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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
07:47 PM Post #2920463
| Well, actually I knew what I wanted to do. First I found a patio table frame on Freecycle 
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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
07:49 PM Post #2920471
| I had my handy DH cut out a piece of cabinet quality plywood to fit the table.. he routed out a flange on the bottom and it fit in super snug. Here is a diagram 
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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
07:51 PM Post #2920472
| Next, I figured out a design and put it onto the table top with a woodburner. 
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toniwill
Natural Bridge, VA
November 16, 2006
07:53 PM Post #2920479
| that is very cool!!! One could also apply a mosaic.
toni |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
07:55 PM Post #2920491
| Next I took some outdoor craft paints and watered them down and applied to the design. I originally planned something different but the wood had some nice graining that I wanted to preserve 
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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
07:59 PM Post #2920501
| Three coats of Spar urethane later.. hmm that beige base looks pretty blah 
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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
08:02 PM Post #2920507
| So I sprayed it with a copper finish and put a black rub over it.. Wine anyone?
edited because I type faster than I think
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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
08:05 PM Post #2920515
| OK.. Final Pic.. Time to grill and test this puppy out
FYI: I did this last summer and it survived a winter outside quite nicely
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pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
08:14 PM Post #2920547
| NEAT!!!! I want it for myself!! |
leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
November 16, 2006
08:17 PM Post #2920557
| Fabulous! So much work and talent involved. Truely a work of art. |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2006
08:30 PM Post #2920590
| Thank you very much. It had been a while since I did anything creative and I really enjoyed it |
staceysmom
(GayLynn) Appleton, WI
(Zone 5a)
November 16, 2006
08:43 PM Post #2920630
| Beautifully unique. Quite artistic. Love the design you came up with. So much better than just a plain glass top. |
Early_Bloomer
Springboro, PA
(Zone 5a)
November 16, 2006
09:10 PM Post #2920710
| Nice work! Love the design.
early_bloomer |
sandysez
Rochester, NY
November 16, 2006
09:37 PM Post #2920808
| What a beautiful table!! I was just thinking about pulling out my old wood burning tool (if in fact I still have it) and you have inspired me to find it or replace it. Great project!! |
turbosbabe96
Ingleside, TX
(Zone 9a)
November 16, 2006
09:58 PM Post #2920880
| MY word!! I am soooo impressed! Some folks just have the gift..Unfortunately, I am not one..Even when I draw circles, they are lopsided!! |
shellabella
West Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
November 17, 2006
12:14 AM Post #2921208
| What a great idea and a fabulous job !...Those are beautiful steaks tooo !!!!! |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
November 17, 2006
12:35 AM Post #2921250
| Awesome job! I love that table. You really did great work!
Those steaks do look mighty good. It's making my mouth water just looking at them.
Janet |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 17, 2006
07:22 AM Post #2921495
| staceysmom, thank you :) I did actually check into the cost of just replacing the glass first ::thud::
Thank you Early_Bloomer. :)
Sandysez, thank you and you definately should get your burner out! This was the first time I have ever used one and there is a definate learning curve. Like...if you use a metal straight edge for your long lines it leaches the heat out of the tip..sigh
Turbosbabe, thank you however I must confess that once I knew what I wanted to do I made templates for the shapes out of card stock. That way if one is lopsided they all are lopsided and it looks intentional..lol
Shellabella and Unique Treasures, Thank you and they were good steaks. Drop by anytime and we'll grill some up! Course we should probably wait till summer.. it's a tad nippy outside right now in my zone :)
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betterbloom
Blythe, CA
(Zone 10b)
November 17, 2006
04:23 PM Post #2922880
| Very nice..I have a table like that, makes me want to brake the glass. I don't think I could do as good of a job otherwise I would. |
Smokey_SC
Piedmont, SC
(Zone 7b)
November 17, 2006
07:22 PM Post #2923321
| betterbloom, you are being way to modest. Has anyone seen her work? I have and betterbloom is my idol. Yes, betterbloom, I am still practicing and I am getting much better. My DH said WOW on the last flowers I did. |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 17, 2006
08:06 PM Post #2923440
| I have seen Betterblooms stuff also and I think she would do an excellent job! |
hope43
Tulsa, OK
(Zone 7a)
November 18, 2006
02:28 AM Post #2924144
| Its beautiful.. |
Magpye
NW Qtr, AR
(Zone 6a)
November 24, 2006
03:07 PM Post #2941124
| An absolutely AWESOME new table top you've created!! (and a lot sturdier, too!)
