finishing up my table, using the cloth from Pokercats on Ebay...now the big question to you all.
TO SCOTCH GUARD OR NOT TO SCOTCH GUARD?? Any insight would be great, thanks in advance, StevieP |
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Thanks. I've gotten many positive responses on the rope lighting addition. [/ QUOTE ] A table like that was posted on here about a year ago, yours came out very nice |
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I had to make special accomodations in building my arm rail to allow for a recessed area to install the rope light without interfering with the playing surface. [/ QUOTE ] Sly: Sweet Table. A couple of questions about your rail (if you don't mind). Did you use offset 2 1/2" pieces of plywood to make the to for the lights or did you use a router? How did you attach the vinyl in this area? Does it go all the way under the rail (stair-stepped?)or does it stop just behind the lights? Did you use anything to fasten the lights or are they just sitting in the groove? |
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That's interesting that you didn't use velveteen. I recently priced some velveteen at a fabric store but I wasn't even looking for quilter's flannel, now you've piqued me interest I'm going to go back and see if they might have some. Thanks!
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ddollevoet,
In answer to your questions. 1. Did you use offset 2 1/2" pieces of plywood to make the to for the lights or did you use a router? I used offset pieces to create the recessed area. From the top down, the rail is three layers - the top layer where your arm would rest, a middle layer that sits above the playing surface but is thinner by a 1" in order to accomodate the rope lighting, and a bottom layer that serves as a lip around the playing surface to hold it in place. I also used a router on my rail. Not to create this recessed area, but rather to round the inner and outer edges of the top layer of the rail. This way, your elbow isn't resting on a square edge of the top rail. 2. How did you attach the vinyl in this area? ... The vinyl stops behind the rope lighting - no stair-stepping. 3. Did you use anything to fasten the lights... Yes. I bought a few packages of rope light clips, made specifically for mounting the rope lighting I purchased. They are made of clear plastic so you can hardly see them. They are each fastened via a single screw to the rail assembly. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] - SLyFiSH |
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Yes, definitely look into the quilter's flannel. Consider the alternatives.
CasinoSupply.com Poker Speed Cloth $4.50/foot * 7 feet = $31.50 CasinoSupply.com Casino Cloth $8.50/foot * 7 feet = $59.50 TheFeltPeople.com Willi-Cloth $29.95/yard * 3 yards = $89.85 PokerNStuff.com Casino Poker Felt (velveteen) $34.95/9 feet * 1 = $34.95 Not to mention that the prices above do not include online shipping charges at an average of $10/order. Quilter's Flannel (from my local fabric store) $2.39/yard * 3 yards = $7.17 You do the math - an easy savings of at least $30. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] - SLyFiSH |
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SLyFiSH:
Did you need the full 1" to accomodate the lights? I was thinking that 3/4" would be enough. Should I rethink my plan? I was planning on using 3/4" plywood for the 3 layers, offsetting the middle layer by 3/4". This would give me a 3/4" X 3/4" area to put the lights. Based on your experience, will this be enough room to fit in a 1/2" strand of lights using clips? Thanks in advance for your input! |
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