Author Topic: Racetrack style poker table. Small youtube video added to show lighting. (Read 20958 times)

mccoy178 · « **on:** March 25, 2007, 01:25:07 am »

When I started my buddies table, I decided to build one for myself. I have decided to use Mahogany on the top. I also purchased mini suited charcoal speed cloth and closed cell foam. I plan on painting scarlet and grey diamonds into the plexi and having it lit from the back. I am have markers for player locations around the table planned. This weekend, I cut out the arm rest and the middle. I felted the middle and now I'm ready to start preparing the plexi for paint. I'll explain more as time goes on, I've done to much this weekend to remember exactly what I've done and how to explain it. If you have any questions, just ask.

arcadefever · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2007, 02:19:54 am »

as usual

GREAT SKILLS ...

am_monkee · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2007, 05:23:22 pm »

That table's looking good. I really like that felt pattern. I was checking out your website a bit ago and am seriously impressed--you have some mad skills and talent!

Can't wait to see the progress. Keep it coming.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2007, 05:41:22 pm »

Thanks fellas! I can hardly find the time anymore, and it's killing me to see the projects just sitting there waiting.

(+_+) · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2007, 10:28:46 am »

Quote from: mccoy178 on March 25, 2007, 05:41:22 pm

Thanks fellas! I can hardly find the time anymore, and it's killing me to see the projects just sitting there waiting.

Sacrifice your sleep. It'll kill you too, but at least you'll get your project completed and have piece of mind.

So far... Beautiful.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2007, 10:31:26 pm »

Quote from: (+_+) on March 26, 2007, 10:28:46 am

Quote from: mccoy178 on March 25, 2007, 05:41:22 pm
Thanks fellas! I can hardly find the time anymore, and it's killing me to see the projects just sitting there waiting.

Sacrifice your sleep. It'll kill you too, but at least you'll get your project completed and have piece of mind.

So far... Beautiful.

I thought the Varsity Club was going to do that. Classes have started again, so I can only hope it doesn't take me too long to complete it.

javeryh · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2007, 03:36:41 pm »

How did you get the wall of the arm rest part so perfect with all those curves?

Kaytrim · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2007, 04:00:48 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on March 27, 2007, 03:36:41 pm

How did you get the wall of the arm rest part so perfect with all those curves?

I'd like to know too. When you get the chance could you shoot me a set of plans? I'd like to make one of these to lay on top of my pool table from time to time.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2007, 10:55:10 pm »

Quote from: Kaytrim on March 27, 2007, 04:00:48 pm

Quote from: javeryh on March 27, 2007, 03:36:41 pm
How did you get the wall of the arm rest part so perfect with all those curves?

I'd like to know too. When you get the chance could you shoot me a set of plans? I'd like to make one of these to lay on top of my pool table from time to time.

Well fellas I'm sorry to say there are no plans. I'm winging the whole thing. I highly recommend www.scottkeen.com/forum. It is to home poker anything as byoac is to home arcade machines. Anyways, I used a plunge router, (I can't speak highly enough of the $40 Harbor Freight special). I have an attachment that I bought at a wood store to made large radii. I used the same center holes to make all the cuts on each end. I also made a unique jig to cut the dealer area. Also, if you look at the other poker table thread, you can see how I did that. I would be more than happy to describe anything else you guys want to know.

One thing I'm really looking forward to is the following. I bought an unfinished board of mahogany today at WoodCrafters. I plan on using the board to make the skirt that goes around the table. I plan to fully document the process as it has been one of the most puzzling things I've been trying to figure out in this process.

theCoder · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:17:40 pm »

I'm assuming no cameras on this one? Good luck with the mahogany sides.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:28:06 pm »

Quote from: theCoder on March 27, 2007, 11:17:40 pm

I'm assuming no cameras on this one? Good luck with the mahogany sides.

Nope, no cameras on this one. I hope that the sides come out okay. I could totally see how this could go south in a heartbeat.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2007, 02:51:27 pm »

I just placed my online order for 8" mahogany pedestals and 6 mahogany legs. These little beauties cost more than the entire rest of the project.

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #12 on:** March 29, 2007, 04:12:15 pm »

Quote from: mccoy178 on March 29, 2007, 02:51:27 pm

I just placed my online order for 8" mahogany pedestals and 6 mahogany legs. These little beauties cost more than the entire rest of the project.

