I had originally planned to make end tables for my basement man cave. I was tired of not having a good place to put drinks and all my remotes. I had some extra cupholders lying around from past poker table builds and added them to help eliminate drink spills. At the end of...
A few years ago, my Mom gave me a book and asked that I make a box out of it using the book's cover. I tried to make it before last Christmas, but got frustrated and gave up. I didn't have much experience with fine woodworking. This year, I asked a...
This was a modification of my Big Red Poker table. I removed the Big Red Poker cloth and replaced it with a red-suited speed cloth so I could sell the table. ...
This is a simple black table that I made a for a friend out of leftover materials from previous poker table builds. It features a black padded rail and a black poker cloth. The legs fold up for easy storage....
This was one of my first attempts at making a custom built bookshelf. I made the shelf out of 3/4" Birch plywood and faced it with 1" trim. While it's not perfectly square, it turned out pretty nice. It was a great learning experience. My wife was pretty happy and...
This is one of my first big projects and it's been pretty amazing how much the kids have played on it. Carpetball is a really simple game where you try to roll a cue ball down the table trying to knock your opponent's balls into the pocket at the end...
This was my first poker table and first ever woodworking project. I wanted to build a poker table because I couldn't find what I wanted anywhere. I found some plans online and borrowed some tools from my uncle (and his garage) and the rest is history. This table featured a...
As part of recently redecorating my home office, I decided to build myself a set of custom bookshelves. I had the idea to make them in the shape of my initials ("JL") because they would be symmetrical. I drew up some basic plans and went to work in my garage....
This was the second poker table I made for myself. At the time, we were watching a lot of World Poker Tour on TV and I thought having a raised rail would be really cool. ...
I built these 8 poker tabletops for Midwest Poker Series, a local poker series that sets up tournaments in bars, restaurants, and other establishments. I met MPS' founder at a social media event I was speaking at. Each of the tabletops features a vinyl padded rail, custom printed cloth (supplied by...