A small upgrade (maybe?) to my table top

ChrisgrillsSTLMO

Greetings- I had to break down and rebuild the top to my grill table, the wood was starting to decay enough that it was time. I rebuilt it using cedar as before, two coats of polyurethane top and bottom to keep out Midwest summer & winter weather. The upgrade was that I installed an Aluminum rail at the back of the last board to let my grill tools rest on something much more cleanable than just the wood. I used 3/4” x 1/2” angle iron/aluminum and routed out a channel on the piece of wood to accept the rail. Since the metal was so thin I decided not to flush down the screws, I was afraid I would drill too far and/or crack the metal. I did put a bead of silicone caulk in the screw holes in the wood to hopefully prevent water getting in. Not sure it was completely necessary but it was a fun project to figure out. Also included a picture of home grown peppers used for ABTs. Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Chris

zaphod

that looks good. the metal along the back is an interesting idea.

johnmitchell

Those ABT’s look delicious and your table and cooking area looks spot on👍

RRP

Chris - your new table top and ideas look terrific as did your ABTs. I even hate to admit it, but I haven't made any since last summer! Time to get crackin don'tchaknow!

Corv

After the Medium in its cart fell over a year and a half ago and I replaced it with a Large, I wanted to use the entire top of the old cart. Well, it had this good-sized hole in it. So I sanded the top, then glued 3/4" plywood on top and the hole was gone. Next, I ordered a piece of 16 gauge stainless steel from one of the on-line metal companies, cut to size and delivered. After roughing up one side of that and cleaning it well, I epoxied that on top of the cart. 

Now I've got a very nice stainless top cart for my Mini and the Rocbox.