Welcome to my table #4 instruction page. Since I built my first table back in July of 2004, I've learned a lot of new tricks and assembly ideas for building an octagon poker table. Many of these new ideas went into building my second and third tables. Both these two new tables were built for friends, and I decided that it was time to take these new ideas and build a new table for myself.



When I build my fourth table, I decided that I should also document the building process, so that I could share all my new ideas with everyone. The pages that follow will document step by step the process I used to build my fourth poker table.

As always, if you have any questions regarding the building process, feel free to email me at rattlhed@hotmail.com.


Materials List

Material (cost)Quantity
6' X 8" pine boards (3/4" thick) ($12 each) (3)
6' x 3" pine boards (3/4" thick) ($5 each) (3)
4' x 8' sheets of birch plywood (3/4" thick) ($40 each) (2)
3' X 2" oak boards (1/4" thick) used as trim on the pedestal ($4 each) (6)
Minwax Golden Oak wood stain ($8) (1)
Minwax fast drying gloss polyurethane ($10) (1)
Minwax spray-on fast drying clear satin polyurethane ($10) (1)
Stainless steel cup holders from casinosupply.com ($65 including shipping) (8)
2 yds alova suade fabric from Joanns Fabrics ($15) (1)
1 yds quilt batting from Joanns Fabrics ($15) (1)
3M 77 Spray Adhesive ($10) (1)


Total table cost approximately $260 in raw materials. Plus approximately $15 for misc supplies (biscuts, nails, glue, sandpaper, etc.) for a grand total of $275. The table took me approximately 35 hours to build.


Below is a cut out list for the 2 sheets of birch plywood. You should be able to cut all the materials you need out of 2 4'x8' sheets of 3/4" plywood:



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