11/22/09 UPDATE - Just completed a MAME cabinet. I built one years ago using a 27" television, which worked nice, but made for a HUGE cabinet. Now that LCD monitors are so cheap, I decided to design and build a new MAME cabinet around a 19" LCD monitor. Turned out better than I could have thought (after about 45 hours of messy work!). See it here
Table #1 - My original table, built in July/August 2004. Page includes measurements, materials & tools list, and over 70 step-by-step pictures of assembly instructions.
Table #2 - My second table which was built in October 2005 for friend. Page includes pictures of the table, including my first table with rounded corners on the chip areas and a solid sytle pedestal design.
Table #3 - My third table, built in January 2006, for a poker buddy. This was the first table I built for a profit. It also allowed me to further improve on my techniques of routing out the chip areas with a jig. Page includes pictures, measurements, and a materials list.
Table #4 - My fourth table, finished in March 2006. This table was built for myself to replace my first table (which was given to a friend as a birthday gift). Page includes over 100 step-by-step instructions of the assembly process, including detailed instructions of the router jig used to make the chip areas on my last 3 tables, and more detailed instructions on building the pedestal. Page also includes measurements, a materials list, and a cut-out diagram for the sheets of plywood used on the table.
Table #5 - The Cougar table. Built for a die hard fan of the Washington State University Cougars. I don't have any information building this table, just a couple of pictures. The processes were exactly the same as for table #4.
Table #6 - Right after finishing the Cougar table (#5), I got a request from a friend of a co-worker for a table. He requested 2 modifications of my table design. First, he wanted the chip areas to be slightly longer so that 7 rows of chips would fit in. Also, he wanted the octagon ring to be made of solid oak (rather than pine which I have used in all my tables so far). This sounded like a good challenge. Click the link to see a few more pictures.
Mame Cabinet - Not a poker table, but another fun woodworking project that I recently finished. Lots of pictures on the assembly process.
Purchase:
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If you wish to email me with any comments or questions, feel free to reach me at rattlhed@hotmail.com.
