Raised Railing Poker Table

How to add a raised railing to your poker
table
If you want to raise
your railing an inch or two you're going to need to buy some extra
wood and paint or stain. A raised railing can give your poker
table a really nice professional look and its pretty easy to
do. There are two ways to do this and its really a matter of
preference on what you do. The first way looks nicer but the
second way is less work. I will explain both in this
section.
Additional supplies:
The first
thing you need to do is complete steps one through
four. This will give you an upholstered playing surface and 2
pieces of wood cut to make your railing (B&C). With an
additional piece of wood you need to cut a piece identical to piece
B (Fig 6-1). If you choose to build your railing the first
way (Fig 6-4), and I would, than now you need to cut a ring off of
the outside of piece E identical to peice C (Fig 6-2). For
information on these previous pieces see Step 3.


Once this is
complete you will have two seperate rings that we will now refer to
as E1 and E2 (Fig 6-3).

The first step
in now assembling your railing is to attach piece B and E2 and
upholster as described in step 5. The reason for
cutting E into 2 pieces is so that we can tuck the vinyl ends
under E1 while still being able to upholster the back of
E2. Once you have done this you can attach E1 and C to
thier respective places. Its a good idea to sand and
paint the exposed edges before you attach them to avoid a
mess later. Now you can attach your railing to the
table as described in step 6. If you want more
height to your railing you have the option of adding another
ring of wood before attaching piece C. This ring will
be another replica of Piece E and does not need to be cut
into E1 and E2. You can add as many rings as you like
at this point. If you want to make your railing 2 feet
tall and wallpaper the inside of it and hang family photos in
there you certianly have the option. Your table will
with out a doubt look rediculious though. I recommend
no more than one extra riser (Fig 6-4).

If you want to take
the easy route, you won't need to cut peice E into E1 and E2.
You simply upholster piece B by itself and everything goes together
nicely (Fig 6-5). You will have more exposed wood on the
outside of the rail if you go this route and will probably want to
use some kind of filler to mask the joints. This is
especially true if you decide to use an extra riser.

An option to
make the outside and inside of this railing look really nice is to
skin it with acrylic. You are going to spend some extra cash
doing it but I guarantee it will be beautiful (barring insanely
poor craftsmanship).
For more
variations on your poker table visit our other ideas section. Also if you have
ideas of your own be sure to let us
know. If you build a poker table and our plans
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