Patio Table

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Here is last week-end's project - a patio table. I learned a lot about cutting and welding expanded metal! Attached ImagesBurt _____________________Miller Syncrowave 250Millermatic 211Miller 375 Plasma Cutter Hobart Handler 12010FtDrillBit.com
Reply:That looks good. Did you have any trouble getting the legs level?
Reply:Wow. that looks very nice!!
Reply:No problem with getting the legs level. They are made of 1/2" square stock. I marked the angles on my welding table with chalk for a pattern, scored and bent the legs to match, then welded back the scored angles. Then I marked and cut them to length from the lines on my table. Everything welded up great. I marked the center lines on opposite sides of the table, used a straightedge from side to side and put a framing square on the straightedge to align the middle part of the legs. I also used a triangle square to plumb left to right. If you need clarification, let me know and I will set it up with the squares and take a picture. It took me a little while to figure out how to get them square like this. When I welded the 4 pieces of the square they all aligned perfectly!Burt _____________________Miller Syncrowave 250Millermatic 211Miller 375 Plasma Cutter Hobart Handler 12010FtDrillBit.com
Reply:Now that's a real work of art.  It fits in with the other furniture well.  The expanded metal came out nice and straight by the look of it.  Sometimes they mess it up at the steel supply and it looks like a rumpled blanket by the time it gets loaded on the truck.I really like the "no spill" feature.  Knock yer beer over, and you don't have to worry about wipin' the table top off   Dog might start bumpin' into walls and all from lickin' up the brewski offa the floor"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/