Hi,
Here's the table that last year was atop the deck. A windstorm came up and the pressure of the pole on the table caused the glass to shatter into a million pieces, as apparently, there's absolutely no safety glass on these things.
It took weeks to clean the glass out of my garden railway, which is below the deck, as the shards of glass fell between the cracks of the deck. Occasionally, I still see glass there and once a piece got in the hound's paw.
Sears was kind enough to give me a new table, which is behind the umbrella atop the deck. Rather than throw away the table frame, I decided to tile it. I had a piece of Hardiboard (thinner than backerboard and used to tile wet areas like bathrooms), but the hardiboard didn't fit as it was a bit too small. So I joined 2 pieces of hardiboard together by taking strips of hardiboard and running them lengthwise on the table, joining them with gorilla glue and a generous amount of water. Atop these I tiled the table, making use of my wet saw.
For the base, I made a wooden mold and poured concrete and then attached tiles to it to match the table.
The tile cutter wet saw will come in handy again when someday I cut slate to make a scale brick bridge support for the garden RR. The gorilla glue already has proved its worth in attaching wood ties to steel supports for my bridge structure. It has survived 2 years of ice, rain and heat and the glue shows no signs of weakening. The key to gorilla glue is ensuring you soak the 2 surfaces with water before applying; ensure a snug/flush fit, and then either clamp or apply pressure using weights on the surfaces being glued. Otherwise, it won't work.
I'm using this table to try and finish up a novel that will take me away from train projects for a while, as I'm aiming at 3 pages a day (yesterday only wrote 2). But naturally, I'll stay tuned to the forum. At 3 pages a day, I should be done in less than 6 months, if you include rewrites and edits. Got to put some discipline into this!
A windstorm came up and the pressure of the pole on the table caused the glass to shatter into a million pieces, as apparently, there's absolutely no safety glass on these things.
That is a type of safty glass, it is ment to shatter like it did so when you have way too many beers it dosnt ness up your face when you go face first in to it.
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
dwbeckett wrote: A windstorm came up and the pressure of the pole on the table caused the glass to shatter into a million pieces, as apparently, there's absolutely no safety glass on these things. That is a type of safty glass, it is ment to shatter like it did so when you have way too many beers it dosnt ness up your face when you go face first in to it.
That response almost sounds as if it comes from experience.
Well I would keep the new one and sell on ebay for $$$ train money or keep till christmas and give away.
You did a bang up job on that one that it should last you a very long time!
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