pix of that big wooden table I scrounged off the curb down the road a spell. I liked the ends upright brace. bit Nordic, imo. plenty of rotten wood!! and a fare share in the top boards, too. two of them. it even came with the correct sized wood to make the 1-bys support pieces. the others stuff is std 2x4, so will use treated. repairs to uprights to regain original shape is just a simple woodworking project. make pattern, cut to size, drill up for some large dowels and glue it up. thickness matches std 1 1/2" wood. was going to cut the 2 tops up and make one with the good wood. but now I know the size, think I can trim off the bad wood and wrap the two boards in good wood. and save both. well, that is the plan.
the table is all apart now. close to a pita taking it apart. too many wood screws! some more than a pain to try to undo. I don't envy the assembler! some of the rotten wood gave way so that helped. std Philips work, vise grips on a couple. some of the brads appear to be 16 or 15 guage. and shot with an air gun. 3"! must have been quite the nailer!! took me about 2 1/2 hours to disassemble. I do like the old table. will be fun to bring it back to life. it was headed to the dump! pure trash at best! it will be outdoors, but under roof.
one good bump in the road to be fully falling apart! ~
the table is all apart now. close to a pita taking it apart. too many wood screws! some more than a pain to try to undo. I don't envy the assembler! some of the rotten wood gave way so that helped. std Philips work, vise grips on a couple. some of the brads appear to be 16 or 15 guage. and shot with an air gun. 3"! must have been quite the nailer!! took me about 2 1/2 hours to disassemble. I do like the old table. will be fun to bring it back to life. it was headed to the dump! pure trash at best! it will be outdoors, but under roof.
one good bump in the road to be fully falling apart! ~