[Woodworkers] Need Sturdy Picnic Table Plans

[Brandon Jackson via Woodworkers]

You can use metal fasteners with treated lumber just fine. Hot Dipped
Galvanized, Stainless Steel or Copper Coated. The new copper based
treatments are safer than the old CCA, but I'd still not use it for the
top/seat, maybe the ground contact parts of the legs though.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Graham McCulloch via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I will Reiterate Harvey's warning, DO NOT use pressure treated wood for
> building a picnic table! Pressure treated wood contains *Copper Azoid* a
> poisonous chemical. It will also react with metal components and cause them
> to fail rather quickly.
> Graham
>
>
>
> On 25/08/2015 10:05 AM, Joe Johns via Woodworkers wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Royce wrote:
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> I believe that Joseph has some picnic table generating software available
>> on his site...
>>
>
> ​Royce is correct.
>
> http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com/
>>
>
> look under the plans button...there might be a couple of different types
>> available.
>>
>
> ​ <http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com/Zip%20Files/PicnicTables.zip>
> http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com/Zip%20Files/PicnicTables.zip​
>
>
> ​Those plans will generate every piece of a picnic table, including the
> angle cuts AND the bolt locations.  You input the length and width of your
> table, hit the generate button and POOF, there it is.
>
> I know it works on Win 7 and all the older OSs - not sure 'bout Win 8 but
> don't know why it wouldn't. ​
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