Some fantastic ingenuity, there Jazz !!
Didja make it 100% weather proof?
Our new glass topped table .. had come mitey close (many times), to getting shattered, by the tons of acorns that fell this year! I had to keep the thing turned onto its side most of the time. Even worried that the umbrella was gonna get pulverized into mere strips. We were taking some horrific risks just to walk out into the back yard anywhere under the large Oaks. We had a massive acorn 'fall out' this Fall, I'm tellin' ya!! .. (LOL)
Could you be 'coaxed' into elaborating a bit - in sharing the pattern you designed and the procedure used in the woodburning technique -?- Some of us find we're in an alien world, when it comes to 'woodburning' on that scale. (Wellll, *I* am, for sure)! .. heehee
- Magpye |
tgif
Starkville, MS
 November 24, 2006
03:26 PM Post #2941160
| betterbloom - go ahead and get the wood for a top and play around with it - you will still have a usuable table and when you get the wood top finished, just put the glass top over it!
jazz - that is definitely a work of art! Beautiful job!!! If this is the result after not doing any woodburning work for awhile, I'm speechlees about what you could do when you are on a real roll. Keep it up. |
HollyAnnS
Dover, PA
(Zone 6b)
November 24, 2006
03:37 PM Post #2941180
| What a great idea!! I have a very handy son and one of his glass tables broke this summer. I’ll pass this along. He has a cabin on an island in the river and needs all the seating and table space he can get. Holly |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 24, 2006
09:40 PM Post #2941956
| Hey Hope, thank you :)
Magpye, Well I am hoping it's 100% weatherproof! It's made it through one year without damage. This winter will be it's second outside. As I said I used Spar-urethane, which is the polyurethane version of Spar Varnish which they use on boats..so I thought it would be tough..esp with three coats! I actually posted on th entire process last year when I first did it.. Here is the link to that thread
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/517260/
Tgif, Thank you. I like doing creative things. I do need to do it more but finding the time is hard :(
HollyAnnS, Thanks..It wouldn't be very hard.. esp if he has a plunge router. DH just clamped the wood to the top of the table and routed around it. Then he measured how far in he needed to do the flange and routed it again. Then I took over :) You don't have to do a design but I just wanted to |
HollyAnnS
Dover, PA
(Zone 6b)
November 24, 2006
10:16 PM Post #2942069
| He does beautiful remodeling and just about anything that needs done.Here is a picture of a bird feeder he made me for Christmas a few years ago. I don't have a real close up but it is very detailed. He also made the concrete well that is the pond part of the bird bath. What the deer is drinking from. Holly 
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Magpye
NW Qtr, AR
(Zone 6a)
November 24, 2006
10:20 PM Post #2942078
| Jazzpunkin ..
I'd had no idea of the existence of the other more detailed thread. Especially with [this] being a most recent thread, and accompanied with your photos .. I s'pose I just pretty much assumed it was a 'just finished' project.
Thanks, for the link. Maybe there's someone else that had missed it last year, and will appreciate the link to other thread also.
And I've been feelin' that I was doing 'ok', jes to be able to keep my head above the surface .. in this vast ocean of forums and threads! .. LOL ..
