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Thread: Replacing legs on garden setting
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15th December 2002, 10:00 PM #1
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Replacing legs on garden setting
I need to replace the legs on an outdoor table and benches, the legs of which form an "X". Original redwood abt 20 years old and painted many times over the years.
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1) Do I need a pocket hole jig to attach the tops of the new legs to the underside of the table / benches? or just cut out a "V" notch with a 1/4 inch chisel and drill up through this?
2) Guess the setting will go to heaven one day (or to elder son), is it worth getting redwood or would treated pine be ok? - taken that it will be painted so original colour not a problem.
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16th December 2002, 10:06 AM #2
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Of course, it's difficult to answer this type of question without seeing the table. But if it were mine, I would go for the simplest form of fix.
Is it feasible to simply lag bolt two runners along the bottom of the table, then through bolt the tops of the cross-legs to this runner? The runner should be stopped in from the edges a minimum of 100mm, and perhaps be tapered or beveled to minimise the possibility of banging ones knees?
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