Yay for Woodworking!

One of the most exciting parts of having a new house for me has definitely been having a Garage to shag around in. I'm the type of guy who has all kinds of crap kicking around, and I always get stupid ideas of stuff I'd like to do or build.

Well the majority of those ideas end up with me tossing out an amount of cash ranging from a few bucks to a few hundred, getting halfway through whatever it was, and ending up with an expensive pile of junk that eventually gets broken up or thrown out.

This time was different !


Apparently, I have successfully built a poker table ! ! I think I did an OK job at it too ! You can tell its homemade, but it seems like its going to stand up for a while. I'm very pleased with my self. It took me three days, and actually, I still have to screw it all together tomorrow when the stain dries, I was very impatient and wanted to test fit it together, so that's when I took the picture.

I guess that means I still have a chance to screw it up..... hmmmm.... well, I'm pretty confident I can finish this one, so I won't let that phase me.

I found the inspiration for the design at this site, so a Big thanks goes out to Paul Cherry for posting a detailed write up of how he built his. I made a few executive decisions and slight changes to his design, but all of the fundamentals are the same.

I'm planning on hosting a poker tournament at the end of July when a few engineers are back in town for visits etc. It should be good times !