How to Install the Chip Tray Into a Poker Table

A basic poker table has felt -- usually green -- on top of the wooden surface, with a padded rail around the edge of the table. Whether you have purchased your poker table or built it from scratch, you can improve the table by installing chip trays for the players and dealer.

Instructions

1

Turn the chip tray upside-down and measure the perimeter of the chip pockets. Don't measure around the lip of the tray because that holds the tray on the table.

2

Mark the location on the table where the chip tray is being installed. Draw a rectangular box with chalk that matches the dimensions that you measured.

3

Cut the felt along the chalk lines with a utility knife, and remove the felt.

4

Drill a hole in the bare wood along one of the edges of the area where the felt was removed with a 1/2-inch drill bit.

5

Cut through the wood along the edge of the felt with a jigsaw or router, using the hole as a starting point.

6

Drop the chip tray into the hole.