Good solid garden table, well finished, I'd try €200 and put some kind of green label on it somewhere, under the table top probably, to say it is made of recycled materials.
So if I were to start a business selling these tables, what do you think it would sell for?
Excellent Tony, nice job, I look forward to Hayley setting up a group for our up-cycled projects!
I have a source of free pallets from a local factory, unfortunately the are of the single use kind and are not very solid, timber is only about 15mm, plus being new they're not very attractive. I will try the local tip tomorrow.
Hi, James! I forgot when I bought my house years ago (over 20+), I needed some beds, but I couldn't find anything local, which I liked or which was affordable. About then, I saw all the turned legs for sale in the East End of London and bought them. So, I made my beds. My friends thought I was nuts, but then they also thought buying a house in France was nuts too! Apparently, normal people buy beds in shops(?). But when you look at it, a bed is just 4 pieces at the corners going up and bits going across in between. (I know nothing about carpentry). Here is a picture of the bed. (By the way, it is the photo that is skewed, not the bed). The uprights are plain, which is what I wanted. I also made a kitchen table back then and, more recently, the dining room table. Next time, I go downstairs, I'll take a photo of them. I like your table though. really looks professional!
Shirley, if you have a big open fire with a very open stack then burn pine. It makes the shaft sticky and actually helps prevent soot falls. If you are using a wood burner of any kind (I have a Rayburn) it means that with a lined chimney you will have to tell your sweep who will say "putain", "merde" or worse and realise his work is cut out. It's resin sticks to chimney liners, also goes all the way up and produces nasty black runs down the outside of the stack.
Kent, gotta be true. My cola addicted older daughter left a 'paper' cup of it on the kitchen table that we found as a 4cm tall paper ring above some sticky glop once. If she doesn't finish before going to bed I chuck it down the toilet - I assume it is a good cleaner!
Valerie is, indeed, right about Coca cola and rust: it's because it contains phosphoric acid - which is why I never touch the stuff. A school technician friend used to leave a tooth in a glass of it overnight, and in the morning it had been completely dissolved - either that or the fairies had taken it and forgotten to leave the sixpence...
Not at all Shirley! Yes I reckon they are pine. You can happily burn pine as far as I'm aware, you will need to have your chimney swept frequently (yearly) as it produces more resin but other that that shouldn't be a problem.
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Or a few drops of old Coca Cola if the heads are rust coated. It eats it away. Might attract the wasps tho!
Thank you James, we brought quite a lot of sleepers over from Africa when we moved so we still have a few to spare...:-) :-)
Teak Charmian! What a luxury, table looks great, nice job.
James, I’d buy a coffee table made this way, I love this look…
Well done James, looks wonderful. We used to get loads of railway sleepers in Africa (teak!!) & himself made quite a few tables with them. They are a bit heavier but have the same "rustique" look, holes 'n all. Have to make table etc. from pallets now as they are so readily available.
That sounds like a good idea Hayley, would you like to set it up/run it?
Actually James, I think this is a money making machine for you...loads of people would buy your tables...you could also sell them on Ebay...in fact I think you wouldn't have time to do anything else you'd be so busy!!! You could even end up as famous as Chippendale..hmm Higginson...yep similar ring to the name!!!
It's really heartening to see what folks have made from recycled and left-over stuff; I'd love to hear of more about that and see more pics, I find it more interesting than something shiney and bought.
that's lovely table, my other haft did the same for us, we had the towel rail in the shed and also spend about 5€ on the screws, it lovely to do such things made with love.
I am reconsidering the idea of setting up as a business to make this stuff. Tell me why I shouldn't please, I need grounding!
Tony’s post reminded me of when I worked as a crapenteer for a scenery firm in Greenwich next to a warehouse that specialised in oak furniture. If they had an incomplete or broken set, they’d just chuck it outdoors in a big heap - lots of turned legs and suchlike. One simple thing they were useful for was to cut a bunch of them to the same length and screw them to a plank to make interesting book shelves. And just plonk one on top of the other.
Can we see a photo Tony? :)