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small outdoor tables - screws? dowels & glue?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
i've had some treated deckboards sitting in the garage for months, so i decided to rip them up and put together a couple small simple end tables for the deck.

i know there's a simple answer but it evades me :)
should i use coated screws for the joints? glue & dowels?

the sun on the deck is brutal nearly all day, and even though they've been drying in the garage for nearly a year, i know they're still going to warp out there…
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#3 ·
actually, i bought 5/4 deck boards when i should have bought 2×6s for the pier :/

i used stainless steel screws to install the new boards on the pier…but i wouldnt spend that kind of money for just these little tables…so…i guess ceramic coated screws it is - those i have by the hundreds lol
 
#6 ·
i'd prob just put some buttons under the feet and let them weather. finished the base for the first little table with blue kreg screws and my good wood glue…cut the boards for the top and mulling how to attach them.

i'm think just deck screws thru the face? i dont really care a lot about these, they'll last until i get tired of looking at them :)
 
#7 · (Edited by Moderator)
I would use the Kreg pocket hole screw system to hold it together. The screws won't be visible…in most uses and if desired you can plug the recess holes. The jigs start as low as $30.

Better would be mortise and tenon construction for the stretchers and aprons to the legs and screw pocked holes on the underside to hold the top boards on..
 
#9 ·
Deck screws from the big box should work fine. I threw together a coffee table out of treated a couple years ago. Just galvanized nails from a Senco with the intension of going back with screws. Still haven't done it and it's holding up great…
 
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