Portable Craps Table

[dans]

Just finished up a 2/3rds scale portable craps table.

Support lattice, end mounting plates and chip trays are all machined from 3/4" thick foamed PVC.

The chip trays are two 3/4" thick pcs glued together for a thickness of 1-1/2" to allow milling up a 1-5/8" dia. x .812" deep slot.

1/8" thick PVC sheet was glued to the support lattice on the inside.

Curved rails drop over the captive center section and are fixed with a few 1/4 bolts and wing nuts.

Started with a folding poker table (Fat Cat) - replaced the felt with a craps layout. Top rails are 3/4" thick plywood with foam padding and vinyl.
Final touch was the rubber dice bumpers on each end.

[ricphoto]

That's really cool...nice job

[gerry]

That, I LIKE  

[dans]

Thanks - appreciate it!

Don't know if I would go with the PVC sheet again... I wanted something lightweight; made a test section out of plywood and dowel rods, but it really didn't look very good.

Dust was unbelievable, really bad when milling out the chip tray (13 passes at 1/16" inch each, 10 inch/min).

Part yield was also bad - PVC was only available from Home Depot in 2 x 4ft sheets... could only get one curved section from each sheet.

I pre-drilled holes along the lower rails to bolt to the table in case the side rails were not stable enough to lean on but we haven't had any problem with it, the sections all float on the table and it's very stable

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[branson]

That’s is very nice!

[arsystems]

that is pretty awesome!

[redwood]

I used to mill and use a lot of PVC in my former life as a contractor and I don't miss that mess at all. It is amazing stuff though in some applications.

[dans]

Yeah... the dust, sigh... I'm almost starting to be able to taste food again

In hindsight, I think I would have band-sawed out the sections and then run them on the mill to true them up.

Also, probably should have made the chip tray out of hardwood instead of PVC; it's a little rough to the touch. Will paint and sand - hopefully they will smooth out.

Completed sections before the chip tray was glued in.



Dan

[dans]

 
Kinda tacky, but couldn't help myself... built a rolling chip table with cup holder, stick holder and cash "drop box" to use with the craps table and other tables.

Bought a cheap computer table and cut up the top - then machined out a piece of 1/2" starboard for the real top.

The center set of holes on each chip trap will be used to fasten down another set of inverted chip trays to keep them in place during storage.

Will be adding some kind of basket on the bottom for on/off pucks, dice, BJ shoe, etc.

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[cletus]

dans, both are really cool. Hope to do work like that someday.

[dans]

Thanks - the dealers table was a fun little project; learned a few new things:

How to set a higher "Z" clearance so that I could move over my clamps
How to use offsets
How to use tabs
How to use Form Tools

The last was a 1/8" radius round over bit used around the outside of the table top.

I started making a new dashboard for my golf cart this winter and all the pieces look a little blocky with square edges - going to redo them over the next couple weeks with a 1/4" radius round over bit.