Reinforcing legs

Adding reinforcements to all the legs so that all legs are L beams.
2/7 tables done today.

Reorganizing the Garage

The time came to pick the final location for our layout.

This layout was designed to fit in a small room, so it made sense to put it against a corner of the garage.

Our main issues are finding a new place for the bikes and reorganizing the peg  board so we can reach the tools.

The big square table goes against the corner. The design includes a hole so we can reach every corner
of the corner section and more importantly the circuit breakers on the wall !!!

It pays to have a little guy to help position things.

You taking pictures?

Stop taking pictures!

Oh oh... the other bike is on the way eh?

Yes, we are finally done for the day!

Zero progress

zero progress on thrusday
Too much work
Too tired to do anything at the end of the day.
Friday today!

Plane away

Using a hand-plane trimmed away the plywood in places where the cuts left ply hanging over the girders.
Now all parts fit perfectly like Tetris.
Still need to reinforce least some of the legs and put ply on the last section.

3 steps forward, one step back and two steps forwardy a

Yesterday Sunday, took one day of working on the train to go fly model airplanes.

Monday evening I was ready to work.

Cut the last prices of plywood with the circular saw before dinner. I don't like t annoy the neighbors with th noise.

After dinner son and I went back to the store to buy more 2x1s and a plane.

We rapidly installed legs on the last section that needed them. Also rapidly glad and nailed the plywood on all sections but one.

Since I had noticed that the two large sections were a bit wobbly, I add a reinforcement on the legs. Making them a two piece 2x1 legs. The boards were arranged 90° to each other. The result was a more stiffer table.

Before going to bed decided to arrange the sections I their proper positions. Then is when I realized I had assembled one part backwards.

I blame it on my left handed syndrome. I think I was forced to use my right hand a kid. ( it's been my excuse forever to justify my sloppy handwriting LOL!)

Never make asymmetric tables and not pay attention wich side you put the plywood!

A few pieces of 2x1 and I made the table a rectangular table and we will have to live with it.

The layout is eating most of my garage!

Anyways it was a productive day!

Plywood time

Decisions:

1. Will add a 1/2" ply top to each section.
2. Ply will be glued and nailed in place.
3. Will use 1" foam on top of the ply to actually build the model. And extend a little the sections to make nice curves.

Working on it:

Man! Have I forgotten how tricky ply can be.
Had to figure out what kind of ply to get. Ended up getting "sanded" ply 1/2" at Home Depot.
Sanded? I guess my definition of "sanded" is not the same as Home Depot.

Thought making the straight cuts would be "super-easy" ... nope... My circular saw doesn't have a "fine-enough" blade. Not terribly great quality ... but will do ... Really bothers me that the ply is not exactly even with the side of the table on some edges.

Potential problem:

Table is stable in one direction no so much in the other direction. May have to add a second leg 90 to fix it. We'll see.

The Photos:

This corner shows the issue with being stable in one direction and not the other. If you push the table from right to left it is very stable. If you push forward it shakes some. obviously that leg is flexing in the direction of the narrow side. Possible solution is to add a second leg (doesn't have to go all the way down. to make the leg a two pieces glued/screwed at 90º

The section on the bottom has no legs and is drying up.

The three sections with ply. Two with legs one without legs. One section on the bottom drying up.

6 sections of 7 done!

Getting close to finishing this bench. One more section to go!

Look what I help daddy do!

Look at the pile of bench sections on the back.

Hard work but very rewarding.