Mccoy...Could you please post a link to where you purchased these items you speak of? Hopefully you won't have to kill me if you do.

Oh, that is an UNBELIEVABLE dining room table BTW! WOW!

mccoy178 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2007, 01:06:59 am »

Well, I'm happy to announce that I'm still alive. I've been working over 80 hours a week with my pool business and I honestly have had time to do nothing. Since I have had some success with poker over the past few months, I treated myself to a 650 chip set of Paulson's Tophat and Cane clay chips. With the price tag around the $800 range, I hope they are worth the hype. I bought them online on Friday, and will post picks when they arive.

Well, I have a couple days off coming up, and I've decided to get a few more details done on the poker tables. Here is how I'm going to use the plexiglass that goes around the racetrack part of the table. I'm glad I used a sample piece, as it has shown me some things I will need to address on the real pieces.

1. I drew up the borders and the triangles first. I then used a hobby knife to cut out the red triangles.

2. Here is the red layer painted from the backside.

3. Here is the grey area prepped for paint.

4. Here is the grey area painted on the back.

5. Here is the black layer painted on the back.

6. Here is the final product. When I get the rest finished, I'll show the plexi placed on the table. I think it matches the center felt very well. Note: I didn't let the paint set up, so you can see the blemishes of removing the paper before the paint dried. That error will not be repeated. I was more worried about the overall project and knew that there would be temporary problems.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2007, 01:22:03 am »

I received the new poker chips today!

If you know nothing of poker, then these will mean nothing to you. If you're a player, then this will be of interest. I'm very happy with the quality of the chips. I ordered 650 and I believe I'm going to order 100 more. Here are some various pics of the chips. As you can tell, I'm very excited about this.

Chips: Paulson Tophat and Cane collection.

Purchased from: Apache chips

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:54:08 pm »

Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- dude. You win the lottery or sumthin'?!!? Is it really that cheap to live in Ohio??

mccoy178 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2007, 11:08:23 pm »

I didn't hit the lottery, but I did work 90+ hours for a month straight. So I bought myself somethin' nice. We're having a big game Friday if you want to play.

Neilyboy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2007, 10:43:30 am »

damn nice chips mccoy!! thats awesome! i need to get around to building myself a good table.

Neil

swolgam · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2007, 11:51:04 am »

McCoy,

Wow i am impressed! Im in the Columbus area and am a huge Buckeye fan and wanted to do a table with the OSU colors but couldn't make up my mind. Yours is awesome!

I have the Pharoah's chips that were group bought about 2 years ago. I love them alot and get several compliments however I dont use them enough. I dont run a regular game/tournament as I host one during huge UFC boxing PPV's.

If you need an additional player, I would be willing to contribute to the prize pool!!!!

Thanks for posting the table and chips. They look very good!

Steve

mccoy178 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 05, 2007, 07:06:35 pm »

Swolgam, you have PM.

Well, last night and today I finished padding the hand rail. It's not perfect and quite frankly, I think I kept the stapling industry in business for another quarter. I hope to never have to do that again. Getting that stuff to stretch was a ---smurfette---!

But, it is what it is. I know it has some ruffles. I'm telling you right now, it's no easy task. The bed felt was cake compared to that horror. Anyways, I mocked up the table for poops and giggles so the plexiglass idea could be understood more. Also, I'm especially proud of the mahogany skirt. It fits perfect! It is crooked in the pics, but it's just sitting on there free ballin'.

I'm so close, yet so far away it's driving me crazy. NOTE: For other members. If I can offer any advice at all, it is this: I have unplugged my mame cabinet and made it very difficult to start up, thus preventing me from distraction.

Here is the table just sitting on another table loosely. I've taken some various pictures for you to check out. I didn't document how i padded the rail, as it would make baby jesus cry.

Santoro · « **Reply #20 on:** July 06, 2007, 09:55:47 am »

Wow. that's. nice.

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #21 on:** July 06, 2007, 04:44:53 pm »

I sympathize on stretching the rail. I've done 2 myself and have a third coming up shortly. One of our league tables took a slide out of a members truck at an intersection last weekend and the vinyl is supposedly torn to ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. I haven't seen it yet so don't know the damage.

I'm guessing since you're on scottkeen that you used the awesome tutorial for stretching/stapling that's over there. That helped me tremendously.

