My gaming table build

[Meathead]

I am part of a fundraiser here in town to send some of our middle school kids to Washington DC for a trip in the spring. As a fundraising effort, we are having a "Little Reno Night" and that has provided me the perfect excuse to build a table which will ultimately go in my game room. Here are the photographs of the finished product...

[alphajerk3000]

Nicely done! Have any instructions for how to build one?

[Sid]

Nice work

[Meathead]

I winged it. Had the layout and built the table around it.

[FTKServices]

Nice job. That table looks great...

[derbyboy]

That is sweet!

[new in town]

Two Words... OUTSTANDING JOB

[DrDark]

wow

[dishpan]

Great work!

That reminds me of the "fancy eating table" from the Beverly Hillbillies. Where are the fancy "pot passers"?

[djcasper_bpm]

very nice

[dattia]

That is awesome... I hope your fundraiser is quite the success!

[Eddie]

Nice work!

[MrGneiss]

Damn, thats sweet!!

[H20Dreams]

I am envious of the creativity. What an awesome table!

[Meathead]

Thanks for all the nice comments. This is my first table. Considering how well it came out, I've lost my apprehension about building a poker table and hope to start on one soon. I always thought the padded rail would be a lot of trouble, but it turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. (It was by far the biggest expense, nearly $60 for the vinyl, and much of it discarded)

I wing things as I go, though. I will develop a general plan and read up on how to finish certain steps, and I look at a lot of photographs. I never go in with a set-in-stone plan. The felt wasn't long enough to cover the chips area, the plexi-glass around the sides was an afterthought, and I used a bucket to draw in some of the turns, and a garbage can lid for others. I'm kind of suprised it worked out. To be honest, it is not the same as I had originally pictured in my mind.

I made the top removable and it will ulitmately function as a hinged cover for a cabinet in the game room, easily removed so that it can be used. I hope to build a second top for the table, a blackjack felt, which will be smaller and won't consume so much space when set up.