Finally finished my poker table

Here are the pics:

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And it comes apart easily if you want to not have it out all the time.

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That's very nice, I'm guessing woodworks not just a hobby. I like the green fabric you chose.

Just a hobby, and this is only the 4th or 5th thing I've built.

(the second thing I ever built is the stand the TV is on)

Thats so cool, great work.

Looks great Effexor, wish I could do that. Nice job!

How much?

Great stuff, FX'r. Looks like you have a great talent. Now your boys will have somewhere to play with Dad's "Poker Checkers". lol.

nice work. i like the dark stain. really high quality looking stuff. how long did it take you to make and how much was the total cost.

The total cost was about $300, and if I had to guess I'd say I got 40 hours? into it. It difficult to say because I have been puttering on it for a long time and whenever I did get a chance to work on it I got interrupted a lot. The cost in real $ was on the low side because I bought the Maple (the top and the legs) from an auction and the Walnut (the trim on the base) from a farmer who had had it stored in a barn for the past decade. Had I had to buy that all at a store it would have probably added at least another $200.

Rough estimates:

Planer blades $50
plywood $25
1 poplar board I bought at a store $25 (for the depth of the chip wells)
Fabric and padding $75 (the fabric is the best quality stuff I could find on the internet, it's teflon coated even. the padding was closed cell 1/4" thick)
Cupholders $50
Inlay $50
Spray glue, poly, stain, staples, bolts, wood glue, sandpaper etc etc $25

It's actually all stained with natural, which is basically clear stain. The differences in colors are all from the varied wood I chose. The top I alternated Maple heartwood with Maple sapwood, the base is cabinet grade birch plywood with black walnut trim, and the legs are maple again.

Looks like a great poker table, but is it high enough? Looks kinda low to me :\

The top ended up being just shy of 30" which was slightly higher than the plans I drew up. It's plenty high enough, probably the camera angle makes it look lower than it is.

wow that looks freakin awesome, nice work man

Similar (but not as nice) tables cost around a grand...love the functional and great looking top, plenty of leg room and easy to store....sweet
great job

I am very surprised at how cheap it ended up costing you. I would have definitely thought it would be more for such a nice table (but I guess that's the advantage of building it yourself)

Whose legs are those in picture #3? lol

My wife

Looks very nice.

his wife's legs or the poker table?

Damn you combu. I typed that in and clicked submit. Then deleted it because I thought it might have been inappropriate. lol

I like octagon tables. Never understood why (personal) tables are ovals. Sucks to try to deal from and end of an octagon. BTW, if anyone ever needs octagon help, I found a pretty cool Octagon Generator that helps with lengths.

Pretty freakin sweet.... looks like its pro made, very impressive for just a side hobby!

You have skills!

For mostly non-community games I always thought it would be cool to somehow wire a nice looking light system to each position, then you could add a night-light type sensor in front of each player. Then, when someone had their cards over the sensor their light would be lit. Why do this? How many times, again in a non-community game, do you have the "Oh, I'm not in this hand [cards shift]" or "Hey, you missed me [cards shift]". Not to mention you could use any color lenses and light system you want. If their light's on, their in the hand. Easy enough to deal to

I guess it would help people from fold/check/bet out of turn even in a community dealt game.

Not sure where you could get night-light type sensors, but it doesn't seem it would be too hard to wire up.

Octagon generator? night light type-censor? Octagon generator?

Well arent you just a smarty maybe you could make a boat next haha

Yes, my mind is always on a constant shuffle. When I saw this table (which is outstanding BTW), it reminded me of a table I though of building, which made me remember the octagon generator I found when I was trying to figure out the lengths for my table. I figured I would share the informative link with those interested in building a table. Then, when seeing a new post here, it reminded me of the light system idea and I thought I would share again. Sorry if it was TMI

I was just kidding, sounded high tech

Sweet dude!

have you gotten a chance to use it yet since you've had it dont for a while now?

That is an outstanding job it looks professionally built. Great job.

That is a beautifully built table, well done. I wish I had those Skeeeelzzzz

That is a very nice table - you need to invite us all over for a game now.

mad skills very nice
when we said the only way you were gonna make a final table was to build it , we were just kidding

now THATS a poker table, good job

wow that is an awesome table. Sure beats the crappy thing we use when theres a home game.