New member, New Egg, New Table

rogerb

I'm a new forum member as of today and thought I'd post a picture of my recently completed table. I bought my egg about 6 weeks ago, but is sat in the garage in its box for the first 3 weeks while I built my table. The design is a shameless copy of  the table featured in this post http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1362186#Comment_1362186   I re-dimensioned it for a large egg and for the space I had available. Table is constructed entirely from western red cedar and measures 80" in length, 30" in depth and 33" in height.

Still a newbie when in comes to the egg, but I'm really enjoying learning to cook on it.

nolaegghead

Beautiful!  Welcome to the forum and the world of eggheads!

Edit:  BTW - FIRST!!!!

bud812

Awsome table & welcome to the zoo.

Jeremiah

Wow. Now that's a table.

JethroVA

Welcome.

NPHuskerFL

Welcome. Beautiful craftsmanship in your table. Enjoy.

bigdogk9

That's awesome!!!!

anzyegg

What a beautiful table for the Egg. Great job and welcome. I would have waited to cook if I could build something like that....Enjoy!

Bayarad

Welcome to the asylum! Great and helpful people here and eggselent recipes to broaden your cooking horizons!

lousubcap

Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey!

DMW

Welcome, hang on and enjoy the ride.

Jupiter Jim

Wonderful table! Welcome to the cult! Congrats on getting and Egg! Looking forward to reading about your Egging adventures. =D> :-h

corb69

Very nice. You went all IN. I like your table better.

StillSmoken

That is a beautiful table!! Welcome to the Forum.

jhl192

Welcome! Good work on the table! Great set up!

Drunkonmeat

Looks great, I like your doors better than Raven's. How are they constructed, 2 X 4 half lap frame? What finish did you go with, liken the color.

nick_banich

Wow - welcome

RAC

Awesome table! Welcome.

Jellyworm

Welcome!

GeorgeS

Great table and first post! Welcome to the forum! Lots of great people here more than willing to give great advice. There are even a few people here who like to drink and smoke cigars so jump right in anywhere you fit! Just don't try to sell any T-shirts or tell someone the lump they use is crappy.

DominicMagestic

Outstanding table as well as the raven table but a tile is not thick enough to dissipate the heat transfer to the table. You at risk of burning your table as a minimum and possibly much worse. The eggs in both tables need something else to protect the table.

pescadorzih

Nice table and welcome to the site.

rogerb

Thanks all for your kind comments.

Doors are constructed using 1" thick rails and stiles, half lapped and pinned. The door and side panels are all 3/4" thick, milled with a tongue and groove and floating within their frames. I used penofin western red cedar tint finish.

I was quite concerned with fire safety and wanted the table to be as fire safe as a wooden table can be. The egg sits in a table nest which rests on a 20"x20" field of split firebricks (1 1/4 " thick). The firebricks are resting on a 20x20x1/4" aluminum plate. The plate rests on a 1 1/2 inch ledge around it's perimeter but is otherwise open to the air below. The cutout for the egg was 22 1/4 inches rather than the "recommended" 21" giving me about 3/4" clearance around the egg. In retrospect, if I were to do it again, I'd shoot for 1 1/2 inches of clearance. Barring a catastrophic collapse of the egg, I feel the table top is more of a fire risk than the bottom.

vettman

Great job on table.  Looking to get me a new one built since I just added a mini gotta get some plans in shape and get to building just not a lot of experience like you have rogerb.  Welcome to the family of EggHeads!!!

PoshPatios

Nice looking table.

Monty77

Good looking table, looking forward to seeing some cooks posted next