Picnic table

seating 10… very cool !!!
Now THAT”s a picnic table!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Spar varnish perhaps? I wonder if the waterseals they use for decks would also work as well?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Fine looking picnic table! I believe the best protection would be paint. In fact, one of the WW mags had an article on this fact. Any type of sealer, even those with UV protection will need to be redone anually. I noticed that on the boards for your table top that you alternated the grain on the first two and didn’t on the third. I don’t know if it matters since your boards aren’t touching, but if the boards are butted together it is usually suggested to alternate the grain so that warpping will be minimal.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Nothing funny here…nice table! I like the taper on the legs.

Install some Cedar/Redwood/PT blocks at the bottom of the legs to get them off the ground. You’ll get rot there 1st if you don’t. I would simply plan on putting on a coat of oil every year. I use Cabot’s Australian Timber Oil for most of my outside projects. You should get a pigmented one (iron oxide) for some UV protection.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I heard “marine varnish” or what they use around boats/docks? And Oscorner…the board are not butted together…and LOL—-the alternating of the boards was not even a thought…but now I just learned something!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

Great looking picnic table. You should be able to enjoy it for years to come no matter what finish you use. Great job!

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

Matt -

Very noice table! I like the finish details and the tapered legs.

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Matt -

Very nice table! I like the finish details and the tapered legs. No additional comments to add from the above regarding finish – I use a penetrating oil with UV protection for most of my outdoor projects.

Bob has a great point about adding some protection blocks on the end grain of the table legs where any rot will first begin.

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No matter what you use plan on doing it every year and it will last forever. Beautiful table and worth the trouble of coating it yearly. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Nice!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Napa…my one regret was turning down that job in Napa…OH YA, great table, enjoy your perfect napa evenings…I MISS NORCAL SO MUCH!!!

-- Cheers

Here we are with good friends celebrating our first meal…It was a bit cool when we had this meal…also notice the gate behind—-we had to bring a tractor through this a couple days before I finished the table and I had to sawzall the fence to get the tractor through…(see below). Pictured on right side is my wife sarah (in back) then my 4 yr old Hannah and in front rt is Christine. On left is my step son Isaac…and my good friend Elbert.

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

Thats a nice Picnic Table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

very beautiful design

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