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Cosmetic/Aesthetic question

I am looking into building a new table for my XL, maybe have it done professionally. Question: why do most folks build a table top and cut a hole as opposed to not building out the table on that side of the table and simply let it rest on a platform, open?

Something like this:
If Canary can do it you can too!

Comments

  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Many of us have wheels on the table so it can be moved.  Egg surrounded by table top is much safer when moving. 
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,910
    No comment about table design, but whomever owns the pictured open cut table should consider air gapping the BGE in addition to the paver.  Too many threads of the wood below the paver eventually firing up or losing its structural integrity and dumping the fired up BGE on a wooden deck.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.