That rail looks fabulous!

mccoy178 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 14, 2007, 03:30:15 pm »

Today I ordered the lighting parts for where the players will sit. The idea is to cut 1" x 1.25" pieces, put them behind the player spots (1" cut in half clear solid plexi tubing), and wire them in series. From what the guy at the company tells me, this will be possible. It sounds like it puts out just the right amount of light so that players won't be blinded when looking, they'll just get the bling factor.

http://electroluminescence-inc.com/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?cPath=22

AcidArmitage · « **Reply #23 on:** August 14, 2007, 04:20:14 pm »

EL lighting is about as bright as a glowstick so they wont blind anyone

polaris · « **Reply #24 on:** August 15, 2007, 11:52:03 am »

Quote from: mccoy178 on August 14, 2007, 03:30:15 pm

Today I ordered the lighting parts for where the players will sit. The idea is to cut 1" x 1.25" pieces, put them behind the player spots (1" cut in half clear solid plexi tubing), and wire them in series. From what the guy at the company tells me, this will be possible. It sounds like it puts out just the right amount of light so that players won't be blinded when looking, they'll just get the bling factor.

http://electroluminescence-inc.com/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?cPath=22

mccoy , dont know if you noticed in the other thread as it was an edit by me, but the swatch will come with frost samples, these could be used to decrease the light level if its too much

SavannahLion · « **Reply #25 on:** August 15, 2007, 01:58:50 pm »

Are the photos deceiving or are you bending the plexi there?

Kaytrim · « **Reply #26 on:** August 15, 2007, 02:01:36 pm »

there is a bend there. Plexi is easy to bend just apply a little heat.

TTFN

javeryh · « **Reply #27 on:** August 15, 2007, 03:27:14 pm »

How did you make the rail seamless? Is there a tutorial on that somewhere? A link or an explanation would be great. Thanks.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 15, 2007, 03:28:24 pm »

I didn't need to apply heat in this application. When I made my overlay for my monitor on my arcade cabinet, I had to bend the plexi all the way across in two places, as one piece covered the main monitor, the betabrite, the secondary monitor, and the marquee. That was fun.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 15, 2007, 03:30:38 pm »

I used on big piece of the material. I did the outsides first, then the insides. It took forever. www.scottkeen.com/forum is the place to go to learn about anything poker table related. Ninja Episode may also know the exact link to the tutorial. I covered pool tables for about five years, so that's how I figured it out.

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #30 on:** August 16, 2007, 08:11:28 am »

Quote from: javeryh on August 15, 2007, 03:27:14 pm

How did you make the rail seamless? Is there a tutorial on that somewhere? A link or an explanation would be great. Thanks.

As McCoy said, ScottKeen.com is the place to be. Regarding the rail, Zerolux's Tutorial over there is the best damn way to cover a rail that I've found. I've now done 4 tables with this method of stretching the rail and all of them have come out great.

Link to the tutorial: http://www.scottkeen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5874

mccoy178 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 18, 2007, 03:15:22 am »

I received the EL lighting today. I didn't have a chance to mess with it yet, but it looks cool.

Marky_1979 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 28, 2007, 03:28:25 pm »

Im loving the poker table it has really got me excited about making my own. Cant wait for some updates on this project.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 28, 2007, 09:44:35 pm »

They're coming.

Marky_1979 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 29, 2007, 09:13:29 pm »

Great news buddy cant wait to see the results

mccoy178 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 30, 2007, 03:33:14 pm »

Okay, I was able to get the EL paper lit this week. I don't have my camera on me, but I'll post pics as soon as I do.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 30, 2007, 09:53:08 pm »

Here are some pics with one of the player markers lit up. I really like the results. As soon as the video is done uploading to youtube, I'll throw it on here also.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 30, 2007, 10:08:14 pm »

Here's the youtube video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKtoYoLb7c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKtoYoLb7c[/youtube]

polaris · « **Reply #38 on:** October 30, 2007, 10:29:59 pm »

nice, looks very bright, looking forward to seeing them in situ

theCoder · « **Reply #39 on:** November 02, 2007, 04:57:29 pm »

Man, that EL paper looks very cool.

In the video you mention you'll get shocked if you touch it. What voltage does it run on? Did you get the transformer from the EL paper supplier? What options do you have regarding custom shapes and/or configurations.

Nice bling factor.


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