Christmas present for wife

azmtnman · December 25, 2015, 02:06:03 PM

I made this coffee table for my loving, supportive, hard-working wife for Christmas. This is my 1st piece of real furniture. The top is a 4" thick x 22"x44" slab of Doug fir and the legs are 6x6 Utah juniper. I'm guessing it weighs about 75 or 80 lbs.! We will pick out a stain/finish and do that this week.
The "pegs" on the legs are just covers for the 5/16 x 6" GRK RSS screws. I am a huge fan of these screws and use them on anything I build heavy duty. I highly recommend them.

samandothers · December 25, 2015, 03:43:52 PM

That is heavy duty and very cool!

Bruno of NH · December 25, 2015, 06:37:04 PM

Nice work .
The GRK screws are great been building with them for years . They have a lot of holding power and come in lots of sizes .
Bruno

Darrel · December 25, 2015, 08:33:35 PM

That is an awesome piece of work! Beautiful

mesquite buckeye · December 25, 2015, 11:33:48 PM

That ought to hold up a cup of coffee ok.

Ianab · December 26, 2015, 12:09:34 AM

Quote from: mesquite buckeye on December 25, 2015, 11:33:48 PM
That ought to hold up a cup of coffee ok.

Or a small truck :D

One nice thing about being able to mill you own wood is that you can overbuild things if you want to. Sure a 2x2 will hold up a table, but not as well as a 6x6

Busy Beaver Lumber · December 26, 2015, 10:47:06 AM

very nice table

nmericle53 · December 26, 2015, 11:00:41 AM

A beautiful addition to any room. One lucky wife.

Darrel · December 26, 2015, 12:00:18 PM

QuoteThe "pegs" on the legs are just covers for the 5/16 x 6" GRK RSS screws. I am a huge fan of these screws and use them on anything I build heavy duty. I highly recommend them.

How do these screws differ from lag bolts?

beenthere · December 26, 2015, 01:07:29 PM

Darrel
Google "GRK RSS screws" for

http://www.grkfasteners.com/products/rss/rss

Kbeitz · December 26, 2015, 03:52:21 PM

Quote from: Darrel on December 26, 2015, 12:00:18 PM
QuoteThe "pegs" on the legs are just covers for the 5/16 x 6" GRK RSS screws. I am a huge fan of these screws and use them on anything I build heavy duty. I highly recommend them.

How do these screws differ from lag bolts?

10 times stronger and a whole lot smaller dia.

azmtnman · December 27, 2015, 09:34:19 AM

Quote from: Kbeitz on December 26, 2015, 03:52:21 PM
Quote from: Darrel on December 26, 2015, 12:00:18 PM
QuoteThe "pegs" on the legs are just covers for the 5/16 x 6" GRK RSS screws. I am a huge fan of these screws and use them on anything I build heavy duty. I highly recommend them.

How do these screws differ from lag bolts?

10 times stronger and a whole lot smaller dia.

Also don't need to be pre-drilled. I did predrill this but it's because the screws are 6" long and I wanted to make sure I got them straight. I have never had a splitting issue using these even without pre-drilling.

sawguy21 · December 27, 2015, 02:15:26 PM

That is a nice table, simple and sturdy. I like that. Those screws are interesting, I always strip a few when trying to drive long ones with the Phillips head. The square Robertson are better but not fool proof..