New Egg, New Table

marainwa

Finally joined the BGE clan, picked up a Large egg and soon after built a table.  Never had poured a concrete counter top before, but turned out pretty well with some green glass embedded in the top.  Now just to figure out what color to stain the table.  The barnyard door and general look of the table was straight from the lowcountrylady blog, with some added tweaks.  I put together a sketchup design of the table - happy to share if anyone would like the design with dimensions, cuts, etc.

SamIAm2

Nice table. What rig is that holding the pizza stone?

pgprescott

Love the sliding door touch. Never seen that. 

marainwa

SamIAm2 said:

Nice table. What rig is that holding the pizza stone?

Thanks! It's an Onlyfire elevator - link below:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XTB553J/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

JohnnyTarheel

Awesome setup... Welcome!!!

mEGG_My_Day

Very nice!! And the pizza looks tasty!!

Wolfpack

Welcome-

Go Pack

Willard

Any reason why this won't hold a mini-max. 

00pewter

Sent you a message!

Roebuck

Wow! That is definitely one of the nicest tables I've ever seen on this site - Just beautiful! I love the door too. Well done.

StillH2OEgger

That is a great looking table. Nice work.

mlc2013

Welcome to the clan sure your going to love it.
That's a great looking table maybe try a mahogany or some dark stain with a few amber or light color accents.

slovelad

Where did you get the barn door hardware? 

bluebird66

Beautiful work and welcome aboard!

marainwa

slovelad said:

Where did you get the barn door hardware? 

I wasn't able to find any hardware other than the type used for large doors, so I just made my own hardware.  I used a few pieces of flat steel bar (link below). Used a few metal spacers and the wheel from a couple pully's.  If you are looking to build your own, let me know and I can take some close up pictures of the hardware, and can go into some more detail on how I made it.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-1-2-in-x-48-in-Plain-Steel-Flat-Bar-with-1-4-in-Thick-801097/204225764

marainwa

00pewter said:

Sent you a message!

Site wouldn't let me attach the sketchup file to the post - emailed you the design.

saigodog

Great looking table.  Could you tell me how tall the counter top is on it?  

R2Egg2Q

Welcome aboard. Great job on the table!

CTMike

Based on how smooth the concrete top is, is take it you poured it upside down, then flipped it over on to the table?

Kent8621

CTMike said:

Based on how smooth the concrete top is, is take it you poured it upside down, then flipped it over on to the table?

it looks like that,  after I did mine, I noticed even though I spent about an hours vibrating it to get the air bubbles out, still wasn't enough.  so if you are going to do one make sure you have the form supported but mostly exposed so you can really get them.  I used the base of my table to support mine and it limited the access which I think led to the divots.  it is about 8' long but should have done better there.  I did find there is concrete filler you can put in and then I stained/sealed it and it blends it right in.

marainwa

saigodog said:

Great looking table.  Could you tell me how tall the counter top is on it?  

Thanks!  The table measures 32" from ground to top of table.

marainwa

CTMike said:

Based on how smooth the concrete top is, is take it you poured it upside down, then flipped it over on to the table?

Yep, that's step one of getting the top smooth.  I made a form out of melamyne and poured the concrete - the top was upside down at this point.  Once it cured for a few days, I turned it over, and then spent a few days filling in the holes with a porter cement compound/sanding/adding additional porter compound/sanding.  Once that dried, spent a few more days polishing it with a commercial grade counter top wet polisher.  Finally put a couple coats of sealer on it.  There are a ton of DIY's out there that show you how to go through the process - one example below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ESUL98Gag

n00b

marainwa said:

Finally joined the BGE clan, picked up a Large egg and soon after built a table.  Never had poured a concrete counter top before, but turned out pretty well with some green glass embedded in the top.  Now just to figure out what color to stain the table.  The barnyard door and general look of the table was straight from the lowcountrylady blog, with some added tweaks.  I put together a sketchup design of the table - happy to share if anyone would like the design with dimensions, cuts, etc.

i am quite interested in your schematics if you don't mind sharing

marainwa

n00b said:

marainwa said:

Finally joined the BGE clan, picked up a Large egg and soon after built a table.  Never had poured a concrete counter top before, but turned out pretty well with some green glass embedded in the top.  Now just to figure out what color to stain the table.  The barnyard door and general look of the table was straight from the lowcountrylady blog, with some added tweaks.  I put together a sketchup design of the table - happy to share if anyone would like the design with dimensions, cuts, etc.


 

i am quite interested in your schematics if you don't mind sharing

Sure thing, send me your email address and I’ll email you the sketchup design that I made.

JMCXL

TABLE IS A++++, LOVE THE TOP, If I do make a table think I will go with the concert - love the green accents.  To di a top notch job. Welcome to the Egg family. Love seeing all the photos...

leemschu

I like it... I like it a lot. Especially the sliding door.

Diesel_Hokie

I think this looks great!  After finishing the top, how do you attach it to the table so it wouldn't move around ?

marainwa

Diesel_Hokie said:

I think this looks great!  After finishing the top, how do you attach it to the table so it wouldn't move around ?

Originally I planned to use liquid nail, or something similar.  That said, the top alone weighs at least 150lbs - once I moved it in place, it hasn’t moved an inch, the weight keeps it in place on its own.

logchief

Hey Welcome, nice looking pie on clean egg.  Keep the cook pics coming.

Gburner

So after watching the DIY video and seeing they made a mold, did you factor in the BGE circle at that time, or did you cut the circle after making the top?  If making the circle in the mold, what did you use to make that part of the mold? 

marainwa

Gburner said:

So after watching the DIY video and seeing they made a mold, did you factor in the BGE circle at that time, or did you cut the circle after making the top?  If making the circle in the mold, what did you use to make that part of the mold? 

You will definitely want to make a circular mold to fill the void, cutting the concrete out in a perfect circle after the fact would be a nightmare.  I ordered a foam mold that measured 22" in diameter, and 1 1/2 inches thick.  Link below for the website I ordered the foam from.  If you call and let them know you're doing this for an egg table, they will know exactly what to cut for you.

http://foamandupholstery.com/