Outdoor picnic table for kids

[siliconbauhaus]

very nice work mate....might have to build one myself as soon as I finish the sandbox.

[docrowan]

Would sure be happy to learn of any other way to cut this straight.

+1 on what Gil (gaj1967) said. I recently had three similar cuts on a 12' 2X4. I used an edge guide and my circular saw to make most of the straight cut. I wanted my corner cuts to be rounded. I used a jig saw to make the curve which didn't turn out as well as I wanted, but, hey, it's a workbench. To make a square cut on 3/4" plywood the jig saw should do fine to finish it out.

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[big tim]

Very nice and as mentioned before, love the colour scheme !

Tim

[Ed62]

Nice job! One great thing about it is the ability to break it down for storage. Looks like the kids will have a good place for a picnic.

Ed

[LCHIEN]

I agree, the plan is a bit cryptic.

The one place I had difficulty was in cutting the seat supports in a straight line. It is shaped like an extended 'u' (see pic), where the portions that are not cut at the ends serve as notches to hold the seats. (Check the green supports below the yellow seats in my original pics).

I have become very dependent on my TS for straight cuts (and sometimes the CS), but this was not a thru cut, so was limited in my options.

I used a jigsaw, and of course as can be expected, did not do a good job with the straight line; needed because the seat wholly sits on this portion and any unevenness makes it wobble.

I thought briefly of using the router table to trim the rough cut with the help of a straighline edge of some sorts, but was not set up to do so (read - messy work area), and got too lazy. Instead I sanded it to as close as possible. Frankly, I am not happy and would recommend not to cut corners. (And I need to clean up...).

Would sure be happy to learn of any other way to cut this straight.

The way I did a couple of those recently is to
drill some big forstner sized holes ~1" to 2" in the inside corners so the holes were tangential to the two inside sides.
Then slip it into the bandsaw with the long side resting aainst the fence and a 1/4" blade nestled into the hole side agianst the long inside straight.
run the bandsaw cutting the inside straight until you get to the center of the other hole.

Use the bandsaw to clean up/square out the two radii corners.

if the notch depth is wider than the hole, you can use the bandsaw to cut to the center of the hole than do as i laid out.

[Cody.h]

Thats a cool project....I never woulda thought of 3 colors...I bet the kids must love it!!!