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Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: Angry Perch on October 08, 2016, 06:21:17 PM

Title: Fire table project
Post by: Angry Perch on October 08, 2016, 06:21:17 PM: We decided we wanted a propane fire table for the deck. Started looking on line and found nothing but junk unless you spend some bank$$$
Decided to DIY. Ordering a complete burner kit with 12" burner, hoses, regulator and gas control valve. Table is clear cedar, and top will be poured concrete. Made form out of melamine. Fire bowl will be a 16" heavy duty stainless mixing bowl and filled with glass. Just got started this morning.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 08, 2016, 06:22:31 PM: Hhhhmmmm
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Post by: brew on October 08, 2016, 06:39:15 PM: there's a guy online that has some projects and free plans that fit this bill also...i think the website is DIY Pete. i've built some of the cedar bar stools he talks about and spent about $20 each on materials. he also has a concrete fire table that i'm working on tweeking for what i want also
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Post by: coop2424 on October 08, 2016, 07:01:19 PM: Nice work so far.. I hope to do the same this winter...
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Post by: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 10:08:36 AM: Pulled the mold this morning. Looks like I didn't vibrate one area enough, so got a few bubble. Oh well, we'll just call it character ;)

Needs to cure for a few more days and I can use the grinder to clean up the bottom edges.
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Post by: Knocker of rocks on October 09, 2016, 10:26:44 AM: Did you do it upside down or right-side up?

Looks nice.
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Post by: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 10:56:37 AM: Upside down, so what was touching the melamine is the top. I used an orbital sander to vibrate the mold..
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Post by: Knocker of rocks on October 09, 2016, 11:00:11 AM: Quote from: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 10:56:37 AM
Upside down, so what was touching the melamine is the top. I used an orbital sander to vibrate the mold..

Exactly how Fu Tung Cheng recommends
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Post by: huntandjeep on October 09, 2016, 11:30:46 AM: Mix up a slurry of pure concrete to fill in the holes.
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Post by: coop2424 on October 09, 2016, 11:37:35 AM: Quote from: huntandjeep on October 09, 2016, 11:30:46 AM
Mix up a slurry of pure concrete to fill in the holes.

X2. Had to do this on the counter tops that I did and couldn't even tell when completed.
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Post by: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 02:59:39 PM: Quote from: huntandjeep on October 09, 2016, 11:30:46 AM
Mix up a slurry of pure concrete to fill in the holes.

I was thinking about that. My only concern is that the concrete had dye mixed in, and it may not quite match.

Whipped up a table to hide the propane tank this morning. Oh, and when you say to yourself "I should probably get help to lift this thing", Listen!
Title: Re: Fire table project
Post by: huntandjeep on October 09, 2016, 04:20:16 PM: Quote from: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 02:59:39 PM
Quote from: huntandjeep on October 09, 2016, 11:30:46 AM
Mix up a slurry of pure concrete to fill in the holes.

I was thinking about that. My only concern is that the concrete had dye mixed in, and it may not quite match.
As long as you get it close it should blend in. If your going to polish the concrete smoother than what you have now . You will actually be cutting a thin layer of concrete off , which inturn might allow more " bug holes " to show up.
Title: Re: Fire table project
Post by: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 04:45:23 PM: I think it will look OK. I put some mix through a strainer to get rid of the gravel, mixed it with some dye/ water, and so far, so good.
I'm OK with pin holes, but these were a little too big. I don't mind the holes on the edges.
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Post by: Angry Perch on October 09, 2016, 07:10:56 PM: Any recommendations for sealers? So many different types.
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Post by: huntandjeep on October 09, 2016, 07:28:27 PM: Just get whatever Home Depot has in stock in the sheen you want.
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Post by: Angry Perch on October 16, 2016, 02:04:35 PM: Test run.
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Post by: full choke on October 16, 2016, 06:27:18 PM: Cool project! :tup: