Missing a Piece of the Pie
The story so far: Here’s an almost round table that is being eaten alive by woodlice and other xylovores. Somewhere to the left of the photographer is a pallet that has given up its wholeness as a pallet to become the raw material to repair aforementioned table.
Before I inflict my brand of DIY on my reader (and the table), I thought I would just show the damage in the surviving ends of the round bit (the technical name of which escapes me at the moment).
Whose been eating my, er, table?
I disturbed quite a few woodlice during their meal as I removed the various rotten and rotting bits. They all waddled away over the patio to sleep off a fifty-eight course meal of wood. The damage extended right along this section of the table.
About twenty minutes of controlled violence later (or DIY, if you prefer that term), I had removed the eaten section. Fortunately, it wasn’t a lot more than I was expecting so there was still enough usable pieces of pallet for the repair.
Nearly half the top removed
Next time: Cutting stuff, measuring stuff, all the stuff I do really badly. What could possibly go wrong? Answers on a ten pound note please…
oOo
*I forgot to put these pictures up in Palletable DIY 2 so this is 1.5. It’s not just the table that seems to be rotting…
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Ooh… a serial 🙂
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I’m glad you’re rescuing the table, though I’m not sure I’m up to watching what happens next . . . . except you might have some handy hints that Mr Night Owl could follow (provided they don’t involve hammers, as hammers and hubby do not get on!) Lol
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Actually, there were no hammers involved – I used screws for attachments. I did use a jigsaw for one bit as the next post will mention. That’s as much power toolness I can cope with!
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Oh dear – I’ll have to hide your post from Mr Night Owl then – he’s a devil with jigsaws! Lol
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How interesting. Do tell how you are going to mitre all of those corners, cut (accurately) all of those spokes from palette imperfection to mend said table? I would be diving under the bed if it was Stevie-boy setting out to attempt this foolhardery but as you are on the other side of the world and I can’t hear you yelling or swearing I am interested. Can’t wait to see the photos (Note to Ms Snail. “take photos” 😉 )
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All will be revealed… sort of…
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