Another outdoor Table

**Scally** · 3rd December 2007, 10:50 PM

After I finished the table to go next to the pool chairs, I took the poor little pine table to the shed.

It had endured a tough time and looked it. A bit like its owner.

Then I find it back outside next to the new one.

Apparently we need another table.

I had some ironbark boards that I rejected from the dining chair project. So I cut a them to equal width.
Staggered the ends.
Made a set of legs to fit into the spaces.
For no good reason I decided to run a dowel through the leg/top join.

It is very hard to glue it all up at once and force dowels through the joins. I wont do that again.

A centre brace supports the legs and keeps it square.

Three coats of outdoor poly.

Another outdoor coffee table.

**ss_11000** · 4th December 2007, 12:05 AM

Nice table Scally. i like the legs - great design

**munruben** · 4th December 2007, 08:29 AM

Very smart, I like the effect of the top and the leg joint. I'm gonna pinch that idea and file it away for future reference.

**Peter36** · 4th December 2007, 10:14 PM

Nice table Scally .It would have been a challenge to drive the dowell through . what sort of glue ? With a reasonably fitting dowell, any sort of PVA would have grabbed fairly soon

Livos finish?

Peter

**Willard** · 5th December 2007, 08:43 AM

Scally,

The table looks great. The timber looks great, and as others have said, I really like the design of the legs.

Regards,
Will

**Scally** · 5th December 2007, 08:46 AM

Thanks fellas.

I thought it was a good design too.

As you can see the legs on the right fit snugly into the top.

Some goose fitted the ones on the left inside out. Hence the big gap.
All that careful measurement and drilling to get everything lined up went to waste.

In hindsight I could have glued the top and legs up seperately. Then fitted the three parts together. My concern was that I wouldn't be able to fit the legs into the top and line up the dowel hole.
I used Titebond III and it was still a bit hectic trying to get everything glued before the glue started to grip.

Tomorow I hope to pick up some more Livos but I wouldn't use it on outdoor furniture.
This was Feast and Watson's outdoor poly. I can't remember the name but it creates a thick finish. The sun will give it a good test.

The design it worth experimenting with.
I think it would be more stable if the legs started at the edge of the table.

I hope you enjoy playing with the idea.

**Wongo** · 5th December 2007, 09:06 AM

It does look very sexy. Did you run the dowel all the way across the top? It must be hard to drill hole accurately. How did you do it?

**Scally** · 6th December 2007, 06:53 AM

The dowel does run all the way across the top, Scott.

I knew it was a silly idea but did it anyway.

I carefully measured the location of the holes for the top and the legs.

Then I made a jig for the benchdrill to hold the boards upright with the right offset from the end and the face.

This meant that I had to glue the parts together accurately.
This was part of the reason for doing the whole glueup at the same time. I could use the dowels to pull everything into line.

A smart idea would have been to drill larger holes in the internal boards.

I did cheat a bit by cutting the dowels in half and driving from the edge to the centre. I doubt if I could drive them the full depth with neat holes.

**echnidna** · 6th December 2007, 08:22 AM

It mighta been easier to cut verttical dovetails

**artme** · 9th December 2007, 08:32 PM

OOOOH! Nice.

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