I found a nice little table on the side of the road. (again) It had sustained some serious damage in the leg assembly and the top had a very deep gouge extending about 60% of the length, like a marble had been rolled underneath a heavy girder along the table or something.
I re-glued the shattered foot assembly, and slammed in some 19mm dowel perpendicular to the break. Little hard to see in this photo, but it was a serious break. The dowels were cut down after everything dried.
Doesn't show well in the photo, but the gouge is quite deep.
3M Stripping disc starts the long job of removing the surface varnish. The belt sander just clogs up otherwise.
Then the belt sander gets some action
Ta-da!! Just under 2hrs of work. Man I love the look of raw timber. (yeah I know the base isn't stripped down yet...I'll get to it) I'll hit Bunnings tomorrow and see if I can find a nice light colored oil finish. I'm a little over the dark mahogany stain and gloss varnish I've been doing for years. If the top comes out OK, I'm going to disassemble the stand assembly and use the four uprights as regular legs, turning it into a more traditional table. I'm not excited about the current leg configuration, and by just using the uprights I can shed a heap of weight also.
