Great build again! I appreciate you either showing your mistakes or telling us what didn't work for you. It's helpful and realistic. Thank you for sharing your talent!
I appreciate that! I like to keep it real and keep it simple. I’m always learning (mostly by mistakes) so I’m happy to pass that along to help the next person. Thanks so much for watching and following along 👍😊
My my what a pleasant and talented young Woman! Just enough fast forwarding, mixed in with regular playback speed, and good voice over coupled with kickin background music, at very pleasant volume levels. So what’s not to like. This has given me an idea to try. One word of advice, even though you mentioned you'll likely not deal with PT lumber again; get a good pair of lightweight gloves, to protect your hands from the chemicals, and especially the splinters! Excellent video and the table and benches turned out nice. PT lumber has to dry out for stains to work. Stay safe and Healthy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍😁✌🏻🇺🇸
Nice work. One suggestion, Cedar is your friend. A great alternative to pressure treated wood. Lighter, prettier, smells great, naturally rot resistant.
Stop buying from the box stores. Find a local sawyer who sells cedar. Facebook has sawmill groups, join up and ask who has cedar and get alot for a good buy.
Thank you for the picnic table and bench plans. My wife loves it. She has been asking for one for some time now. I got it finished in time for my wife's birthday party our kids put together for her. it was used as the serving table. I did make a few changes. Took out the middle stretcher, cut it in half. Then took 3/4in. off each one. Drilled a hole in the middle for an umbrella. Took off the middle support for the legs and put in supports from the middle of the legs. To the underside of the table. I like to post a couple of pictures but I don't know how to that, on here. Thank you again. I build it all with treated wood. With half the wood I had left over from other projects.
I have built a lot with treated wood. Seeing you kicking the table legs to get them in position when assembling the apron on the table reminded me of some of my struggles with assembly. Have you made a "picnic table" where the bench top is attached to the table legs? With treated wood, it is best to let it dry for a couple weeks before applying finish. Looks good though, so don't shy away from the treated wood. I always sand mine, it takes away some of the treated wood look and makes it look more like regular lumber. Probably takes away some of the "treatment" that makes it treated but I want it smooth to reduce the possibility of splinters before the customer gets it.
Thank you! Yes I sanded this before assembling each piece and it did make it look a little better and definitely much smoother. I commend you for working with treated wood 😂 I cant stand the stuff. I think it takes some getting used to haha
I built this table and benches from your plans. It has been a big hit with family friends. Also wanted to comment on your interview with Steve Ramsey. Totally enjoyed it. Hopefully you can build the house you desire. Best of luck on your channel😊
You’re so kind! I’m also so glad to hear you built the table and are enjoying it! That’s why I do what I do 😄 the interview with Steve was so much fun and I was grateful for the opportunity to be on his channel. I’m glad you enjoyed watching it. Thank you!
I hate working with pressure treated but I love making lawn furniture. I use deck screws all the time in my pocket holes. Pocket hole screws are hard to find out here in the middle of nowhere. I put my clutch on my drill on like 5 or 6 and then hand tighten the rest of the way. But I'm also a disabled veteran with nothing but time and no deadlines lol
That’s a great way to do it! My biggest issue is I didn’t have a really long star bit to drive them with. I need to get one of those for future projects 👍
Hi Shara, thank you for the video. I was just going to reach out to you on your website to see if you had outdoor table plans. 😊 I do have a question, how would you modify the ends if I wanted to provide seating space at each end of the table? It looks like bottom cross piece would get in the way of the person’s legs. I’m looking for the following comfortable seating arrangement: 3 on each side and 1 on each end. Thanks for any help you can offer. Maybe you can offer this as an optional build on your plans 😉
I did this exact build and it warped so badly!! Haven’t stained it yet but it’s flipped over now with a ton of weight on it hoping it’ll eventually flatten out. Not a fan of pressure treated by any means lol. Great video though!
Thank you! I’d love to build more with hardwoods but I don’t have a lot of suppliers in my area to buy it from and when I do get some it’s pretty expensive. So I use softwoods most of the time.
@@WoodshopDiaries I'm really fortunate in my area. I've got unlimited supplies of materials. If you get a chance I got some videos of the stuff I've made.
quick question: would it be ok to not use the 7 degree angle cut for the legs? would that change things up to much? first project and not to confident that i wont screw it up. thanks
It just depends on the design. I used it in this case because the legs were angled outward. The stretcher keeps them pulled in. If the legs were straight, I probably wouldn’t have added it unless I just liked the look of it