yngmar, Garden table restoration. This old folding table got smashed by a flying chair last autumn. I didn't have anything matching the original resin plate, but I did have a lot of wood packing spacers.
But they're all angled and vary in thickness. So I nailed them together, punched the nails down and then planed the planks.
Yes, a thickness planer would be lovely to have, but this worked. Some leftover wood stain and it looks nice.
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An idea laid out on the workbench - strips of wood packing spacers with small gaps between.
One assembled half of the new table top. The spacers have been nailed to three supports, the nails punched further in so a handplane can level the uneven tops. Plane shavings are piling up on the workbench.
The finished table, prettier than ever before, unfolded and standing proudly in the garden again, defying the four heavy plastic chairs that surround it and smashed a hole in it during a storm last year. The dark oak stain makes it look rather fancy and hides the fact that he's made from scavenged pinewood scraps.
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