| Project by Jerry Spencer | posted 09-07-2013 09:10 PM | 6493 views | 6 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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My brother-in-law said he has wanted a poker table when his man cave was completed. I was between projects and said, why not. Man what a learning experience this was. There is a lot of wood in this thing and for only the price of the wood, he got one.
I used some of procedures I found on http://picasaweb.google.com/Boper229/BoperSPokerTable and some from a set of plans I bought from The New Yankee Workshop. One big thing that helped was the Shop Geek’s web with the calculations for octagons (http://www.shopgeek.ca/projects/poker-table/). The third picture is the jig I made to route out the chip section with a pattern bit. I found a set of ratcheting clamps at Harbor Freight at a nominal price.
The wood is red oak and is stained with English Chestnut and three coats of General Finishes Semi.
Oh and I was able to convince my wife that because of my brother-in-law, I needed a new sliding compound miter saw. All is good!
-- Jerry - Ohio
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Woodknack
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#1 posted 09-07-2013 10:13 PM
Good looking table and I bet lots of good games to come.
-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/
HillbillyShooter
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#2 posted 09-07-2013 11:27 PM
Very nicely done and looks like great fun to come!
-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
woodsmith1
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#3 posted 09-08-2013 02:57 AM
That’s a beautiful thing!
aussiedave
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#4 posted 09-08-2013 04:07 AM
Very nice poker table Jerry…a lot of work in making that and you did a great job…well done.
-- Dave.......If at first you don’t succeed redefine success....
hoss12992
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#5 posted 09-08-2013 04:41 AM
Great job Jerry. Love the quality and craftsmanship
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#6 posted 09-08-2013 09:53 AM
Nice work and a great design too.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
DonB
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#7 posted 09-08-2013 11:49 AM
Fit and finish are top notch. Nice work.
-- DonB
Kristoffer
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#8 posted 09-09-2013 02:20 PM
Very nicely done, Jerry. Good way to get a miter saw too. Would you please try to repost the ShopGeek link?
-- Cheers and God Bless
snowgoer
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#9 posted 09-09-2013 11:33 PM
Oooooh! You hit it out of the park. With the table and with the line about the new saw.
thanks for posting.
Jerry Spencer
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#10 posted 09-10-2013 11:03 PM
Thanks, sorry that link didn’t work, try this one http://www.shopgeek.ca/projects/poker-table/octagon-calculator.cfm. I tried it and it worked. If not just try www.shopgeek.ca/ and look for poker table
-- Jerry - Ohio
Fishinbo
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#11 posted 09-11-2013 02:21 PM
Great looking poker table! Great design, very well executed. Beautiful wood and finish. Excellent work!
Aaron_Rainey
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#12 posted 02-18-2015 07:38 AM
hey jerry im doing a school project and i was woundering if i could use your poker table design, and could you help me out by sending the measurements to me thankyou, and well done by the way.
helluvawreck
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#13 posted 02-18-2015 04:17 PM
You did a nice job on this table.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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