Steve's Ramblings

Poker Table Construction (an update)

[Update: I changed my gallery software and broke all the images. You can go to my new gallery to see all the pics.]

Even though it was probably 120 in my garage this evening I spent some time building the subframe to my poker table. Here is what I did today:

I cut a bunch of lumber, in this case 4"x1" pine. The long peices are 60", the short 20". This will make the subframe 60" x 21".

Cut Lumber

To connect the frame together. I am using pocket screw technology by Kreg. This stuff is awesome. There is a clamp on jig and a special drill bit that drills the pockets. I used my corded drill to do the pockets and my cordless to drive the screws.

Kreg Pocket Screws

Here is a completed corner. Note the dual-pockets with screws. This particular Kreg jig has two pockets built in. It made this job cake. You may wonder why there are two flat boards in the picture. This is where the folding table legs will be attached. They are spaced so the attaching plates of the legs will be centered on each flat board. Note, this shows the frame upside down, the flat peices will be touching the underside of the table.

Completed Corner

Here is the completed sub-frame. It is amazingly strong.

Completed Sub-frame

My plan is to screw and epoxy the folding legs to this frame. I will then epoxy some blocks onto the underside of the table that will fit into this frame. That way it won't slide around. I'll try and take more pictures as I make progress. It probably won't be tomorrow because I have an afternoon tee-time in South Austin.

Don't ask about my round today. It sucked- and it was brutal hot, even though we finished in 3:20.