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comments (5) April 30th, 2011 in Reader's Gallery

mikestamets mikestamets, member
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used left over parallam beam ends and poplar. top is hypertufa concrete.


Design or Plan used: My own design - mike stamets
posted in: Reader's Gallery, , trestle table, parallam furniture, recycled wood furniture, hypertufa table top
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mikestamets mikestamets writes: not the standard trestle table, but the arched horizontals fit the definition.

the top is one inch thick. steel would "window pane" through. concrete this small and thin could be poured with mortar, cement and sand. i used sand, cement and peat moss..which replaces gravel. looks more like stone than concrete. rich mix and plasticizer to reduce water and its tough stuff.
Posted: 10:17 pm on May 1st

hhmacdonald hhmacdonald writes: While I was up in the DC area I saw train trestles (Metro) made out of parallam beams. Trestle table works for me.
Posted: 1:37 pm on May 1st

Crookehouse Crookehouse writes: Uh......dude....that's not a trestle table. Very nice, but not a trestle.
Posted: 11:36 am on May 1st

hhmacdonald hhmacdonald writes: Great job and both interesting materials. Did you need any metal reinforcement in the hypertufa concrete top? How strong is it?
Posted: 10:50 am on May 1st

zbop zbop writes: Trestle?
Posted: 8:13 am on May 1st

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