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July 23, 2006

weekend project

Man_set.jpg
Oh the man tools, I felt like Tim Taylor from Tool Time.

Pieces.jpg
Here are the raw pieces (we are missing a few) but we ended up buying...

    Sheet metal (2'x4') (that we had to brush to make it look cool)
    Plexiglass (2'x4')
    Wood for the legs (8'x2"x2") (cut into four 21"x2"x2")
    Wood to add stability and reduce the sag in the middle (2'x4') ( it's hidden)
    3 Aluminum L-Bar to make the sides look pretty (4'L) (cut one in half)
    8 L-brackets to fix the leg stability issue (2")
    4 screws (10x1 1/4")
    36 screws (10x5/8") (for the L-bracket mounting)

We had to sand all the wood and brush all the aluminum and clear coated the wood and metal pieces to prevent rust and decay.

Uns_table.jpg
Here it is almost complete (we overlooked the stability issue).

S-table_2.jpg
We went back to the hardware store to get some much needed pieces, so here it is with a little more support ;) (had to pick up the short sides' L-Bar, 2'x4' plywood, L-Brackets, + short screws.


Just incase you were wondering if we ever finished the thing...

Posted by m+d at July 23, 2006 06:55 PM
Comments

it looks really great! you should submit a pic with the changes that you made into readymade. i see them publish stuff like that in the letters to the editor part.
at least they will know that the published design didn't exactly work out in reality.
but it does look great. and i love a crafty endeavor. : )

Posted by: vanessa at July 23, 2006 08:00 PM