table 4
after several months, we finally returned to lift the table top and place it on the legs. the table top is 180 cms by 70 cms by 10 cms. it weighs some 500 kilograms. it's really goddam heavy. i built a pair of dik4s. what's a dik4? ba dump bump. some jokes just never get old. anywho, they look like upside down bridge trestles. the plan is to teeter the table top back and forth and raise it up by the width of a 2x4 each teeter and totter. the dik4s securely hold two stacks of 2x4s while the table top teeters from one stack to the other and totters back. once raised to the appropriate height i fastened a yob to the table top. it's a piece of 1x4 that goes between the table top and the 2x4 stacks. now one end of the table top was lifted and rotated around the yob. then lift and rotate the other end of the table top. repeat until the table top is positioned over the legs. remove the yob and teeter totter the table top but this time remove 2x4s from the stacks to lower the table top onto the legs. voila! piece of cake. happy thanksgiving. let's eat. on the brand new table. woo hoo! joe and bob did some stuff too.