Replacing top, feasible? And guide for it

[printer2]

Originally Posted by brianli408

Nice, I get a coffee table with two shelfs at home and going to use it for this. I will check out the rods in the stores, thanks for tip to cut down the cost.

A bunch of ripped pine and fiberglass road markers.



Ordinary wood clamps.



Use what you got.

[brianli408]

So here's the progress


I am going to keep the x brace and remake otber braces.
Going to glue the braces later, my candidate for the go bar deck is a tea table that the foot of the table would step on the top. I decided to use wooden chopsticks instead of glass rod or pine strip(the ceiling is pretty low). This is the best candidate that I can find.
I have a somehow better candidate for the deck, but it is the dining table at home, my family would mad at me if I working the top there.

[mirwa]

Noiiice, got to start some where.

Steve

[brianli408]

The budget go bar deck

As I only have to buy sticks, the deck cost me less than a buck. It is really fun to get the sticks held in position. They always slips away. Nonetheless I managed to fix them.

[printer2]

Originally Posted by brianli408

It is really fun to get the sticks held in position. They always slips away. Nonetheless I managed to fix them.

Oh how many times has one slip and the rest start flying.

[brianli408]

Originally Posted by printer2

Oh how many times has one slip and the rest start flying.

Well 4 to 5 times, I have been struggling for 30 minutes to get all the sticks fixed

[printer2]

Originally Posted by brianli408

Well 4 to 5 times, I have been struggling for 30 minutes to get all the sticks fixed

See, it is not just me.

[brianli408]

Now I am looking for solution to clean the dried excess glue.
I am not expecting to using water to soften it. Although sand is the best but the progress is slow.
Nonetheless using razor blade to cut the glue would peel away dome of the top wood
I do not have any scrapers, I am not sure that whether it is avaliable in the metalwork stores nearby.
My hand hurt after having long sanding experience, my brother who is a physiotherapist told me to stop this and let my hand take a rest.

[charles Tauber]

Originally Posted by printer2

Oh how many times has one slip and the rest start flying.

As I've pointed out to you previously, and the same for the OP, your sticks are too long for the span in which you are trying to use them. They don't need to be bent very much to adequately do the job. Over-bending them - being too long for the span from "roof" to brace - causes eccentric loading with the result that a slight side load will cause them to go flying. Keep the two points of contact - one end against the "roof" and the other against the brace - vertically one above the other with little bend in the middle. Overly long sticks results in the ends being horizontally offset.

[mirwa]

I scrape excess glue away with razor blades or steel scrapers

Its a skill you pick up pretty quickly


Steve

[charles Tauber]

Originally Posted by brianli408

Now I am looking for solution to clean the dried excess glue.

The excess glue is best removed after it has been allowed to set for about 10 minutes, when it becomes "rubbery". It then removes cleanly. No sanding required to remove the glue.

I use a piece of hardwood that has one end chiseled down to resemble the blade of a chisel. I then run the wooden "chisel" horizontally along the top next to the brace and, if necessary, along the side of the brace, to remove the rubbery glue. Do it too soon and it just smears: wait too long and the glue is too hard to remove. Experience tells you when it is time.

A fresh edge can be created on the wooden "chisel" just by chiseling a new chamfer on its end.