New table for XL is finished

littlerascal56

Just got the table completed, XL installed, and up and cooking this weekend.  Outgrew the Large so it was time to move up!

littlerascal56

Forgot the picture

Buckeye79

Nice looking table. Did you just modify the plans from Big Green Egg?

littlerascal56

I used the dimensions from the BGE drawing for the XL wooden table. Worked out perfectly!

Tinyfish

Wow what a table great job. 

WeberWho

That's one sweet manly table!

coooltroy

Wow, very nice!!!

blasting

@littlerascal56   Welcome to the forum.

Now that's a table!  Well done, you've got skills.

What's the top made out of?  Did it crack, or did you make it two pieces to get the egg in?

SGH

Great looking table for sure. Enjoy sir. 

JohnnyTarheel

Nice nice nice....  Great job

littlerascal56

My granite guy wanted $500 to make a top, so I ended up buying a pre-formed 10' long counter top at the local lumber yard.  They had a "parking lot" sale to get rid of old inventory, and they sold it to me for $5 cash!  I cross cut it into 2-5' pieces, ripped them to width, then glued together (with biscuits).  I was only out $5 if it didn't work, but it turned out OK.  Picture of frame before I installed top. I put additional stringers under the aluminum deck plate to support weight of egg.

Tspud1

Nice job. Is it powder coated? You could put some drawer slides between front and back legs and add a drawer or slide out tray underneath

littlerascal56

It's not powder coated. Sprayed with Rustoleum primer and gloss black. This won't be left outside. I roll it out of the shop when cooking, and back inside with done.  Will be easy to add a drawer when I get some more shop time.

mscaggs

I love it!  Nice job

Terrebandit

This is just what I need.  Did you also do the welding???

littlerascal56

Yes I did the welding and fabrication.  You can see the plasma and wire welder on the cart in the background.  I do a lot of metal fabrication in my home shop during the summer, and woodworking throughout the winter months (between my regular utility job).  Not to mention all the cooking during the week and weekends!

NDG

just bumped into this, really cool.

Mark_B_Good

Whoa, that looks amazing. Looks like it will survive WW3 as well. How much do you think something like that would retail for ... my guess is, it would cost a pretty penny!

littlerascal56

That table went to my neighbors house, just down the block.  He actually pushed it down the street and into his backyard.  I charged him $300 for it, and talked him into buying an XL at the local dealer to put in it.  He loves cooking on the XL, and sold his 3 Treager pellet grills.

NDG

$300 what a deal !! Got anything else for sale 

Tspud1

At $300, you did him right. I made a couple out of that type of square tubing material and they are very strong.

littlerascal56

I built this one and sold it to @BUFFALOMOOSE here on the forum.  I think I charged him $150, and he paid shipping. I strapped it to a pallet and shipped to his house a few years back.

I also build a nice reverse flow for a buddy.

I sold all my welders and plasma equipment, due to 3 retina detachments.  Doctor told me to quit welding!

littlerascal56

This is the reverse flow I built for a friend. 

NDG

beautiful.  You have some crazy skills.

Mark_B_Good

littlerascal56 said:

That table went to my neighbors house, just down the block.  He actually pushed it down the street and into his backyard.  I charged him $300 for it, and talked him into buying an XL at the local dealer to put in it.  He loves cooking on the XL, and sold his 3 Treager pellet grills.

WHAAAATTTT?? $300??  You could have got a lot more for it ... heck BGE charges an arm and a leg for their Acacia table, and that one you made is MUCH better quality.

RyanStl

He sold to a friend, well neighbor, but hopefully friends. I'm guessing the friend hung around shooting the **** and supplied the beer 

Anyway you put it, he was a great BGE ambassador.

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Mark_B_Good

RyanStl said:

He sold to a friend, well neighbor, but hopefully friends. I'm guessing the friend hung around shooting the **** and supplied the beer 

Anyway you put it, he was a great BGE ambassador.

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That dude better invite him over for plenty beers and a nice tomahawk made perfectly on a brand new BGE!

littlerascal56

He owns an oil company, and I leased part of his facility to store steel power line towers during construction phases. So we did business and drank beer together!  I sold quite a few Eggs for my dealer.  People came over to my shop to drink beer, and there was something cooking on my egg. Of course they got samples….and they were “hooked”!

loco_engr

Great skill set!
mind if I ask what part of the country are you located?

littlerascal56

Hays Kansas.  Land of OZ…just west of you!

lousubcap

All that and then bailing on the BGEs???