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Really happy with this one, even if it's only because now I can actually use the awesome grill that it houses!
Entire table is made from 4/4 cypress from a local sawmill milled down to 3/4" thick. The legs are one piece that goes top to bottom, then below the lower shelf are 2 pieces glued up to form a solid support for the lower shelf. That also created the perfect size base to install the caster wheels on the bottom.
The lower shelf front and back pieces are 2 wide boards glued up, with 1" deep mortises cut for each of the 9 shelf supports. It might be overkill, but that grill is 250 pounds, so I wasn't going to take any chances!
I installed magnets underneath the bottle opener as a hidden way to catch bottle caps.
The top frame is just held together with pocket screws (I'd use dowels if I were building another one), and has a recess rabbetted in to hold the cheap kitchen floor tiles in the wings.
Finished with a mix of equal parts BLO, mineral spirits, and spar urethane.
You'll notice the wooden slats from the Sketchup plans are missing - I decided against adding those, since the rear (shorter) ones serve no purpose and aren't accessible anyway. The two on either side of the grill just made it look too crowded, so I left them off. The only drawback is that now the tops of the legs are visible, but I can live with that.
Not that anybody is still reading after all that rambling on - but thanks for looking!
EDIT - Just realized I should probably mention that those are fireplace tiles that the grill is sitting on, and not standard floor tiles like the wings of the table. Those grills get hot!
-Ian
Entire table is made from 4/4 cypress from a local sawmill milled down to 3/4" thick. The legs are one piece that goes top to bottom, then below the lower shelf are 2 pieces glued up to form a solid support for the lower shelf. That also created the perfect size base to install the caster wheels on the bottom.
The lower shelf front and back pieces are 2 wide boards glued up, with 1" deep mortises cut for each of the 9 shelf supports. It might be overkill, but that grill is 250 pounds, so I wasn't going to take any chances!
I installed magnets underneath the bottle opener as a hidden way to catch bottle caps.
The top frame is just held together with pocket screws (I'd use dowels if I were building another one), and has a recess rabbetted in to hold the cheap kitchen floor tiles in the wings.
Finished with a mix of equal parts BLO, mineral spirits, and spar urethane.
You'll notice the wooden slats from the Sketchup plans are missing - I decided against adding those, since the rear (shorter) ones serve no purpose and aren't accessible anyway. The two on either side of the grill just made it look too crowded, so I left them off. The only drawback is that now the tops of the legs are visible, but I can live with that.
Not that anybody is still reading after all that rambling on - but thanks for looking!
EDIT - Just realized I should probably mention that those are fireplace tiles that the grill is sitting on, and not standard floor tiles like the wings of the table. Those grills get hot!
-Ian
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