[Woodworkers] Need Sturdy Picnic Table Plans

[Don Myers via Woodworkers]

Maybe this one will help

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Harvey Freeman via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Hello Brandon;
>
> You are correct that hot dipped and stainless steel fasteners are
> recommended for treated wood.  An economical picnic table would not likely
> be done with stainless steel fasteners. Never heard of copper coated
> fasteners reference in the very good articles on the subject of fastener
> corrosion on the Simpson Strong Tie site and I have no idea where to go
> looking for such a fastener.
>
> Make sure the hot dipped fastener really is hot dipped and not electro
> galvanized.
>
> Harvey Freeman
> Halifax, Canada
>
> *From:* Brandon Jackson via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:57 AM
> *To:* woodworkers at sawdusters.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Woodworkers] Need Sturdy Picnic Table Plans
>
> 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:
>>
>>
>>> 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​
>>
>>
>> ​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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