- Magpye |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 25, 2006
08:50 AM Post #2942632
| HollyAnn.. Wow he certainly has the skills to whip out this project then! I was afraid of using plywood becasue all I could think of was old weathered unfinished stuff i had seen tacked to sheds..lol.. The DH gave me encouragement and it turned out great! The nice thing about this is that is it does get dinged you can just sand it and put another coat of poly on. So even if you have an onslaught of acorns it would probably survive :)
Magpye, I am sorry, I thought I had said somewhere that I had done this last summer. I just ran across this forum recently and thought.. Hey I am going to post that because people have that happen to their tables all the time. If I wanted to make more I could probably get 2 or three frames a year |
HollyAnnS
Dover, PA
(Zone 6b)
November 25, 2006
09:38 AM Post #2942725
| II showed my son your table last night and he really liked it too. He told me he found a good table top with broken legs and used his frame with that but I’ll remember this project it’s a good one. |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 25, 2006
09:58 AM Post #2942764
| Boy he was lucky! Glad that he found one. One thing i meant to mention was that we were planning on running screws up through the frame into the bottom of the table top but it fit in so snugly that we never felt the need. also one less hole for water to seap into! |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
November 26, 2006
10:04 AM Post #2944925
| That is one beautiful table!! I don't have room for it...but I sure could put away one of those STEAKS! They too look yummy! Jo |
slowtornado
Belle Plaine, KS
December 06, 2007
09:03 PM Post #4269548
| I thought you wanted ideas. Good grief girl, you could write a book and give us your ideas, oh you just did.
I was going to suggest turn it upsidedown, mount it to the ceiling in the center of your kitchen for a pot rack. But forget that crappy idea!
Lora:) |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
December 06, 2007
09:12 PM Post #4269576
| Thanks Jo.. They were great steaks and anytime you feel like stopping by for the real thing you just come on over :) That was weird.. today was the first time I had a notice that this thread had been posted on and yet here's your post form the 26th!
Thanks Slowtornado :) LOLOL I LOVE that potrack idea!!! Thats freaking awesome! Course you would need high ceilings or else it could get ugly.. Or short people.. .. |
cattledogs
Kingston, WA
December 08, 2007
11:12 PM Post #4276208
| Hi Jazzpunkin, Great table I love it. I was thinking along the lines of putting a few support peices of wood or metal and then laying some chicken wire over the top then some cardboard and adding soil and planting maybe a fern and moss table or sedums and make it a living table in the garden. I love what you did it is so nice to see what other people think of. Heidi and Dragonfly |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
December 09, 2007
12:14 AM Post #4276368
| That sounds really interesting. If you do that please post some pics so we can see it! |
cattledogs
Kingston, WA
December 09, 2007
02:34 PM Post #4277651
| Hi Jazzy, I did an old metal bed in the garden and have changed annuals every year I just planted ferns and moss. I need to read on how to post photos, I am new to DG.I also did an old bench in sedums my folke were throwing away. I have this great little flatbed toyota which can haul about anything and a few years ago someone was throwing away a whole couch frame. They had taken off all the fabrice and all that is there is a oak frame I thought about taking out a zillion staples and then rewiring with chicken wire and planting it. I should go fish it out of the bushes. I think this would be cool. Take care Heidi and Dragonfly |
slowtornado
Belle Plaine, KS
December 22, 2007
09:31 PM Post #4320616
| This part is for Jazzpunkin, just cut the legs down as far as you need and attach to the ceiling with plumbing flanges. You'll have to get another table frame though. You were meant to find that one. And you did an absolutely wonderful job!!!
and cattledogs,
as long as you have pic's filed, click browse, find the one you want. It's easy, I'm no pc geek, but I did it.
I dont think you can hurt anything.
Lora:) |
mattsmom
Tomah, WI
January 19, 2008
10:09 AM Post #4424084
| Ablolutely awesome, Jazz! You did a wonderful job. You have alot of talent. Becky |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
January 19, 2008
06:38 PM Post #4426171
| Thanks Becky, It was a pretty good result for not that much work. :) I almost feel embarrassed getting kudos.. lol |
zenpotter
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4b)
January 19, 2008
06:52 PM Post #4426233
| I am going to keep my eye out for one of those tables on craig's list. That is great. |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
January 19, 2008
10:23 PM Post #4427181
| As a side note, This will be it's third winter outside and it's holding up great!
