My industrial style coffee table

[L84ARACE]

I pulled this out of a barn and made a coffee table out of it.

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Added some old reclaimed lumber & 4x4's for the base....

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[59'trump]

Sounds good, but I can't view the photos


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[tpierce]

THAT... is very cool. Great job.

 

[whateg01]

I really like that. I've been looking at "industrial"-themed furniture and so much of it is built around pipe and pipe fittings. That's not the look I'm after. I could go for your table, though!

Dave

 

[bullnerd]

Beautiful job dude!

You've got a good eye!

 

[Richard Cranium]

it turned out so much better then I thought it was going to when I saw the before pictures.

 

[meatsis]

That's AWESOME!!!

 

[tarbellb]

Well done! That came out great, was worried it was only going to be 6" high till the last photo.

 

[RivennHewn]

Nicely done!

 

[FANTM58]

WOW ! great vision and execution, I love it

 

[larry_g]

Nice use of an old chicken brooder.

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[jimgood]

Wow. That's really nice! What did you use to keep the cuts in the sheet so straight?

 

[Techie1961]

I can't believe that you saw that diamond in there. I would never have thought to use a piece like that and it would have ended up in the scrap. Awesome job!

 

[colt zantop]

That sir, is KILLER! Wow

 

[Apache3057]

Very sweet!!! I love to see things repurposed.

 

[lotsoftools]

Nice! From the first pic I couldn't imagine how you'd make a table. That was some clever work.

 

[txvwnut]

That's awesome!

 

[wingnut_1]

Nice job 'LATE FOR A RACE'

 

[neonnblack]

Awesome.

 

[royce]

Far out
Well done
Royce

 

[PFSard]

Great job. I would never have envisioned the end result given what you started with.

 

[bad_idea]

What's a chicken brooder?

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

What's a chicken brooder?

A heat source to keep little baby chicks warm so they don't get sick / die when they are less than a week or 2 old.


I must say the OP's work is excellent, but I probably would have just saved that brooder for it's intended purpose.....

 

[Notgrownup]

Very creative....nice...thinking outside the box.

 

[L84ARACE]

Wow. That's really nice! What did you use to keep the cuts in the sheet so straight?

They are not perfect but the piece is rough enough that you don't notice unless you look very closely. I drew it out on acad first to get the measurements and rivet spacing.

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[b-dog]

Like so many here, I saw the before pictures and never would've pictured the after.

Well done!

 

[PelicanPines]

You have officially won my NIFTY award. Congrats. FREAKING awesome.

 

[hotdogstand]

That is a beautiful table, nice work

 

[d.mcfarland]

Came out really good!

 

[phule]

Looks great!

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[LXCam]

That's spectacular !

 

[shocksandstrutz]

that looks great, I would have never looked at that and thought I could make that table out of it, looks really nice

 

[nine4gmc]

Freakin Sweet!

 

[MP&C]

Awesome!

 

[eborcim]

Pretty cool! After drawing it out how did you make the cuts?

 

[VWingman]

That is awesome. Great way to re-purpose.

 

[L84ARACE]

Pretty cool! After drawing it out how did you make the cuts?

The brooder unbolted into 4 wedge shaped sections. I laid it out to see how large I could make it, and cut the pieces down with a metal shear. The center piece was a rectangle cut from another piece of metal. The pieces overlap each other, so I didn't have to 'gap it' perfectly which made it much easier to fit together. It is mounted to 3/4" plywood underneath which is sitting on 2X4's on end. Then I just pre-drilled the holes and pounded in the rivets.

Edit: I found a photo of the process.

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[L84ARACE]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I messed around with this off and on all winter, really struggled at times, and almost through in the towel.