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chimera:
Timber base re-purposed from another table I had where the top had basically fallen to bits
I'm really terribly sorry, you forgot to install the eight USB charging sockets. 😉
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Nice job. Back in the good books for Christmas.
Now all you need is an octagonal lazy susan.
k1w1k1d:
Now all you need is an octagonal lazy susan.
Is that sort of shape-shaming, work-shaming, sexist talk OK here on GZ?
How about: a less-than-circular, diligence-challenged person who 'gets around' to share their favours.
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
Sometimes you really need a +2 for posts...
Slowly progressing a table made out of some 60+yo heart Rimu that I found in the basement of our house after we bought it:
My deepest apologies to Susan for inferring that she was not doing her fair share of domestic duties.
Perhaps I should have said an octagonal revolving platter?
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I've just finished my jewelry boxes.
Really beautiful. What a work of art the recipients will have for posterity.
Legs are on the table and second coat of oil just on.
With the crossed legs it is very stable and stiff across but wobbles a little but of pushed along it's long axis so could use a couple of diagonal braces underneath. The simplest would be some 520mm steel braces with 45 degree tabs that would run from the centre of the x to the underside of the table. Can't find such a thing in pre-fabricated form - is there such a thing?
Otherwise I could cut and bend and paint black something from this:
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/lumberlok-angle-brace-3m-zinc-galvanised/p/279647
It claims to be suitable for tension and compression bracing.
I have plenty if left over timber but just a pain of a job to measure, cut and install with a nice finish.
Any better suggestions?
johno1234:Legs are on the table and second coat of oil just on.
With the crossed legs it is very stable and stiff across but wobbles a little but of pushed along it's long axis so could use a couple of diagonal braces underneath. The simplest would be some 520mm steel braces with 45 degree tabs that would run from the centre of the x to the underside of the table. Can't find such a thing in pre-fabricated form - is there such a thing?
Otherwise I could cut and bend and paint black something from this:
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/lumberlok-angle-brace-3m-zinc-galvanised/p/279647
It claims to be suitable for tension and compression bracing.
I have plenty if left over timber but just a pain of a job to measure, cut and install with a nice finish.
Any better suggestions?
johno1234:
I have plenty if left over timber but just a pain of a job to measure, cut and install with a nice finish.
Any better suggestions?
You’ve put all that time and skill into it so far and done a beautiful job. Now you want to cheap-out on the final part with galv bracing? Please don’t do that - brace it properly with matching timber and you’ll be proud of it.
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
eracode:
johno1234:
I have plenty if left over timber but just a pain of a job to measure, cut and install with a nice finish.
Any better suggestions?
You’ve put all that time and skill into it so far and done a beautiful job. Now you want to cheap-out on the final part with galv bracing? Please don’t do that - brace it properly with matching timber and you’ll be proud of it.
I'm not sure anyone's ever going to see the strut underneath... if it looks bad I can remove it and do redo with some leftover rimu.
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