JayWC Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I've been asked to post photos of an on-going project. My design is a 30" x 96" table with 4 benches. It should easily seat 8 people. I am attaching a PDF of my AutoCAD drawing I am working from and some progress pics. You might be able to see, I'm making the legs fold on the table for ease of storage. I'm not worried about the benches folding because they'll be easy to stack. All the hardware is stainless steel and I'm putting the first coat of stain/sealer/uv inhibitor on the parts before assembly to ensure that hidden end grain will be protected. Now...to get it finished! LOL. My favorite shot is of the bench legs with round-overs done, holes drilled and half laps cut. It's cool to me because you can see how proper machining (and I'm not blowing my own horn here, this is a shout out to backer boards/stops/etc.) can produce crisp matching precision parts. I'll post more pics as I go.Picnic Table Model (1).pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWC Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 More parts on the cutting platform being stained/sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoering Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Those sure are looking purty! That pic with all the matching parts does look cool :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWC Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Next stages...little benches done. Big benches shouldn't take long now that the legs are all cut and stained... Again, I know it's not fine woodworking, but it falls in the genre of woodworking so I posted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWC Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Along with spending time cleaning and tuning the table saw this weekend, I prep'd the boards for the top of the picnic table and spreaders (spreaders not shown). I took the time to joint the board edges flat and rip them parallel so the final table has nice consistent 1/4" gaps between the boards down the whole length. Here the boards are all pushed together to see how tight and straight the edges are. After this I routed round overs on the edges. Legs are next. Should be using it this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj2494 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 leg on the bench a little blotchy i got the same result when i used thompsons water seal on my deck if you can finish them in the shade or anywhere out of the sun it will try slower and not do this as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWC Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 leg on the bench a little blotchy i got the same result when i used thompsons water seal on my deck if you can finish them in the shade or anywhere out of the sun it will try slower and not do this as much yeah...the missus was doing the staining...she was a bit heavy handed in some places and didn't wipe out the stain evenly. as you can see from one of the other pics, the pieces were all stained in my shop. no sun effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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