Eckels
05-15-2005, 06:16 PM
Finished building my poker table on friday. Unfortunately these pictures are really shitty, but you'll get the idea.
I chose an elipse shape because a round table wont fit in my house (small house), and I really wanted to fit 8 people. I couldnt fit a full 8' long table either, and with this design the atmosphere is a lot more personal. You much more easily look at the player sitting two seats to your side (as you may not be able to with a typical texas holdem table). the table is about 7' long and like 40" wide, i think. I dont really remember. It very comfortably sits eight.
I used green velveteen and 1/2" volara headliner foam for the playing surface (which is removable via a few thumb bolts in case i have to re-upolster ever). The racetrack was stained with ipswich pine minwax stain, and then sealed with four coats of wipe-on gloss poly. For the rail i used a 1-inch foam with black vinyl as the surface. The rail is not mechanically attached to the table, this is to prevent damaging the rail during transport, it's moved seperately from the table. I used folding table legs for the legs. The cupholders are the largest available that i could find. They'll fit big gulp and large slurpee cups, as well as beer cans in cozies.
We played with it friday night, and it was a big hit. I'm very proud of it, I think it came out very nice.
Anyways, like i said, the pictures are el-shito, but you'll get a feel for the design.
I chose an elipse shape because a round table wont fit in my house (small house), and I really wanted to fit 8 people. I couldnt fit a full 8' long table either, and with this design the atmosphere is a lot more personal. You much more easily look at the player sitting two seats to your side (as you may not be able to with a typical texas holdem table). the table is about 7' long and like 40" wide, i think. I dont really remember. It very comfortably sits eight.
I used green velveteen and 1/2" volara headliner foam for the playing surface (which is removable via a few thumb bolts in case i have to re-upolster ever). The racetrack was stained with ipswich pine minwax stain, and then sealed with four coats of wipe-on gloss poly. For the rail i used a 1-inch foam with black vinyl as the surface. The rail is not mechanically attached to the table, this is to prevent damaging the rail during transport, it's moved seperately from the table. I used folding table legs for the legs. The cupholders are the largest available that i could find. They'll fit big gulp and large slurpee cups, as well as beer cans in cozies.
We played with it friday night, and it was a big hit. I'm very proud of it, I think it came out very nice.
Anyways, like i said, the pictures are el-shito, but you'll get a feel for the design.