Encino Oak & White pine Table - My first build

mariovelarde

Hi everyone. 

I would like to start by saying.. I love my BGE and cooking on it is now an addiction. Everything thanks to this lovely forum =P .

I live in Monterrey, Mexico… the city where BGE are actually made, but they are not sold ¬_¬ .

I saw for the first time a BGE on a friend’s house around 3 years ago, and ever since then I became a fan of it, doing research on it and trying to find the best deal in Texas to cross the border and get one.

I bought it without any accessories, therefore I knew I had to build my table… everyone here I guess has gone thru the same, looking for the best model here and there ..

The diferrence, at least for me, was that I had NEVER ever ever build something from scratch.

No worries, youtube can teach you everything =P  LOL.

 

I decided to get things rolling .. this is my story .. 

mariovelarde

First day ..  get wood ..  lots of wood .. ( my wife ask for another things i had to do in the backyard).

My little baby.


Getting the wood from the local supplier. 



cutting to meassures. 

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Day 02 . 

Hold in there, its my first time using powertools and working with wood. 
Anyhow, i jump into making the basic frame, i know not the best way to do it :P any how.. this was what it did. 



Trying to ge the frame square... 



Hehehe .. not that bad  




I need a break =P.. 

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Day 03. 

I now belive im like a god working wood   ... 

My solution, add the legs first  




Maybe not the best solution ..  but it worked really nice .. complete square !!  

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Day 04. 

i only add some wood to make it stronger 

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Day 05.
( lost ) i wasted a lot of wood learning how to do a groove and join 2 pieces of wood. 

Day 06 . 
Doing the bottom shelf. 
i decided to make the pieces longer and then cut to the correct size. 



Total Sucess  

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Day 07

OMG im geting tired, doing all this after the office is kind of a pain .. nevertheless .. im loving it .. plus i get drunk almost every day (dont use a router while ur drinking, believe me :P )

The fun part!! .. sanding and sanding. 


Bottom shelf cut to size and sanding. (60- 120-220 grid)



Getting there... everything looks so nice  

mariovelarde

Day 08. 

Get the Oak and repreat process.. 

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Day 09. 

its a nice saturday morning :P finally doing some work during the day .. 

Time to cut the hole and been a mexican means, use what ever u got to do it. 







Oak is really hard and i had to do several passes in order to break the wook. 


Getting the first coat ...

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Day 10 .. 

Sand & finish ..  a lot of sanding by the way :S .. 





does it looks good to you guys ?? ..  remmeber first time doing this "stuff"

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Day 11

I discovered a thing call "pocket holes"  hahaha i know.. so newbie.. 

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Day 12.

Making the base.... 

(look at my smoker in the back LOL)




the things on top are heat resistant, i dont want my table to burn like hell. 

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Day 13. 

fitting test.  Nail it !!!


Finishing touches .. 

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Day 14 .. 

The first day!!... 

A legend was born ... 







BBQ ribs,  2" Ribeyes cover with bones.. .. 

i'll never forget that my eeg used to look white in the inside  


Hope you guys like it .. i plan on doing a second one when ever this one start showing signs of been "old" .. i like simple things, but i belive i can handle much harder stuff now.. 

I already have all the tools and my wife want me to use them    .. i guess i'll just have fun and do a new table LOL:

Photo Egg

Very nice...
Love the step by step photos...

Acorn

Great Job

SGH

Awesome job on the table man. Great looking grub too!!