You can check freecycle also.that is where I found mine.. after big windstorms is a good time.. lol |
PrimroseSue
Medway, MA
(Zone 5b)
February 19, 2008
04:18 PM Post #4560788
| Jazz, I never got around to commenting, but as this thread was referenced on another http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/805459/, I thought I'd do it!
I love your idea and your final result. It looks part Navajo-ish, and part 1940's-ish. Good job! |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
February 19, 2008
04:27 PM Post #4560822
| lol..found your thread interesting but now am really going to go back and review, had a table on back deck..not sure what happened but now I'm minus a glass top, so must accomplish something spectacular myself..thanks for your info.. |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
February 19, 2008
07:52 PM Post #4561647
| Thanks Primrosesue :) I am still enjoying it too
Bettypauze if you have any questions feel free to dmail me :) |
yoyowenn
Winfield, AL
March 29, 2008
11:10 PM Post #4728607
| Jazpumpkin,
I am new to this as of about an hour ago. I have been readng none stop and when I came to your table...
HOLY BAT WINGS BATMAN!!!!
IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, just cannot find the words to say how BEAUTIFUL it is. GREAT JOB!
I am a craft person and a wood worker and I have a frame like that in my yard now. This will be my newest projest for sure. Just got a woodburner and I SUCK at it so far. Do you have any tips for me?
Keep posting your photos of your work Please
yoyowenn |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
March 30, 2008
04:23 AM Post #4729139
| well, That was my first wooodburning project so I am not sure I am qualified for advice giving :) But I did find that the kind of wood makes a big difference. I first did a practice piece where the wood was fairly soft but had areas of harder grain (I know there is a term for that but I sure don't know it) regardless of what it is called it was AWFUL to work with and I almost gave up before I started,
The cabinet grade maple was pretty nice to work wit. Very uniform density. I was using a metal straight edge to help do teh long lines and I found that it leached the heat away from the burner. SO after that i had to follow the lines under my own power.. lol
I had a lot of fun doign this one and would love to do another one. I think I might be more adventurous with the pattern. The table is on it's third winter outside here in Ohio. I put it on a covered porch but that's it. it's holding up great! |
yoyowenn
Winfield, AL
March 31, 2008
09:35 AM Post #4734649
| Jazzpumpkin, Thank you for more info on your table. I will go looking and pricing the maple wood today for this project. I also have a glass top table on my screened back porch and I am re doing the porch like the sea so I think I might do that table top with a cool ship, Water and such?????????????? I looked yesterday for pattern like your table but had no luck. I cannot free hand draw at all so I need a pattern. I live in a very small town and our local Wal Mart stopped carring stincels. What tip did you use with the wood burner on this project?
Again Thanks for sharing and I will be happy if mine turns out half as nice as yours.
yoyowenn |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
April 01, 2008
10:51 AM Post #4740252
| Well, I made my own patterns to draw onto the table. I used a regular piece of paper to decide on the overall pattern..I searched designs on the web to find something I liked. I actually looked at tile patterns for floors after I figured out that I really couldn't do anything elaborate. So I decided smething geometrical would work best for my first effort. (Straight lines are good..lol)
Anyway. After I decided what shapes I was going to use I cut out templates using card stock printer paper. Then I used a great big piece of paper the size of my table top and traced the patterns onto that. Then I found some big carbon paper at a craft store and put it on the table and taped the pattern over it and retraced the entire pattern so it was on the wood.
