LOML picked up a few project books over the winter, and as i browsed through a folding grill table caught my eye. Last week she asked if i could build a table that was a better height than the one on the deck and since i had some cedar on hand that i was going to make some window boxes out of...i set to it.
Plans were for 42 x 19 top with 28" legs, but that would have left it the same height as what she had. I redrew with a 48 x 24 top so the legs coud be longer and finished about 1" lower than our kitchen counter top.
Instead of screwing down through the cedar to attach the top, i added cleats to the inside of the top skirt (right term?? Wrong term??) so i could put the screws in from the underside. Three coats os teak oil on it and i'll follow with a hand rub and maybe a coat of wax.
Was the first time i radiused for folding legs (Pillsbury frosting container is 3 1/2" diameter--perfect!! Progresso soup was only 3 1/8". Someday i'll buy a compass...) Worst thing of the project is that the deck is 15+ years old--the table needs to weather quickly or she'll put a new deck on the list!!!
earl
Plans were for 42 x 19 top with 28" legs, but that would have left it the same height as what she had. I redrew with a 48 x 24 top so the legs coud be longer and finished about 1" lower than our kitchen counter top.
Instead of screwing down through the cedar to attach the top, i added cleats to the inside of the top skirt (right term?? Wrong term??) so i could put the screws in from the underside. Three coats os teak oil on it and i'll follow with a hand rub and maybe a coat of wax.
Was the first time i radiused for folding legs (Pillsbury frosting container is 3 1/2" diameter--perfect!! Progresso soup was only 3 1/8". Someday i'll buy a compass...) Worst thing of the project is that the deck is 15+ years old--the table needs to weather quickly or she'll put a new deck on the list!!!
earl
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