First off, a little refresher...

Last October, at a yardsale here in Las Vegas, I acquired an older, Caesars Palace Black Jack table, complete with a felt layout. I do mean "felt" as the layout really is a felt product!

I decided to freshen up the table and make into a desk for my office/cave. As a blackjack table sits up a bit higher than a regular desk, rather than cut down the legs, I decided to go with a higher chair, for which I happened to already have a modern slot machine stool/chair, which sits up much higher than a regular chair.

My initial efforts we to remove the felt, then the underlying moisture barrier (a white foam sheet) and complete dis-assembly of the legs, chip tray cover storage tray, money slot and then sand down the table top (top and bottom) which is fraught with splinters!!

Then it was tucked away at a friends house (with tools) and today, we re-started the project. Part of the delay was a function of what to do with the edge of the table? Rather than adding a stuffed, padded bumper around the edge, I decided to acquire a length of "T" edging (a vinyl band) and edge the table so that the table top was completely flush and level. (Later I will get a sheet of plexi glass or actual glass and when it is is place, it won't sit above the felt surface because of a padded bumper.

So, today, we made a special saw fence and sawed a groove around the edge of the table top. We then stapled a sheet of modern felt to the top (as extra padding that would otherwise be there as the moisture barrier) and covered that with the now laundered Caesars Palace felt. It had shrunk a bit, but we were able to stretch back onto the table and stapled that in place.

We then ran the "T" molding around the table and I think it turned out pretty good.

My next step is to make room in my office/cave and move it in and completely assemble the legs. So when I do that, I will add a final update. Here are pictures from today's activities. (My thanks to Paul and Joannie (and Pam) for making this happen!)

The final picture shows the black, vinyl "T" mold edging. The table is sitting on sawhorse legs.

Thanks for looking!!

Jim