Let's put it on the Table!

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I'm a new Egg user, and love it. I just got the Large Egg with intentions to build a table. I've seen the plans at the BGE website, and saw on the forum where this is a good place to start. [p]What I would like to know is, does anyone have any specific suggestions for improvements to these plans? (I saw something about JJ's "shrine" and a photo on his site, but I couldn't find a link). I would appreciate any suggestions or input before I put a saw to the lumber. I just want the best functional table I can build.[p]Thanks to all,[p]I guess you can just call me T-Bone!

JJ

T-Bone,
What do you need. e-mail me.

Mike Oelrich

T-Bone,[p] Check out my visitor profile to see what I did.[p]MikeO

RRP

T-Bone,
Here's what I posted recently about my table. I edited it by cut and paste method so it will be choppy, but hopefully you can read it. Good Luck!
WW, It may be too late and you have already made your material purchase but I just
finished my table and I'm quite happy the way it came out. I used the "brown" instead of the
"green" treated wood. It's about 40% more expensive but you get a better grade of wood.
Menards carries it. Then after you're all done you can buy Olympic stain to cover the cut
ends, but go ahead and reseal the whole thing...it comes out sharp! BTW the color of stain is
Clove Brown. As for the wheels I went with heavy duty 7" plastic hub, rubber tire ones
mounted on a 1/2 inch steel rod. Between the cart, the resting stone and the large BGE that
baby weighs in at 300+ lbs, so don't get dinky casters.
Now that I finished butchering the wood I'm trying to learn how to use this new toy and trust
me, I'm excited as a kid on Christmas morning. Good luck on your table! Ron Pratt [p]

Mary

T-Bone,
I made a shrine for my egg with a little help from JJ (advice and studying his pic) and lots of help from Char-Woody. I liked what I came up with so well, I made a matching deck table too. here's what I did:[p]I used all cedar so there would be no poisons anywhere near my food, and cedar is a lovely wood to work with. I used cedar 4x4's for the legs, mounted 2" casters on the bottom of each leg. I used 2x4's for the top and shelf frames with the corners mitered so they'd look nice. Then cut cross braces for the shelf and top. The top probably didn't really need it since the whole table is only about 50" long, but, there's no sagging. I made the table top about 36" to be countertop height and put the egg lip an inch or so above the top of the counter with a round red stepping stone under the egg on the shelf. I used 1x4's to make the shelf and edge the top. I put sealer on all the wood. Right in front of the egg ash opening, I cut a removable board so I can put a pail under it and scoop the ashes into the can (thanks to Bill Miller for this idea, may he rest in peace)[p]For the top, I put the egg on the left side in an octagon (easier to make than a circle) to make a 2' counter and made the depth of the table about 30". This fit the space I had for it and maximized the workspace, which has been very handy. I tiled the top with Home Depot green 6" square floor tiles, then edged the tile with 2"x6" border tiles (all on the top, not on the side). The dimensions were calculated so the only tiles I had to cut were the diagonals for the octagon hole for the egg and a couple of border tiles. To support the top, I used 3/4" marine plyWood and applied sealer to it on all 6 sides, screwed it to the top frame, then laid Durock cement backer board on top of that for a stable substrate for the tile, screwed it to the plywood. I dry laid my tiles, got them exactly square, drew lines on the durock, then used thinset morter to set the tiles, let them cure for a couple days and grouted the tiles. I cut mitered edges out of the 1x4s, sanded them smmooth and rounded the corners, and nailed them with galvanized finishing nails to the 2x4 frame to edge the tile and filled the gap with a high quality silicon caulk. It looks rather nice, if I don't say so myself. Wish I had a digital pic of it. [p]a table makes the egg much easier to use. I got some of those sterlite drawers to put the gadgets into and they seem to be weather proof enough. They sit on the shelf and under it.[p]Mary

JimW

Mary, WOW!!!!