Poker Table Plans
For the poker enthusiast who also likes to take power tools in hand and create his own custom furnishings, there is the option of building your own custom wood poker table. Besides the pride of accomplishment in building your own poker table there is the practical side to consider as well. Even a small octagonal poker table will run you in excess of $500 and the full sized ten person Texas Holdem poker tables can easily cost $2,000 to $3,000.
It is not hard to find a plan for your new wood poker table project. There are many sites online that offer free wood working plans and designs for a multitude of poker table styles. Once you have settled on the style of your new poker table and got the plans set up, you will need to select the type of wood you want to work with. Here once again you will have to check your plans to see if you can use a softer wood which is easier to work or a hardwood for the strength and support it can offer, especially if your woodworking plans call for center pillar legs rather than the four corners style.
Building your poker table will involve more than just putting the legs on a flat piece of wood. You must determine what type of playing surface you want on the finished poker table. Some people prefer a varnished or laminate hardwood surface, but for the traditional style you will have to include in your poker table woodworking plans a supplier of quality grade felt material and the thickness of the pad you will place under it. If your custom poker table plans include recessed areas for holding your poker chips and a drink, you will have to do detailing work around these when you install the felt table top covering. With the effort you are going through to create your own personal poker table you may wish to include a personal design that can be imprinted on the felt cover for your new poker table.
Some woodworking poker table plans will include the construction of matching design chairs to go with the playing table plans. Determining the correct height of the chairs in relation to the tabletop will be a critical issue. However, in the reverse condition, if you have pre-made chairs that you will be utilizing in your poker table plans, you will need to make sure the table top surface matches their size.
Whatever poker table building plan you settle on to create, some time and attention to detail will give you a piece of display furniture that will make you proud whether you win at the card game or not.