tailieunhanh - Design outdoor furniture: Part 2

Continued part 1, part 2 of Design outdoor furniture with the contents: childrens picnic table and benches; gardeners kneeling bench; shrub planter; duck board benches and tables; rocking sling chair; tree bench; nesting tables; planter partition; garden table bench; cedar doormat; adirondack chair; avoiding splinters; rust resistant hardware; precautions for pressure treated lumber; outdoor finishes. | 52 CHILDREN S PICNIC TABLE AND BENCHES Children sPicnic and Benches ndoors or outdoors kids need heir own space a space where they can accomplish things where the world isn t too big for them to handle where everything is kid-size. The table and benches that you see here help to create just such a space out of doors on your deck or In your backyard. The benches arc just the right height for children from three years old on up to seven or eight. And the table provides plenty of room for kids to spread out their toys without being too big. The construction is simple but strong tough enough to take the sort of punishment that kids dish out. The legs and stretchers arc joined by interlocking lap joints. The scat and tabletop planks serve double-duty as diagonal braces that reinforce the frame. If you make them from gtxxl-qualiry woods you ll find the table and benches arc sturdy-enough to last through several childhoods. HIU RI vs PICNIC. TABU AND BENCHES 3 Materials List HNUHUDDOONMONS PARTS Table A. Legs 4 B. Stretchers 4 c. Outside slats 4 D. Next-to-outside slats 4 E. Next-to-middle slats 4 F. Middle slats 4 1Vx3Vx21 1 x3 x39 Vx3Vx30 V X 3 X 22 V Vx3Vx15 x3Vx7V EXPLODED VIEW Benches 2 A. Legs 8 B. Stretchers 8 c. Outside slats 8 D. Middle slats 8 HARDWARE BENCH EXPLODED VIEW lVx3Vx11 1Vx3Vxie-Vx3Vx13 Vx2Vx5W Table 410x1 Flathead wood screws 16 412 X 2 Flathead wood screws 2 6d Finishing nails lb. Benches 2 410 X 1 Flathead wood screws 16 412 X 2 Zr Flathead wood screws 2 6d Finishing nails lb. CHILDREN S PICNIC TABU AND BENCHES Carefully choose your lumber. Give some careful thought to the type of lumber that you will use to build this project particularly if it is to Ik used by toddlers. Avoid pressure-treated lumber since this wood is saturated with toxic chemicals. Choose an untreated clear softwood free of any defects that might throw .