Metal tables?

leemschu

After looking at the "Fires and BGE tables" post and seeing @SwineBelly's post with the metal table pictures attached. I think that I would want something like that. I know some good welders that I know could make me one if I had an idea on what I wanted. Does anybody have homemade metal tables? 

leemschu

I also thought about buying a metal table, like a restaurant or work table. And cutting and adding to it.

bettysnephew

Expanded metal shelves could still allow cinders to drop to a wooden deck below, somewhat defeating the purpose of going to a metal table. I will be replacing my cypress tables in a year or so and will likely go to stainless. I have a friend that is an absolute master at crafting from stainless steel and will probably ask him to build for me..

leemschu

Mine will be on a brick patio. I was thinking about doing solid sheet metal.

SwineBelly

The larger table in the middle photo is around $800. I don't know if they'd sell it without the XL Egg in it because there's no separate price for it. The package is around $2045, so I'm guessing the table adds about $845 give or take. They are very sturdy metal tables.

DaveRichardson

Look at restaurant auctions for tables..... you can get them cheap, and then just about any metal shop can do the plasma cutting and other modifications you desire...

I look at the auctions on a weekly basis!

QKing

Got mine here. Mine is real stainless not black expanded metal
http://www.outdoorkitchenequip.com/home

hapster

I got a ss table from Sam's for about $130 and have it next to my Large in the nest with handler... little to no maintenance and both are highly mobile when needed...

leemschu

@QKing I just don't want to drop 1k on a table it's ridiculous to me. Especially If I can get a $250 table and do a little work to it and buy $750 worth of meat to put on the egg.

Tspud1

leemschu said:

@QKing I just don't want to drop 1k on a table it's ridiculous to me. Especially If I can get a $250 table and do a little work to it and buy $750 worth of meat to put on the egg.

Many people drop a lot of cash on wooden tables as well. You could just stack up some concrete blocks.

EggPerfection

leemschu said:

I also thought about buying a metal table, like a restaurant or work table. And cutting and adding to it.

I've also had that idea.  I just can't figure out how to get a good, consistent cut. Although I could talk to my fabricator with the laser cutter...

Begger

Just be careful:

Not ALL 'stainless' IS indeed Stainless.   

Maybe you want to be sure you get 18-8 or some VERY corrosion resistant alloy.

A Very Expensive alloy for this MIGHT be something called H1 which is used for special knives used around salt water. 

You can bury one in wet sand and the beach and it'll be fine next year, provided you can find it to dig it up!

A knife selection from Spyderco:

http://www.knivesplus.com/spyderco-h1-salt-i-pacific-salt-knives.html