New Table Build

Spydermunky

Hey all,

I haven’t been using my egg much lately due to a move, a part of which was parting with my old, crappily built treated wood table.  So, as part of getting back into the swing of things, I decided it was time to build something new.  Here’s the semi-finished product.

As a question for the group though, what has anyone used to stain and seal their tables?  I’m going with a dark finish, but I’m not sure what product it’ll go with.

unoriginalusername

I did a light seal on my cedar table and it looks dirty all the time.   In hindsight a darker stain would be a good idea 

RRP

I used a stain and sealer sold for decks. It was more expensive but in 17 years I have only touched up a few nicks!

Kent8621

It should be said, get a table nest much safer than the stone you have.

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Beautiful table. Ditto the nest. Just don’t sit your egg directly on that stone or you risk a fire hazard. 

PBandJ

Agree on the table nest. Looks like you have room for a drawer also.

RRP

PBandJ said:

Agree on the table nest. Looks like you have room for a drawer also.

Either that or a large water tight plastic bin to hold lump and or PS & pizza stone.

Spydermunky

RRP said:

PBandJ said:

Agree on the table nest. Looks like you have room for a drawer also.

Either that or a large water tight plastic bin to hold lump and or PS & pizza stone.

That pic makes it look like the stone is sitting on the 1x’s.  Here are some better pics of how it’s set up.  It’s the same way I had my old table set up and I never had any issues with heat, which I always assumed was because of the airflow underneath (1st pic is from
underneath).

bgebrent

You should still air-gap your egg.

nolaegghead

nice work!

ThinBlueLine21

Woodchunk

Spydermunky said:

RRP said:

PBandJ said:

Agree on the table nest. Looks like you have room for a drawer also.

Either that or a large water tight plastic bin to hold lump and or PS & pizza stone.

That pic makes it look like the stone is sitting on the 1x’s.  Here are some better pics of how it’s set up.  It’s the same way I had my old table set up and I never had any issues with heat, which I always assumed was because of the airflow underneath (1st pic is from
underneath).

This is how I built mine, 4 2X4's under the stone, but I also have a table nest on the stone for my egg. I also have a 1" gap all the way around for the hole. If I have to roll the table I made shoe horn wedges out of oak with felt glued on to insert around the egg in the 1" gap to keep the egg stable.

Toxarch

Stain whatever color you like and then use a couple coats of this on top of the stain. Use 3 or more coats on the top. Should last a long time. 


I would also add a drawer under the egg for storage of things like the plate setter. A drawer in the cabinet is nice too so you don't have to dig in the back of the cabinet.