95% finished table

Mikea5232

I used boiled linseed oil on the cedar.  The bottom shelf got covered with the same.  I just need to figure out what kind of hooks i need to hanging utensils and grates and what not.   I should be able to pick up my XLBGE demo Saturday morning.   So I'm hoping i can set it in the hole and be cooking by lunch.   
Watching you all have so much fun with the eggs I'm pretty pumped to get it. 

I'm getting the table stand with it.  Do i need anything under that or should i be fine setting it just on the shelf?  Thanks! 

RRP

Pretty table, but unless it will be WELL protected from the weather or you want to become a slave to it then switch to something far more durable than boiled linseed oil! Marine spar varnish will make you much happier IMO.

camofreak

I like it. My father in law is a pretty good carpenter. He said if I'd get a good plan on the table I want, he'd help me build it. So that's in my plans now.

Mikea5232

I'm going to keep the egg and table covered when not in use so i was hoping to get by.  I had the linseed oil already but if it don't work too my liking ill use the marine varnish. 

Carolina Q

Nice table. Hope you don't plan to leave it on that flammable deck. 

Theophan

Mikea5232 said:

... Do i need anything under that or should i be fine setting it just on the shelf?  Thanks! 

I'm not sure whether you're talking about strengthening the shelf or protecting it from the heat of the Egg, but just in case you're not sure about the heat issue, you MUST NOT put an Egg directly on wood!  The bottom can get so very hot that people have found a 1" or maybe thicker paving stone they had their egg on got so hot from the Egg that there was charred wood under it!  I'm not sure how big an air gap is enough for an XL -- maybe someone here would know.  But if that's what you were asking, yes, you very definitely need something to protect the wood from what can be very, very high heat coming from the bottom of the Egg.

GORGEOUS table, by the way -- wonderful job!!!

Mikea5232

Theophan said:

Mikea5232 said:

... Do i need anything under that or should i be fine setting it just on the shelf?  Thanks! 

I'm not sure whether you're talking about strengthening the shelf or protecting it from the heat of the Egg, but just in case you're not sure about the heat issue, you MUST NOT put an Egg directly on wood!  The bottom can get so very hot that people have found a 1" or maybe thicker paving stone they had their egg on got so hot from the Egg that there was charred wood under it!  I'm not sure how big an air gap is enough for an XL -- maybe someone here would know.  But if that's what you were asking, yes, you very definitely need something to protect the wood from what can be very, very high heat coming from the bottom of the Egg.

GORGEOUS table, by the way -- wonderful job!!!

I'm buying the bge table stand so ill have air flow under the egg.  I just didn't know if i needed a paver stone or anything under that yet. 

Thanks for the compliment on the table

StillH2OEgger

I just have a table nest on my wooden table without the paver and have not noticed any discoloration or warm temp when I have placed my hand down there. Having said that, I'm not on a wooden deck and I don't do a ton of high temperature cooks.

Mikea5232

i dont plan on doing many high temp cooks but if a table nest is fine then i wont worry about it but keep an eye on it.

I've been using a weber kettle for years on that deck and have never had an issue with anything catching fire that shouldnt have.   Are Eggs more of a problem?  I figured that being BGE sells wooden tables to set them in, fire hazard should be pretty low.

RRP

Mike,
believe whatever you want to...and whoever here you want to...but you don't seem to understand just how hot your BGE can and will get and then stay that way Fter you have left it. Isn't your life, your family, your home worth a couple dollars for a stone under your BGE? 

Mikea5232

I have no qualms with putting a stone under the egg.  I've seen pictured with egg sitting on a stone,  with table nest,  and a stone and table nest.   I'm buying the table nest and if a stone is necessary ill gladly put a stone under the table nest.  Ill try and find the dimensions of the footprint for the xl egg table nest.   @RRP What is your recommendation for a stone to set the table nest on ?

RRP

a simple 12 x 12 x 2 cement stepping stone from a home improvement store is what a lot of people use to sit their nest on. You need both the air gap the table nest provides and the heat protection the stone provides.

nolaegghead

I would say that table is 95.67% finished. 

Mikea5232

@RRP thanks!