I took my time on this one, nearly 6 months in fact. Not to belabor the obvious, but you want to start by thoughtfully selecting your materials. The basic idea is to build a one piece table with rail, racetrack and a removable insert (playing surface) and then split the table (less the insert) in half and connect them with a pair of hasps that will be hidden under the insert.Īs we prepare this project there will be 5 major phases to this project: Phase 1: Selecting and assembling materials (step 1) Finally I conceptualized a three piece design that would minimize the impact of the seams, leave a single piece smooth playing surface and remain easy enough to move around the house and store in our limited space. But I couldn't figure out how to get around hinges and seams. No way that was going to make it up those stairs and around that corner.even with help. The first thought was just to build a table much like many of the others you've seen, but just leave the legs off. I wanted a shiny race track and smooth speed cloth playing surface. Having used a number of different off the shelf toppers, I REALLY didn't want seams.they are troublesome.and get in the way of dealing.and more importantly to an obsessive-compulsive eye like mine, they are just unsightly. I wouldn't be carrying this topper outside of the house, so it didn't need to go far, but it did need to be mobile enough to get in and out of that basement.

I looked at a number of DIY table designs and decided I could adapt them to a table topper design that would have all the elegance of a true poker table with the portablility of a table topper. And of course.I couldn't spend too much $$$ (the wife would have my head). It would have to be stored in a smallish closet in the basement and carried up a flight of stairs every couple of weeks for the neighborhood poker game. The basic idea was to create what looked like a permanently installed poker table.that could be placed in the dining room on the existing table. So this project was going to have a few challenges. We live in a small place without a lot of storage. I wanted a NICE poker ouble is.I don't have a poker room.or a man cave.or a game room.or a den.you get the idea.

Folding poker table top