Previous Projects - Outdoor Setting

This is the project that started it all for me, I had just replaced my old hardwood paling fence because it was falling into the park next door and I had a heap of wood to get rid of ( the fence is 45m long). I knew that the palings, rails and posts would dress up great so I purchsed a cheap Ryobi thicknesser ($430) and set to work.

The Thicknesser is still going strong 4 years latter and while I don't use every week when I do us it it gets a fair workout as I usually clean up about 50 - 100 palings at a time depending on the projects that I have in mind. However if you keep the the blades sharp and don't try to take to much off a a time it works well.

The table is based on a smaller version which I saw on The New Yankee Workshop however this one is 2.5m in length and the top is 1.2m wide. The table is a combination of

                          The Table,                     seat and                   a storage box.

It takes 2 people to tilt the table top into it's alternative position.

I originally built 8 chairs for the table however I found that 8 still wouldn't go around it so i had to make another 2. Each chair is held together with 26 mortice and tenon joints and Titebond 3 glue, no mechanical fasteners were used. The chairs can stack up in piles of 4 to help save some room in the yard.

 This project is now 4 years old and still going strong. I have reapplied the decking order a couple of times and have recently had to fix a bit of a bow in the table but it is still functioning well.