You could say I've been busy (1 Viewer)

[T_Chan]

That's not a blemish on the cloth. The customer hid his initials into the felt in the corner.

Feet wrapped up to protect them from my concrete floor. Seahawks green trim.

A few tables for a local club.

My first rail with seams.

Custom fabricated foot rail.

There's a poker table under there, I'll give someone else the opportunity to post pics before I reveal what's underneath

 

[courage]

Amazing work! Love that yin/yang black/white table.

 

[Toby]

Lovely tables! Shame they didn't go round for the yin and yang table - that would look even better!

Love the green trim - really pops.

 

[stocky]

Wow some great tables.

 

[CdnBeerLover]

Very nice job. Especially like the Yin/Yang table.

 

[Ghoti]

Beautiful tables. I want one!

 

[T_Chan]

Forgot about this one which has a solid maple topper. The edges weren't finished yet in these photos.

Better photos from my customer

 

[pokerplayingpisces]

Great tables! That Ying/Yang table is the nuts!

 

[Mr Tree]

Yeah the Yin Yang table is a work of art

 

[xxmurrxx]

Nice builds! I like the green trim one.

 

[T_Chan]

Thanks everyone. The yin yang table belongs to a forum member here so keep an eye out for it if he decides to post it.

 

[Irish]

Nice work Tony, good to see that you're busy.

 

[pltrgyst]

Yeah the Yin Yang table is a work of art

Yeah, love looking at it -- but I'd hate to play on it. Sorry.

 

[Trihonda]

There's a poker table under there, I'll give someone else the opportunity to post pics before I reveal what's underneath

Oh boy!!! can't wait to see it in person. However, I think the stain color is a bit off... lol, only kidding!

You could post pics of the drink carts...

 

[brains613]

Dammit, Chanman! I'm in the midst of a build, already feeling inadequate... Why did I look at this thread?

Seriously, though, you do amazing work.

 

[slisk250]

Wow Tony! How can I not have one of these shipped to Denver next summer?

 

[Mental Nomad]

My first rail with seams.
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How do the Chinese characters translate?

 

[moose]

The Ying Yang table is just beautiful but IDK about playing on it.

 

[Trihonda]

The Ying Yang table is just beautiful but IDK about playing on it.

Ya, this... ^^^


MJ might say "it don't matter if it's black or white".. but I think we need to chose?

 

[T_Chan]

You could post pics of the drink carts...

The drink carts were never assembled at my shop so I can't post pics. The only pics I have are in pieces

How do the Chinese characters translate?

It's the last name of him and his wife. Despite my last name, I can't read chinese.

Though the yin yang table is a bit busy for the cloth, because it's only black and white I think it would be no problem to play on. Cloths with too many colorful graphics is what usually throws people.

Here's a better view of the cloth but a bit fuzzy from my cell phone camera

 

[Zippity]

I wanted to wait until I had the opportunity to host a proper game before I revealed the poker table to the pokerchipforum community. Mostly because I haven't (yet) had the ability to host a game on it, which is sad, considering I've had it now for well over a month. I blame my newborn son on this, but with Tony releasing the pic, I'll go ahead and release some other teaser pics as well.

Just so every one knows, I picked the yin yang theme specifically with a bonsai tree to mimic the Matsui Zen chip set that I so painstakingly acquired. The symbol that looks like a window is the chinese character for field (Tian phonetically speaking). The other is Jin which represents treasure. Together we're the precious field, which, ironically, seems appropriate for a poker table.

Here are some pics with the Matsui Zen set. There's no way a camera can do this justice...

 

[Trihonda]

Gorgeous table and chips! Well done sir

 

[atomiktoaster]

Wow @Zippity! Who did the bonsai drawing? The two seasons, the placement of the yin yang circles as sun/moon, just brilliant. I'd love to see it as a ceramic bounty chip, too.

 

[pokerplayingpisces]

@Zippity, Congrats on the table with those chips! Nice setup!

 

[Mental Nomad]

It's the last name of him and his wife. Despite my last name, I can't read chinese.

That's the answer I was looking for, though. Thanks.

 

[Mental Nomad]

... with Tony releasing the pic, I'll go ahead and release some other teaser pics as well.

Fabulous!

May you and your fortunate friends have hours of fun with it!

 

[Mr Tree]

That table is fantastic. Really original and gorgeously done

 

[Wils]

Truly beautiful tables.

 

[Big Jilm]

yin yang table is sick, great design...I want a real table SOOOOOOOOO bad!

 

[Zippity]

Thanks everyone. I posted that at like 1 AM and I realized I left out one very important detail...

Tony Chan is the man. It sounds poetically corny, but he is one serious poker table builder. Half the designs you see (specifically the betting line, the character placement, the half white/half black rail) came from him. He was equally enthusiastic about the detail as I was, and he is an absolute perfectionist. He scrapped a table topper because of some cloudiness and was willing to use a different approach to rebuild the topper.

You can NOT get better customer service. Working with Tony is like working with a partner in making your dreams come true. He is super communicative and made the table exactly the way I wanted it, even though I waffled about a half billion times.

Anyone who is seriously considering getting a custom poker table, should seriously ONLY consider Chanman poker tables. There is no way you'll leave disappointed.