Building an octagon poker table with a racetrack is a bit more complex that building the standard octagon poker table but should still be fairly simple. The major drawback in making an octagon racetrack poker table, like with the non RT version, is the somewhat cramped space for 8 players. Once you get chips, drinks, and snacks in the equation, there is not always a ton of room to actually play poker.

With that being said, this guide will show you how to build an octagon racetrack poker table step by step. To download the octagon racetrack poker table plans used in this tutorial you can go to our Plans Page and sign up to have these plans and all of our other poker table plans sent directly to your inbox.

Jun 18, 2020 - Explore Cwnewman's board 'Poker table plans' on Pinterest. See more ideas about poker table, poker table plans, poker. Then I flipped the table over, positioned the playing surface piece, and drilled 8 holes (one per octagon section) all the way through the playing surface and subtable. These holes will house the T-nuts in the playing surface and allow us to connect and disconnect the playing surface as needed. This page will instruct you on how you can build an eight player poker table step by step. The finished poker table is shown in the photograph below. The table is octogonal and has cut outs to hold cards, poker chips and beverage cups. The board is finished with stain and glossy clearcoat varnish; also the playing surface is covered in felt.

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• This is the first in a series of posts recording my experience building a solid oak, octagon-shaped poker or game table. It will be written as I work on the table, hopefully all within the next few weeks. Let me be clear: I am not a professional woodworker. I simply enjoy building things as a hobby, and I try to build things I know I’ll use.
• Lets make the pedestal of the table. First make sure you are wearing protective eyewear when building this project. Rip 8 pieces of Oak plywood to 29' X 7.5' X.75. Once you have all 8 pieces ripped to size, cut the sides to 22.5 degree angles. Using a brad nailer and wood glue, assemble the pieces into an octagonal round base.

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• Part 1: Plans and Materials

This is the first in a series of posts recording my experience building a solid oak, octagon-shaped poker or game table. It will be written as I work on the table, hopefully all within the next few weeks.

Let me be clear: I am not a professional woodworker. I simply enjoy building things as a hobby, and I try to build things I know I’ll use and love. Since my family and I love board and card games, a table like this is a perfect project for me.

I’ll do my best to provide as much detail as I can throughout the process, and I’ll try to take a lot of photos. With that…

The Plans

Whenever I do a project like this, I always try to work with commonly available wood stock sizes and materials, so it’s cost-effective and easy for someone else to replicate. Keeping that in mind, I tend to draw up plans based around this philosophy.

I also decided to buy the pedestal base and legs already made from a great little company in Tennessee called Adams Wood Products. Building something like that is probably beyond my ability, so for a pretty reasonable price, I just had them ship a set to me. It’ll save me a lot of time and, probably, frustration.

To start, the playing surface will be made up of 8 pieces that each look like this:

Once you cut out 8 of them and glue them together, the goal is to end up with something like this:

I’ve made some calculations based on using a 4′×4′ piece of plywood as the table base and determined the following measurements:

I’m not sure of the exact dimensions of the chip holder area or the cup holder hole yet, since I haven’t gotten the cup holders in the mail yet. I’ll wait until then to see what size hole I need. Then, I’ll want to match the cup holder width to the width of the chip holder area, just to make it nice and consistent.

Pro Tip: Order your cup holders, felt, etc. in advance. And don’t trust the manufacturer’s measurements on things like cup holder hole size. Wait until you get the materials in and measure it yourself. I bought a hole cutting drill bit based on the size the manufacturer gave and the cup holders didn’t fit! Lesson learned.

You’ll notice I made the chip holder area closer to the inner edge. The reason for this is that I’ll be adding a bullnose edge and a vertical skirt underneath this layer, so I need a little extra breathing room. Here’s a cross section of what I mean:

This is all I’m going to use for planning purposes, though there’s a lot more going on in my head. I’ll try and expand upon that as I go through the process of the build.

The Materials

Here’s what the final materials list ended up being:

Lumber

• 4 – 1″×8″×4′ Red Oak board (outer table surface)
• 4 – 1″×4″×4′ Red Oak board (vertical skirt)
• 4 – 1″×2″×4′ Red Oak board (bullnose)
• 1 – 1″×12″×2′ Red Oak board (pedestal mount)
• 2 – 4′×4′×1/2″ Red Oak plywood (playing surface and sub-surface)
• 1 – Wood Pedestal
• 4 – Pedestal Legs

Hardware

• 4-pack of adjustable furniture feet
• 10 – 1/4″-20 5/8″ T-Nuts
• 10 – 1/4″-20 3/4″ Bolts
• 1 Quart Stain
• 1 Quart Polyurethane

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For the stain, I’m using Minwax English Chestnut for the color. For the polyurethane, I’m using Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane in Satin finish.

Felt, Foam, etc.

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• 48″×100″ Green Velveteen Fabric
• 48″×48″×1/4″ thick Closed-cell High Density Foam (goes right under the felt)
• 8 – Large Stainless Steel drop-in cup holders

Next Steps: The racetrack

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Stay tuned. The next step will cover shaping the 8 pieces for the table top and fitting them together.