How big is your picnic table? Can accommodate 16 people? The new octagonal and hexagonal picnic tables popular these days can be very large. This is great because you can seat as many of your friends and family. And big is beautiful!
There is a small disadvantage for large tables and you can not reach food or drinks table in the center or the other side without getting up and stretch over the rest.
L 'Solution: A Lazy Susan! The Chinese use them extensively in their banquet halls, where the tables are also great. This is a simple answer to a frustrating challenge.
They can be purchased but can not match the table you have, especially if you created the table. If you have created a table, octagonal picnic table with octagonal segments, it would be nice to matching Lazy Susan.
L 'The following is a plan to match a silk octagonal picnic table with a floor of about 6'8 "in parallel.
Materials needed for a large octagonal picnic table
Timber
1 / 2 "plywood 50" * 50 "square suitable for outdoor use.
6 * 1 1 / 2 32 'dry pressure-treated pine
2 "* 4" 13 "Pine 2 * 4" dry Treaty
Nails / screws
3 "nails 32 gal
1 1 / 2 "screws 128
A turntable 12 "14 "
Tools Needed
1) a compound miter saw.
2) A circular
3) A drill and saw the hole for the umbrella to do.
4) Hammer.
5) measuring tape. small hand plane. Adjustable square. Pencil.
6) Battery drill to tighten the screws
Step by step construction
Step 1
Cut the 2 * 4 exactly in half with the blade. This gives you two pieces of 2 "* 2". If you have an electric piano, a goodcut. Now cut the 8 pieces of 19 "with an angle of 45 degrees. This is the outside of the frame.
Make sure the cut side down, so that the cut is not visible.
Step 2
Place the pieces on a flat surface in an octagonal shape and nail them together.
Step 3
Place the frame on the plywood and accurately measure from corner to corner until you get the frame perfectly "square". When you're right with a straight line around the pencil drawingThe frame on the plywood. (Note: If there are gaps in the outer corners of the frame may need some tweaking to do, because this is what you see).
Step 4
Moving the plywood on a bench and carefully cut along the line with the circular. Neatly hand plane. You now have a perfect octagon in custom frame * 2 2. Place within the frame on a flat surface and adjust the lines between opposite corners ofPlywood
Step 5
Measure each dish, cut and assemble in the outer row of 6 * 1 1 / 2. Plan to provide a bevel edge. Do not nail anything. When the outer row is complete start the next row and then the next until the entire center is full. You need to detail the cuts to ensure that everything fits without gaps.
Step 6
Nail two nails through each section of the frame in the outer row of 6 * 1 1 / 2. Turn on the Lazy Susan. Draw lines between thecorners. Take a piece of 6 * 1 1 / 2 to use as a guide and Mark where the brackets would be the other way. Click each tab in turn, because it gives you a guide where to put the screws.
If you know where are all the screws, screw the plywood firmly at the top of Lazy Susan. In this way there are no nails or screws showing in the top Lazy Susan.
Step 7
Turn around so that the right side-up. You should see clearly where the center of the umbrella hole. Using thehole saw to make the hole umbrella.
Step 8
Centre Turntable thoroughly and vineyards.
Now you have a Lazy Susan of transporting food and beverage effortlessly around a large octagonal table.
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