How to Make An 8 Sided Poker Table

Poker is an extremely popular game. While it is fun to play at the kitchen table, you can make the experience much better by playing on an actual poker table. However, these often can be expensive.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Saw
• 4' by 4' plywood
• Banquet Table folding legs
• pencil
• green felt
• staple gun
• screws
• screwdriver
• measuring tape
• 2 Saw horses
• file or sand paper

How to Make An 8 Sided Poker Table

1. After purchasing the plywood you will need to measure it off to create four more sides in order to create an 8 sided poker table. You can do this by using a pencil and measuring tape to equally mark off the corners of the table.

2. Now that you have the corners marked off, place the wood on the saw horses and use the saw to cut off the corners. You now have 8 sides to your poker table.

3. Using the file or the sand paper, sand the corners down or the areas that were cut to smooth it out and get rid of splinters.

4. Lay the green felt on a flat surface. Place the wood flat on the felt. The area touching the ground will be the top of the 8 sided poker table while you are now looking at the bottom. Tuck the felt over and staple to the bottom of the table.

5. Take the folding banquet table legs and evenly space them out. Take the screws and screw the table legs into the table top.

6. Unfold legs and stand the table right side up. If the table is wobbly or uneven, measure and again and screw legs back on.

Tips & Warnings

• If this is the first table you are building use cheap materials in case you make a mistake.
• Use short screws to screw into the wood. Using screws too long will puncture through the other side (top side) of the table and felt.

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