Effexor
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
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.
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.
blankoblanco
plays poker on hard mode
Silver Level
his wife's legs or the poker table?
K_Kahne_Fan
Legend
Silver Level
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.
K_Kahne_Fan
Legend
Silver Level
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.
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.