Speed cloth with elastic on a round table (1 Viewer)

[Irish]

Good stuff, thanks! I have a folding table that I use for the very occasional time we need a third table, I have one of those big mousepads things but would like to do something like this over it.

 

[DoubleEagle]

Here's a pic of our speedcloth pulled tight with a drawstring. No wrinkles. We top it with a rail, because rails are good, but this is a pic without the rail.

Any bunching takes place under the table, out of sight, and pulled tight is well above the player's knees/legs.

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Are those Robur legs?

 

[Poker Zombie]

Are those Robur legs?

Ikea.

Found a couple cheap tables on Craigslist. $25 for 8 legs, and the table tops were converted into shelves in the shed.

 

[DoubleEagle]

Ikea.

Found a couple cheap tables on Craigslist. $25 for 8 legs, and the table tops were converted into shelves in the shed.

They looked a little like the Robur legs a lot of us used to use many years ago. They aren't available anymore. @Irish will probably remember them.

 

[Irish]

They looked a little like the Robur legs a lot of us used to use many years ago. They aren't available anymore. @Irish will probably remember them.

Yup

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• Irish
• Jan 6, 2019

 

[Poker Zombie]

I used Robur on my second table build.

While these aren't as good (they're smaller diameter, a lighter-weight metal leg and connector plate) they are easily "good enough" for 1/6 the price.

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Requires a channel/pocket/sleeve for the drawstring to be sewn in all the way around the outside.

It also requires installing a few grommets so the cord can have spots outside of the channel without friction wearing our the opening. Nothing like a sewing item that requires a hammer to install!

Overall, it didn't take overly long to create, just smooth, consistent feeding of the fabric through the sewing machine. I actually used the serger first to make a better edge to fold and sew.

 

[waddadonk]

It also requires installing a few grommets so the cord can have spots outside of the channel without friction wearing our the opening. Nothing like a sewing item that requires a hammer to install!

Overall, it didn't take overly long to create, just smooth, consistent feeding of the fabric through the sewing machine. I actually used the serger first to make a better edge to fold and sew.

This is beginning to sound like much more work than I should put into for a rare poker game! Just looked up what a grommet is and see that it requires like three specialized tools (

).

Maybe I'll just lay down the padding on the table, then speed cloth over it ... how annoying would adjusting that that end up being for a few hours of a home game every few months?

 

[T_Chan]

You can use large binder clips to hold the fabric in place if grommets are too much of a hassle.

 

[waddadonk]

You can use large binder clips to hold the fabric in place if grommets are too much of a hassle.

I like your thinking. Also I think I just watched a video of you putting cloth on a poker table. It was very relaxing.

 

[DoubleEagle]

This is beginning to sound like much more work than I should put into for a rare poker game! Just looked up what a grommet is and see that it requires like three specialized tools (

).

Maybe I'll just lay down the padding on the table, then speed cloth over it ... how annoying would adjusting that that end up being for a few hours of a home game every few months?

We didn’t use grommets and it worked well.

 

[Poker Zombie]

All the tools needed are like $12, unless you also need a hammer.

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

This is beginning to sound like much more work than I should put into for a rare poker game! Just looked up what a grommet is and see that it requires like three specialized tools (

).

Maybe I'll just lay down the padding on the table, then speed cloth over it ... how annoying would adjusting that that end up being for a few hours of a home game every few months?

When you buy grommets, they come with the special tools.

All I can say is that in a game where we had the cloth just spread, it kept shifting towards one end of the table.... the guy winning the chips. We kept having to pull it back. I concur with T_Chan - clips is where it is at then.

 

[waddadonk]

Thanks for all the info Zombie family!