Leaving the Nest - Egg Table Construction Part 2

Construction of a new table for my Large Big Green Egg is underway.  As I stated in a previous post, most of the materials for this project come from the things my two compatriots and I had lying around.

• I had 2x4 lumber left over from framing my basement
• My neighbor Davidoff had casters from a long forgotten and never attempted project
• Davidoff also had a landscaping paver that we will inset on the lower shelf to hold the egg.
• Zino, my other neighbor, had an entire box of ceramic tile that we'll inset as a work surface on the top shelf
• The 1x4's used in the framing are also scrap pieces that I had lying around.
• We'll purchase the decking for the shelves and a 1" dowel that we plan to use as a handle on one end.
• We have a couple of tricks in mind that'll be really cool and set my table apart from the crowd and those may require an additional purchase.

Zino has quite an extensive shop in his basement with at least one of every kind of tool we'll need for this project.  So that's our work location.  Here are a couple of shots of the early construction.

Right & Left Ends Framed

Completed Frame

Dowel for a handle at one end

I'll update the construction as we go.  As I said, stay tuned for a couple of really neat features that we plan to incorporate into the design.

Cheers,
Braddog

Comments

[Chris]

We tiled the top of our table last year and it looked great all summer but winter has killed it. Despite being covered, the tiles seemed to have expanded and maybe shrunk back, leaving gaps in the grout. I am going to redo it this spring but will try another approach.

You table is coming along nicely!

[braddog]

Chris;
I have a box of 18" square ceramic tiles. I'm thinking that I'll just inlay one of them as a work surface or place to sit something hot.

Thanks for the note.

Cheers,
Braddog