I pulled this over from an old post that I had on the other site, hope thats okay. I thought maybe someone might be interested in this type of build. I don't really have a full table build to put here. Chanman built my table, and it has been amazing.
I wanted to share with you this cart that I built for a Shuffle Tech Shuffler. After a lot of thought I bought an ST-1000 Shuffle-tech shuffler for our home game. IT is a great shuffler but it can be kind of loud. Also since I had a pre-fab table I didn't think that it would stand me cutting a hole in it for a flush mounting bracket. I Recently ordered a custom table but there were several reasons I did not want to put the mount in the new table either.
First I ordered a flush mount off of eBay for around $100.
This summer we had done a kitchen remodel ourselves and one of the cabinets did not quite fit so we ended up with an extra and I figured we might as well use it for something. The cabinet is called an Akurum and it is about 12" x 24" x 30" (W x D x H). The cabinet and the drawers were about $75. But honestly had I known I was going to do this and I didnt already have the extra cabinet I would have just went to the AS-IS section and picked up one for half price.
However in the As-Is section I picked up a scrap piece of a table top and a drawer front that was discontinued for less than $5. I also picked up a set of casters called Rill for about $10 from Ikea.
After some slight modifications and cutting we had a finished cart.
Here is the overview Pic:
Here it is with the pull out:
Final cart with the chip racks in place - they were slightly too long to fit lengthwise so I used some leftover styrofoam to create a little cushion for them to sit on. Then they fit perfect.
The chips are Par-a-dice chips from Jim at the chip room. There is plenty of space to hold our poker essentials and the cart does seem to muffle most of the noise. I also thought about lining the inside around the shuffler with a little noise dampening material to make it silent, but its pretty unobtrusive now. Also as it is the shuffler cord is coming out of the back of the cart, but I may mount a surge suppressor somewhere on the outside or maybe cut in the side and flush mount some usb ports to charge iPhones and such while the main power goes to the shuffler.
Cost:
Shuffler - I got this in a trade so it didn't really cost me anything
Flush mount kit - $100
Ikea Cabinet - $75
Wheels/Casters - $10
Ikea As-is stuff - $5
Not cutting my hands trying to make the plunge cuts - priceless
Total = $200
So I saved myself about 1/2 of the pre-made cart cost. And I like my storage space better.
Also I considered cutting metal to make the flush mount myself because there is a template available with the dimensions for the cutout - I wouldn't recommend it unless you are somewhat experienced with cutting metal. I shelled out the money for it instead. This would have cut down the cost dramatically.
Well hope you guys like it, I will update when I make any changes, as well as making updates to the folding table chanman is building for me.
I wanted to share with you this cart that I built for a Shuffle Tech Shuffler. After a lot of thought I bought an ST-1000 Shuffle-tech shuffler for our home game. IT is a great shuffler but it can be kind of loud. Also since I had a pre-fab table I didn't think that it would stand me cutting a hole in it for a flush mounting bracket. I Recently ordered a custom table but there were several reasons I did not want to put the mount in the new table either.
- I didn't want to mar the custom graphic that we had decided upon.
- I wanted the table to be easy to fold up and move so adding a drop box or a shuffler would just be one more item I would have to keep putting on or taking off every time we wanted the table out.
- We are going try and use the table for other games too so the shuffler wouldn't always be needed
First I ordered a flush mount off of eBay for around $100.
This summer we had done a kitchen remodel ourselves and one of the cabinets did not quite fit so we ended up with an extra and I figured we might as well use it for something. The cabinet is called an Akurum and it is about 12" x 24" x 30" (W x D x H). The cabinet and the drawers were about $75. But honestly had I known I was going to do this and I didnt already have the extra cabinet I would have just went to the AS-IS section and picked up one for half price.
However in the As-Is section I picked up a scrap piece of a table top and a drawer front that was discontinued for less than $5. I also picked up a set of casters called Rill for about $10 from Ikea.
After some slight modifications and cutting we had a finished cart.
Here is the overview Pic:
Here it is with the pull out:
Final cart with the chip racks in place - they were slightly too long to fit lengthwise so I used some leftover styrofoam to create a little cushion for them to sit on. Then they fit perfect.
The chips are Par-a-dice chips from Jim at the chip room. There is plenty of space to hold our poker essentials and the cart does seem to muffle most of the noise. I also thought about lining the inside around the shuffler with a little noise dampening material to make it silent, but its pretty unobtrusive now. Also as it is the shuffler cord is coming out of the back of the cart, but I may mount a surge suppressor somewhere on the outside or maybe cut in the side and flush mount some usb ports to charge iPhones and such while the main power goes to the shuffler.
Cost:
Shuffler - I got this in a trade so it didn't really cost me anything
Flush mount kit - $100
Ikea Cabinet - $75
Wheels/Casters - $10
Ikea As-is stuff - $5
Not cutting my hands trying to make the plunge cuts - priceless
Total = $200
So I saved myself about 1/2 of the pre-made cart cost. And I like my storage space better.
Also I considered cutting metal to make the flush mount myself because there is a template available with the dimensions for the cutout - I wouldn't recommend it unless you are somewhat experienced with cutting metal. I shelled out the money for it instead. This would have cut down the cost dramatically.
Well hope you guys like it, I will update when I make any changes, as well as making updates to the folding table chanman is building for me.