Good evening all from London
First post on the forum from me!
I have been reading the forum for a while now to gain some tips and tricks, even ahead of taking the plunge and purchasing the egg.
As always I had a long debate with myself and then the wife on which size to go for. I think I made the right decision!
So next was the table build.
I did a few elements in CAD and sketch up to get the general idea, the when I came to build it turned everything on its head as we decided to put it in a different place in the garden - closer to the door for those rainy evening cooks...
I began with some sawn planed softwood which I used for the table legs and the foundations of the conical nest.
I then acquired 2 'euro' pallets and 3 more basic pallets to construct the remaining structure.
At this stage I actually had to completely deconstruct the pallets to then rebuild the table with the symmetry and geometry that I was looking for.
It even needed a spot of maths to get the cutting ratio for the top and bottom to the conical surround pieces so that it all lined up - who said maths was never useful?!
The final stage was to treat the wood so that it could handle the English winter. For this I went for a coat of Osmo base coat followed by 2 coats of Osmo clear wood stain and then a final coat of Osmo decking oil. The end result is waterproof, UV proof and is wipe clean.
Below are some pictures throughout the build process.
We have done a few cooks in the last couple of weeks, but I have included pics of the top 3 so far - prime rib roast, Asian pork belly and a 12 hour smoked brisket. So good!
Hope you like the finished product, we are certainly chuffed with the result.
if anyone has any questions, just let me know!
Al
First post on the forum from me!
I have been reading the forum for a while now to gain some tips and tricks, even ahead of taking the plunge and purchasing the egg.
As always I had a long debate with myself and then the wife on which size to go for. I think I made the right decision!
So next was the table build.
I did a few elements in CAD and sketch up to get the general idea, the when I came to build it turned everything on its head as we decided to put it in a different place in the garden - closer to the door for those rainy evening cooks...
I began with some sawn planed softwood which I used for the table legs and the foundations of the conical nest.
I then acquired 2 'euro' pallets and 3 more basic pallets to construct the remaining structure.
At this stage I actually had to completely deconstruct the pallets to then rebuild the table with the symmetry and geometry that I was looking for.
It even needed a spot of maths to get the cutting ratio for the top and bottom to the conical surround pieces so that it all lined up - who said maths was never useful?!
The final stage was to treat the wood so that it could handle the English winter. For this I went for a coat of Osmo base coat followed by 2 coats of Osmo clear wood stain and then a final coat of Osmo decking oil. The end result is waterproof, UV proof and is wipe clean.
Below are some pictures throughout the build process.
We have done a few cooks in the last couple of weeks, but I have included pics of the top 3 so far - prime rib roast, Asian pork belly and a 12 hour smoked brisket. So good!
Hope you like the finished product, we are certainly chuffed with the result.
if anyone has any questions, just let me know!
Al
