Author Topic: BYOPT! (Read 2716 times)

DrewKaree · « **on:** October 11, 2005, 07:10:33 pm »

Well, I KNOW there's gotta be a few guys here who play poker, and I stumbled upon a Build Your Own Poker Table site that spawned several others, so here you go.

Link 1 - http://www.homepokertourney.com/tables.htm

Same site, more tables
http://www.homepokertourney.com/tables_build.htm

DrewKaree · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2005, 07:15:24 pm »

One of the nicer tables, I think:

And I especially like this guy's table at this site, even though he's Canadian

http://www.gowzerpoker.com/8.html

DrewKaree · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2005, 07:19:06 pm »

Sounds like these guys might be lurkers in here even!

Quote

We also needed the following tools:

* Jigsaw
* Circle Saw
* A box of 100 one inch #8 wood screws
* String
* Pencil
* Tape Measure
* Screwdriver
* Staple Gun (should shoot at least 7/16

missioncontrol · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2005, 07:23:45 pm »

I allready have a poker table that Marlboro sent me a few years back.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:07:49 pm »

Well do you have enough miles saved up to get everyone a table then? You just be quiet over there you braggin' fool.

'S funny, my buddy JUST called and we set up the 28th for poker night, and I made the mistake of telling him about those sites. Now I'm helping him build one

Sure, he didn't tell me I'm helping, but he asked to borrow my tools and said his wife would help him with the material and whatnot. Why not just TELL me I've gotta help instead of hiding it in all that jibberish

missioncontrol · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:19:36 pm »

I wasn't braggin... If you had read through the gibberish you would have seen "Yep I got a table ready so bring your @ss to North Carolina and we'll drink beers as I take your money all night"

DrewKaree · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:35:08 pm »

Hey, how far are you from Charlotte? I seem to remember you being closer to there than Durham, and we try to head back during winter months here, although this year it's leaning towards visiting relatives in Nebraska.

I know you're thinking "why head to Nebraska, which ain't gonna be all THAT much warmer than WI, when you could come to NC".

Anyone who's married already knows the answer to this question

missioncontrol · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:44:14 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on October 11, 2005, 08:35:08 pm

Hey, how far are you from Charlotte?

I'm just outside Asheville......

so it's not too far a ride...

Quote from: DrewKaree on October 11, 2005, 08:35:08 pm

I know you're thinking "why head to Nebraska, which ain't gonna be all THAT much warmer than WI, when you could come to NC".

Anyone who's married already knows the answer to this question

Because if the wife's not happy then winter will really be cold no matter where you are......

DrewKaree · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2005, 09:04:40 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on October 11, 2005, 08:44:14 pm

Quote from: DrewKaree on October 11, 2005, 08:35:08 pm
Hey, how far are you from Charlotte?

I'm just outside Asheville......

so it's not too far a ride...

Sweet! We have been to Ridgecrest before, and have excuses to take weekend trips there if the planning is right, but planning it around an auction would be just as nice!

* DrewKaree files the info away in his Palm Pilot next to "Get Beer"

ChadTower · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2005, 09:23:02 pm »

I enjoy poker and games of chance, but am against gambling, which makes it really hard to find people to play with.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #10 on:** October 11, 2005, 09:33:35 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 11, 2005, 09:23:02 pm

I enjoy poker and games of chance, but am against gambling, which makes it really hard to find people to play with.

just play nickel, dime quarter stuff:

Everyone cashes in $10 for chips

25 white @ 5 cents
25 red @ 10 cents
25 blue @ 25 cents

BYOB, dealer calls game, dealer rotates clockwise after each hand, play till your out of chips or everyone calls it a night.

nickel ante 50 cent maximum bet/raise

The most your out is $10 (which hardly ever happens) and we don't consider it gabling, we are just paying for a good time.

for example if you went out to a bar, the movies, a strip club, pretty much anything you'd end up spending more than you would by just buying a case of beer, some snacks and the $10 you might lose playing some cards..........

mccoy178 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:50:12 am »

Here is the table I built in February.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2005, 06:34:58 am »

i dont have the skill

Stingray · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2005, 09:22:09 am »

Very nice work, McCoy.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2005, 09:24:56 am »

Quote from: missioncontrol on October 11, 2005, 09:33:35 pm

The most your out is $10 (which hardly ever happens) and we don't consider it gabling, we are just paying for a good time.

