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Patio Table

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Patio Table

Postby DaveL » 15 Nov 2017, 19:22

I bought a new parasol, the base for it was not very stable so a patio table with a hole for the parasol to stand in. I looked at lots of different ones online, the one I found on the B and Q site:
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I did look at buying one but the details just said it was made of wood, not any sort of wood, just wood. So I set about drawing out some plans to make on that was similar, and made from Iroko.
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I did have a session with DaveR on using Sketchup, some time ago, I have the downloads that Dave did for Fine woodworking. I failed to draw all of the details and that did bite me on a couple of things.
I visited Thorogoods and bought a selection of sawn Iroko. I spent some time sawing and planing this into boards for the table. I made the leg frames with mortise and tenon joints, I decided to peg the joints so made some dowels using the off cuts cut from the leg frame.
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I them fitted the leg frames together and made a mistake with the hinge placement:
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When I got the top wings made they would not of folded down flat against the centre frame, the hinge barrels stopped that happening.
I made the edge frames for the top wings and decided that I would not cut all of the slats for the top down to narrow widths, here #i am glueing the slats into the frame for one side.
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With the top on the bench I fitted the leg frame on and made some little ramps for the legs to lock into when in the open position.
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Re: Patio Table

Postby DaveL » 15 Nov 2017, 19:31

The table has been given a coat of Teak garden furniture oil.
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And here is the table folded down.
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That is Skye, our new samoyed, he oversaw the whole build with an interested eye.

This was made in August but I have been a bit busy so its a late posting, sorry.
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Re: Patio Table

Postby Doug » 15 Nov 2017, 20:20

Looks very good Dave :eusa-clap:

Those Veritas dowel cutters are very handy, I’ve just cut quite a few metres of dowel with one
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Re: Patio Table

Postby Andyp » 15 Nov 2017, 20:27

Lovely table Dave, having it fold like that so you can tuck it away in the winter is a terrific idea.

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Re: Patio Table

Postby Malc2098 » 15 Nov 2017, 21:05

Proper job!
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Re: Patio Table

Postby Rod » 16 Nov 2017, 00:25

Nice

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Re: Patio Table

Postby RogerM » 16 Nov 2017, 20:34

I like that. Very neat, and I suspect rather more work than the write up implies. Hope we get some good weather next summer to thoroughly test it out. :obscene-drinkingbuddies:
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Re: Patio Table

Postby timothyedoran » 16 Nov 2017, 22:59

Very nice. In fact far nicer than anything from b&q

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Re: Patio Table

Postby TrimTheKing » 17 Nov 2017, 13:53

Very nice work indeed mate . :eusa-clap:

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Re: Patio Table

Postby Jimmy Mack » 17 Nov 2017, 21:54

Nice job... Love the dog

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Re: Patio Table

Postby Phil » 18 Nov 2017, 06:52

Nice looking table Dave and the work that has gone into it :eusa-clap:

Looks far too good for outdoors.
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