Put an LCD in your Poker Table

Step 8 Add LCD shelf and adjustment system

Next, we cut out a piece of MDF the same height as the LCD opening, and about 3 inches wider. We thought this would allow the most access to the LCD from beneath, once it's in place.

After we had the shelf, we aligned it over the opening and roughly centered it, then drilled holes near the four corners through both the shelf and table at the same time. This way, the holes will line up correctly later on without much fuss.

The diameter of the holes needs to be big enough to allow the bolts to slide through without too much trouble, so the shelf will move up and down properly, but not so big that the head of the bolt will pass through the table.

Also, since we didn't want four little bumps in the felt after we were done, we countersunk the heads of the bolts into the table.

Next, with a washer and nut, we tightened the bolts down to their permanent position. Using a nut and washer on the other side before the shelf is mounted will make sure the bolts never try to come back out and through the surface once the table's finished.

Then after they were tight, we filled the holes back up with a little putty to level out the surface before we applied the table foam.