The concept is good, but the idiots I hang out with would ---smurfette--- about the amounts all night. It wouldn't work.

Plus, I'd hear crap like "you'll put $10 on poker, but not $175 on fantasy football? What a joke" all night.

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2005, 11:17:41 am »

Just a slight correction Mccoy, they'll really want to check Scott's Forum:

http://www.scottkeen.com/forum/

That will give more examples.

RayB · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:54:05 pm »

Just checked this thread for the first time.
Disappointing.
I was expecting to learn about building my own Portable Toilet.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2005, 05:17:17 pm »

McCoy, is that pedestal leg a prefab unit, or did you build it from scratch? If you built it from scratch, any chance of laying out how you did it? I'd think a 4x post run through your tablesaw to make the octagon and have something to nail/screw into and miter each side, but I've seen 'em done with a hollow core, so I'm almost hoping you scratch-built that and have another idea!

RayB, you'll have to find your own portable toilet. I heard Pope Stingray goes in the woods, so mebbe he's got some tips

mccoy178 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2005, 06:50:39 pm »

I did scratch build the whole thing.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2005, 06:55:06 pm »

Quote from: mccoy178 on October 12, 2005, 06:50:39 pm

I did scratch build the whole thing. I took a 1x4 and cut it at 12.5 degrees(I think?). I then used a biscuit joiner to connect them.

Complete pics can be found here:

www.ohiostate.photosite.com

I didn't see anything on building the pedestal, but that certainly helps. Thanks!

Is that single pedestal fairly stable for you? I did see the larger foot attached, but I wondered with guys leaning on the table and whatnot.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2005, 08:30:14 pm »

It is amazingly stable. It was a big concern when I built the table, but I didn't want to have the chairs hitting the base. It worked very well. I have not had one close call. Wait, let me measure..............
Ah yes, the base is 22 inches across. BTW, I made everything with a router, table saw, and chop saw. My next endeavor is to make some racetrack style tables.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2005, 09:20:41 pm »

Yeah, I'm looking at your pedestals and that's the exact reason I was so interested in 'em. I'm thinking a racetrack-style table with two pedestals and a stretcher between them, ala a trestle table, would be a SWEET setup!

mccoy178 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2005, 11:52:14 pm »

Check out that Scottkeen.com. That is where you can see great examples.

Stingray · « **Reply #23 on:** October 13, 2005, 09:30:53 am »

Quote from: DrewKaree on October 12, 2005, 05:17:17 pm

RayB, you'll have to find your own portable toilet. I heard Pope Stingray goes in the woods, so mebbe he's got some tips

Avoid the poison ivy.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #24 on:** October 13, 2005, 09:31:58 am »

More importantly, avoid the ticks.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2005, 09:57:47 am »

especially dick ticks

DrewKaree · « **Reply #26 on:** October 13, 2005, 10:12:00 pm »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on October 13, 2005, 09:57:47 am

especially dick ticks

Dude, why would you be in the woods? Your dog certainly isn't gonna protect you, unless being an hors d'oeuvre for whatever's about to eat YOU is considered protection.

ChadTower · « **Reply #27 on:** October 14, 2005, 11:21:11 am »

Maybe his dog could make the predator laugh.

Stingray · « **Reply #28 on:** October 14, 2005, 11:22:58 am »

It might get stuck in a bears throat long enough to distract it while you scramble up a tree... a tree that might conceivably be used as lumber to build your own poker table.

-S

DrewKaree · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2005, 08:35:13 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on October 14, 2005, 11:22:58 am

It might get stuck in a bears throat long enough to distract it while you scramble up a tree... a tree that might conceivably be used as lumber to build your own poker table.

-S

If you're in the woods and a bear is going to make a nice lunch of you, and you HAPPEN to get away from said bear and climb up a TREE.....you deserve the mauling that will ensue. That tree would probably end up being used as a toothpick to remove those bits of YOU stuck in the bear's teeth


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