Encino Oak & White pine Table - My first build

mariovelarde · November 2015

Hi everyone.

I would like to start by saying.. I love my BGE and cooking on it is now an addiction. Everything thanks to this lovely forum =P .

I live in Monterrey, Mexico… the city where BGE are actually made, but they are not sold ¬_¬ .

I saw for the first time a BGE on a friend’s house around 3 years ago, and ever since then I became a fan of it, doing research on it and trying to find the best deal in Texas to cross the border and get one.

I bought it without any accessories, therefore I knew I had to build my table… everyone here I guess has gone thru the same, looking for the best model here and there ..

The diferrence, at least for me, was that I had NEVER ever ever build something from scratch.

No worries, youtube can teach you everything =P LOL.

I decided to get things rolling .. this is my story ..

mariovelarde · November 2015

First day .. get wood .. lots of wood .. ( my wife ask for another things i had to do in the backyard).

My little baby.

Getting the wood from the local supplier.

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cutting to meassures.

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 02 .

Hold in there, its my first time using powertools and working with wood.
Anyhow, i jump into making the basic frame, i know not the best way to do it :P any how.. this was what it did.

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Trying to ge the frame square...

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Hehehe .. not that bad

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I need a break =P..

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 03.

I now belive im like a god working wood

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My solution, add the legs first

Maybe not the best solution .. but it worked really nice .. complete square !!

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 04.

i only add some wood to make it stronger

mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 05.
( lost ) i wasted a lot of wood learning how to do a groove and join 2 pieces of wood.

Day 06 .
Doing the bottom shelf.
i decided to make the pieces longer and then cut to the correct size.

Total Sucess

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 07

OMG im geting tired, doing all this after the office is kind of a pain .. nevertheless .. im loving it .. plus i get drunk almost every day (dont use a router while ur drinking, believe me :P )

The fun part!! .. sanding and sanding.

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Bottom shelf cut to size and sanding. (60- 120-220 grid)

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Getting there... everything looks so nice

mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 08.

Get the Oak and repreat process..

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 09.

its a nice saturday morning :P finally doing some work during the day ..

Time to cut the hole and been a mexican means, use what ever u got to do it.

Oak is really hard and i had to do several passes in order to break the wook.

Getting the first coat ...

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 10 ..

Sand & finish .. a lot of sanding by the way :S ..

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does it looks good to you guys ?? .. remmeber first time doing this "stuff"

mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 11

I discovered a thing call "pocket holes" hahaha i know.. so newbie..

mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 12.

Making the base....

(look at my smoker in the back LOL)

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the things on top are heat resistant, i dont want my table to burn like hell.

mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 13.

fitting test. Nail it !!!

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Finishing touches ..

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mariovelarde · November 2015

Day 14 ..

The first day!!...

A legend was born ...

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BBQ ribs, 2" Ribeyes cover with bones.. ..

i'll never forget that my eeg used to look white in the inside

Hope you guys like it .. i plan on doing a second one when ever this one start showing signs of been "old" .. i like simple things, but i belive i can handle much harder stuff now..

I already have all the tools and my wife want me to use them

.. i guess i'll just have fun and do a new table LOL:

Photo Egg · November 2015

Very nice...
Love the step by step photos...

Acorn · November 2015

Great Job

SGH · November 2015

Awesome job on the table man. Great looking grub too!!

Encino Oak & White pine Table - My first build

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