Making a Poker Table

zuutroy

Finished the cuts today. Very happy with them. Everything fits together very nicely Just have to get my upholstery and cup holders and I'm away...Will post some pics of the cuts when I get time....

pokerkingsni

Mellor wrote: »

Glue will hold it, but using screws together with glue will hold it better.
Weights are not a good enough sub for clamps, the piece might move and the piece sets in the wrong place.


If you look back at the original question



Here you say glue for the rail but before you said screws for the rail


Anyway, glue can work, but it can also go wrong if you are not careful. But there is no reason not to use screws AND glue. And depending on the design certain junctions would not work with glue. For record, on my table, some junctions are glued, some are screwed, and some (most) are glued and screwed

Just to clear this up. I said when attaching the 2 bits of the handrail together just use wood glue. When attaching the finished handrail to the finished table use screws. Worked ok for the table i made.

zuutroy

zuutroy wrote: »

I think mine will have a slightly darker finish to the wood, and blue felt...

Here's the ebay kit thing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Poker-Table-Vinyl-Foam-Fabric-Combo-Kit_W0QQitemZ220174952654QQihZ012QQcategoryZ35749QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Even if the felt isn't of great quality it would be easy enough to replace if it wears out...

Damn...its gonna cost $100 to ship...Anyone know where the hell I can get 1" closed cell high density foam in Europe?!

pokerkingsni

zuutroy wrote: »

Damn...its gonna cost $100 to ship...Anyone know where the hell I can get 1" closed cell high density foam in Europe?!

In your local furniture shop, upholsterer etc. its not hard to buy. And it's cheap. Plus they'll have the vinyl too. You should also go to the upholsterer and get a price for him to cover the rail himself if you can't do it. Guy i know does it all in for about €70 or £50, which works out ok considering i haven't a clue about upholstery!

zuutroy

Finally got around to ordering all the fabric and foam today from the US. Had to pay $125 to ship it in the end which is quite sickening given the stuff only cost $140.
Went for this cloth....with black vinyl for the armrests.

30something

Is it odd that I get an all-over warm feeling reading this DIY thread?

ditpoker

30something wrote: »

Is it odd that I get an all-over warm feeling reading this DIY thread?

... yes.

zuutroy

Wood cut and 1 coat varnish...awaiting more coats and upholstering...Slowly getting there!

whiteshadow

I have some snookertable felt left over from my pokertable project if you want it.
Im not sure of the dimensions but i'll measure tonight and it's yours if you want it

zuutroy

Hey, thanks for the offer, but I have stuff on order from the States which should be here this week.

zuutroy

Got all the materials except the rail vinyl today...Heres a few pics of my work from today...havent played a hand all day because of it!

zuutroy

Wahey finished!....Here's a couple of snaps of the final product....





Already got some degens that don't know when to step away from the table

Tinytony

Fair play. Lovely job.

dannydiamond

Looks sweet,congrats!

DONK!

nice work!!

Get In There

Looks great... Fair play to ya..