My Aluminum LBGE table in progress

pinballLooking

I have needed a table for a while now. I bought a used large BGE over a year 1/2 ago it came with a wood stand that had been burned around the egg.

I just got a new Hobart welder and a spool gun to weld aluminum. I never welded aluminum before so YouTube to the rescue. I have my BGE on a wooded deck so I wanted a stand that will not burn.

I went to the Steel surplus place and bought 36 pounds aluminum for $1 a pound. Over the weekend I started my stand.  

shtgunal3

I like it already. Keep posting progress pics.

CanDid

Wow. You make it look easy. And into it for $36 for a table that would sell for $800+ is not bad at all.

EggNorth

Great looking table so far, also great skill in putting it together.   Looking forward to more pictures as it progresses.

pinballLooking

Thanks guys.

I am think about doing diamond plate aluminum for the bottom shelf or maybe flat bar aluminum. Maybe expanded diamond aluminum

I have really not decided what to put on the top.

I have considered cement with maybe embedded glass.

Diamond plate aluminum  

Flat bar diamond aluminum I think they had some 3”-4” flat bar.

I might just go back to the surplus place and see what they have.

I will be putting casters on it.

cookingdude555

cool build.  thanks for sharing.

pinballLooking

I made some progress. I decided on 1/8" diamond plate aluminum for the shelf. I am going to do a concrete top with Charcoal color stain. I have the mold done. I am going to put broken glass down and when it is hard I will sand it to expose the glass.

blasting

I like where this is going.  

pinballLooking

It sits outside on my deck.

NPHuskerFL

I like this!

littlerascal56

You got a great deal on the aluminum tubing. I pay twice that price around here.  And 1/8" treadplate goes for $10/square foot at my supplier.  Your build looks impressive.  Keep the pictures coming.

KiterTodd

That looks great!  No danger of that guy catching on fire.

littlerascal56

I used stainless for my bottom shelf, but was EXTREMELY expensive. That aluminum tread plate will do just as well, and looks cool.  No wood products to worry about when I roll it into my shed after a cook.

EggPerfection

You people are really talented.  I'm always impressed.

littlerascal56

Aluminum does give the "bling" factor, and takes the heat without worry!

feef706

Awesome work, can't wait to see the finished product.

MaskedMarvel

Wait... so now I have to get a WELDER?!!
This forum is costing me a fortune!!

StillH2OEgger

Really like where you're going with this. I'm happy with my modest cedar table, but my next one will be metal of some sort.

Hibby

That looks to be an awesome table when you've got it completed. What model of welder are you using?

bigegger

thats a badass one of a kind egg nest you made

joehampton

WOW! This table is amazing!!!

pinballLooking

Hibby said:

That looks to be an awesome table when you've got it completed. What model of welder are you using?

My welder is a Hobart handler 210 with a spool gun. A tig welder will make better looking welds.

I am getting better with the spool gun. My projects are mostly mild steel it does really well on mild steel.

Thank for the nice comments.

I had been off grid helping family in FL rebuild a sunroof the hurricane took.

But I am glad to get back and continue work on my BGE table.

pinballLooking

littlerascal56 said:

Aluminum does give the "bling" factor, and takes the heat without worry!

I like your table.

Looking at your build helped me decide to use the diamond plate for the shelf.

NC_Egghead

Good looking table! Wish I could weld!

20stone

Most excellent!

YukonRon

Beautiful build. Watch out for corrosion. Awesome looking table.

pinballLooking

I made some more progress.

It will be a few days before I will take the mold off.

Kayak

?? I don't get the sequence of glass and rebar? Or is there some kind of ultra white concrete over the glass?

pinballLooking

I cut the reinforcement wire. Then I laid out the broken glass that will become the top when I take it out of the mold.

I mixed the cement that had Charcoal color dye. The first batch I put on carefully not to move the glass around.

I put ½ the concrete in the mold then I put the reinforcement wire in. I added the rest of the concrete with some crushed glass in.

I vibrated it for about 2 hours to get the as much air out as I could.

I then covered it with white plastic to keep the moisture in so it can cure slowly and be strong.

This is my first time doing a cement top. I based all the steps off this project.

http://www.diypete.com/diy-polished-concrete-coffee-table-crushed-glass/

mgmcclain

This is great, can't wait to see the finished product! Just told my wife after my cedar table is no more this type of table will be my next table project. She just gave me the (when will spending money on BGE items stop) look!

shtgunal3

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.