My Kamado BBQ table build

Had a few pics of this over on the BBQ forum but I thought I'd share here too.
Its done now (thank god!).
The only scews are the ones holding the casters on.

8 lenghts of 100 x100mm timber 92e
2 lenghts of 75 x75mm timer 26e
8 castors 35e
2 sheets of ply for the formwork 60e
sand, cement and dye 70e

Total 283e
Call it 300e + a good weeks work :eek:

The start,didnt know what I was letting myself in for to be honest.


All mortice and tennon joints,pinned and glued.First (and last) time ever doing them.


Each side took a day to make with the skill saw doing most of the work.


Took another day to join the two sides.


Strapped up and glued and fairly square.


Formwork done.


Luckliy I have a mixer so didnt take long to pour the counters.
There is a decent amount of rebar in there.


Bagged and let set for 6 days .Im not very patient!


Almost there !
Work tops were ground down and sanded.
Edges were chamfered.The whole thing,wood and all was watersealed .


And now the moment of truth !
Fits like a glove!*






*it didnt quite fit like a glove!
I didnt account for some bracketry/fastners on the hinge so needed to do some grinding towards the back of the cut out.

Overall extremly plesaed with it.
Its not quite as dark as I wanted it to and I regret not doing the two lower worktops out of concrete .I do plan on shelving them out.

Purgative

Very tidy unit. That'd cost a fair bit to buy similar.

Purgative

Purgative wrote: »

Very tidy unit. That'd cost a fair bit to buy similar.

Thanks,yes they are insane money.
In fairness the labour is massive.
I forgot to add 30e for the water seal and 20e for a cupped grinding disk .

So 350e or so if you have the tools allredy.
A workshop with a bench/table saw would make life so much easier!

Cuddlesworth

BrownFinger wrote: »

A workshop with a bench/table saw would make life so much easier!

Says any person who has ever had to do a decent amount of woodwork.

Looks good, how did you stop the concrete sticking to the formwork?

Cuddlesworth

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Says any person who has ever had to do a decent amount of woodwork.

Looks good, how did you stop the concrete sticking to the formwork?

I was supposed to use WD40 as a release agent but I forgot to.
Thankfully it didn't stick at all!

oleras

Fantastic job, well done sir !

Hoping to do similar, albeit without the concrete top.

McMurphy

Fairplay to you BrownFinger, that is what you could call top quality craftsmanship and no doubt about it.

10/10.

Lumen

Outstanding!

Thanks just about to cook up some ribs now.
A design improvement would be to have a hole in the lower shelf right under the air vent/ash opening.
would be easier to clean out the ash but that would take more planning.
Im slightly concerned about water sitting on the tops of the timber on the lower shelf.I might have to flash them with something.
I think im going to try make a fitted cover that allows the oven to be used while the rest is covered up.

Lumen

You could add top-hinged flaps to the three sides of each end and then you'd have a FLIP OUT MEGATABLE, these would act like shutters when stowed.

Wouldn't have the purity of design though.

dodzy

Great work, and love the garden / view

mp31

Superb table and an even better view - dude you live in a cool place!

Question: How did you make the mortices and tenons? Hand cut or machine cut?

SnowyMay

Wow - very impressive! Do you have training in carpentry and the like or did you pick it up along the way?

I’d love to take up a hobby like this, but my slight fear of power tools, utter lack of patience, and the fact that I haven’t made anything more than a table when I was a kid makes me fear for the safety of me, and anybody nearby.

No formal training in woodwork.didnt do it in school but when I was a lad I worked for a cabinet maker for 2/3 years so picked up a few things!
But saying that this is the first time I've done a mortice and tennon joint!!
Tennons were done with a skill saw. 9mins 30into this video for example.
https://youtu.be/O7bL02E0KLU

Mortice with a auger bit and chisel.

stickman1019

Congrats very impressive PM sent aswell.

stickman1019

stickman1019 wrote: »

Congrats very impressive PM sent aswell.

Cheers,
I have noticed a few hairline cracks !

Mango Joe

Wow! I really like this project of a thing that I didn't even know was a thing!!!

Very well done - Would you make them professionally?!

I actually have some 100mm X 100mm posts but can't imagine taking this on due to the joints looking like a nightmare.

I wonder if it could be simplified?

PS is frost an issue with the concrete?

You could use pocket holes or brackets or just really really long screws.
I only did the joints to expand my woodworking skills.

You can make them with half the counter space like this.


But as you can see I have a massive patio so things get lost on it!

Time will tell on the worktop.
If they crack they crack,its no big deal.
Everything is fixable

stickman1019

Well had a crack at this finally (On a much smaller scale) attached are the results fairly happy with it in the end. Was a fairly big learning curve not my usual cup oftea so to speak and kept me busy during lockdown.


https://postimg.cc/gallery/BF9TYnW

stickman1019

stickman1019 wrote: »

Well had a crack at this finally (On a much smaller scale) attached are the results fairly happy with it in the end. Was a fairly big learning curve not my usual cup oftea so to speak and kept me busy during lockdown.


https://postimg.cc/gallery/BF9TYnW

Oh yes! you gotta be happy with that
I still havent finished the bottom shelves on mine

my worktop has a few hairline cracks that havent gotten worse over winter.
I am builing a raised deck over the patio (hopefully this year) so I'm going to have to move mine up 400mm (Egyptian style).
Going to be hard not to crack it more during that process.