How to Build a Poker Table

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Shopping List

Supplies You Will Need

1. ½-inch oak plywood to make the lid and table: Get one 4x8-foot sheet.

2. Nose and cove oak molding to trim the lid. Get two 8-foot lengths.

3. 1x2 oak to trim the table. Get four 8-foot lengths.

4. 1x4 oak to make the table's apron and collar. Get two 8-foot boards.

5. ⅜x6 oak to make the coasters. Get three 2-foot boards.

6. ¾-inch medium-density fiberboard (MDF) to make the playing surface. Get one 4x4-foot half sheet.

7. Newel post to make the stand. Get an oak post at least 30 inches tall.

8. Corbels to make the feet. Get four @ 10 inches.

9. Felt. Get a 4x4-foot piece to cover and wrap the edges of the playing surface.

10. Spray adhesive to attach the felt to the playing surface.

11. ⅝-inch brad nails

12. 1-inch brad nails

13. 1¼-inch brad nails

14. 2-inch deck screws

15. 6-inch timber screws to attach the corbels to the newel post. Get eight.

16. Wood glue

17. 150- and 220-grit sandpaper

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Tools List
Tools You Will Need
- Circular saw
- Miter saw
- Combination square
- Pneumatic nail gun
- Drill/driver, 3-inch hole saw bit, ⅛-inch pilot bit, combination countersink bit, and ⅝-inch paddle bit
- Staple gun fitted with ⅜-inch staples
- Utility scissors
- Clamps
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Host friends for food and fun with this sophisticated dining table that turns into a poker player's paradise with just a flip of the lid.

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To build the table:

1. Cut the plywood and trim pieces
• Mark the plywood game table
• Cut the plywood
• Miter the edge pieces
• Bore a hole in the coasters with a hole saw

 3. Assemble the game table
• Nail the edge pieces on top of the game table
• Install the inner edge pieces
• Attach the apron

 4. Attach the collar
• Mark the collar on the underside of the game table
• Drill pilot holes
• Screw the collar in place

 5. Build the playing surface
• Mark the playing surface
• Attach the felt

 6. Build the stand
• Cut the newel post
• Drill pilot holes in the corbels
• Screw the corbels to the newel

 7. Attach the stand
• Screw through the collar into the newel

 8. Build and attach the lid
• Attach mitered molding to lid
• Place lid on game table