After that all I had to do was follow the lines with the wood burner. I think I used the pointy tip that looks sort of like a knitting needle. |
cue_chik
Palm Coast, FL
(Zone 9a)
March 14, 2009
06:23 AM Post #6264688
| what a gorgeous table! I too need a new patio table and something like this would be perfect. have you SEEN the prices for a basic patio table lately? simply outrageous, but your idea is great because is can be relatively inexpensive, but the best part is that its a one of a kind! |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
March 14, 2009
08:20 PM Post #6267675
| Yeah.. Now I am on the lookout for patio tables that have lost their glass so I can make them for other people :) |
cue_chik
Palm Coast, FL
(Zone 9a)
March 14, 2009
09:00 PM Post #6267830
| LOL.. the downfall of the creative mind |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
March 15, 2009
02:04 AM Post #6269129
| yup! |
nanaka
Webster, WI
March 15, 2009
10:25 PM Post #6273379
| I see this is an old thread but, Wow! the table is beautiful! |
cue_chik
Palm Coast, FL
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:12 AM Post #6274421
| Tho I am not tempted to smash the glass outta my patio table, I have been tinkering with the idea of painting it with stained glass paint and giving it a unique one of a kind look... hrmmmmmm |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 16, 2009
02:14 PM Post #6276025
| I and thinking of painted wood (geometric pattern) when mine breaks. |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
March 17, 2009
12:33 AM Post #6278919
| well just so you know this is it's 4th winter outside and it's holding up beautifully |
Highmtn
Cliff Dweller, WA
(Zone 8b)
March 17, 2009
09:15 AM Post #6279750
| I'm coming in WAYYYYYYYY BEHIND on this thread, but HOLY MACARONI! What a beautiful art item you created! It was very nice to begin with but once you "sprayed it with a copper finish and put a black rub over it"...it just took it over the top for appearance! Are you talking about SPRAY CAN copper? Or something more refined?
Glass table tops are NOT all they're cracked up to be (if you'll excuse the PUN). One good gust of wind... or them getting tipped and you're off looking for replacement glass.
I especially LOVE how you created the center table design. It's like you have a table runner on there! Years ago I had some directions for something similar, but not as cool. But...it did talk about burning the wood to keep the colors from bleeding into each other while painting.
Very very VERYYYYYYYYYY AWESOME!
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JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 17, 2009
11:20 AM Post #6280264
| Spar-urethane has brought it through 4 years with no troubles? Good to know. I can't wait much longer for someone/thing to break my outdoor coffee table glass...May just find a way to remove it.
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Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
March 17, 2009
10:07 PM Post #6282876
| Hey Highmtn, Yes the copper was a spray can version. I think the black was applied with a cloth. I didn't really do much prep beforehand other than making sure my surface was clean.
I did do the woodburning to try to prevent the colors from bleeding. I also diluted the paint so the grain showed through. I went with a geometrical type design becasue this was my first project and I didn't want to make it too difficult so that I got discouraged.
Juney. Yes that spar varnish is great. The only thing I would change if I had it to do over would be to use a good brush for all the layers versus the cheapie throw away brush. I am picky and I don't like the uneveness that resulted from the cheapie brush.
It did get bumped which cracked the finish and let in a little moisture.. All I had to so was sand it and put some more urethane over the spot |
flowerjen
central, NJ
(Zone 6b)
March 19, 2009
11:48 PM Post #6293103
| Thanks for resurrecting this thread -what a gorgeous table!!!!
and those t-bones look yummy!!! |
gordo
Gulfport, FL
(Zone 9b)
March 23, 2009
08:38 PM Post #6310224
| I haven't had dinner yet.
The table is absolutely beautiful...
...and the steaks look obscenely delicious.
Is it possible to gnaw through a monitor without killing yourself? |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
March 24, 2009
08:35 AM Post #6312010
| lol |
Highmtn
Cliff Dweller, WA
(Zone 8b)
March 24, 2009
10:01 AM Post #6312405
| I was thinking the SAME THING about the steaks in that photo! I WANT SOME NOWWWWWWWWWW!!
This link should come with a disclaimer. |
gordo
Gulfport, FL
(Zone 9b)
March 24, 2009
12:06 PM Post #6312961
| I'm getting artificial artery blockage... |
uniqueeuphoria
Boyceville, WI
March 29, 2009
11:51 AM Post #6335428
| That is absolutely beautiful. I'm starting to love this site :) |
katiebear
mulege
Mexico
March 29, 2009
11:55 AM Post #6335456
| Careful, it's addictive.
kb |
