Fixing the Ping-Pong table

Back in September, we began working to refurbish the ping-pong table, which had suffered some abuse and needed some minor repairs.

The main damage to the table was that the flat bar knee braces on the legs were terribly bent up and really weren't strong enough for the job.  So, we bought some small (3/4" x 3/4") angle and made new knee braces.

Anderson Mora cut the angle to length and here is rounding off the corners with a small grinder.

Anderson drilling holes in each end of the new knee braces.

Johan Egson Fonseca painting the new braces.

In addition to making the new braces, we added hardwood reinforcements under the table top where the particle board had cracked.

We didn't actually put everything together until after I returned from England in late October.

Here are a couple shots of the renovated ping pong table before it left the shop:

Apology for gap in posting

For those who have been looking for something new on this blog between the end of Sept 2011 and now, Feb 26, 2012, you have been disappointed.

For that lapse in postings, I do sincerely apologize.

My wife and I were blessed to visit ministry friends in southern England during the first half of October, and I just didn't get caught back up until the end of the year.  We had a very busy time in the workshop in late October and November, so I didn't find the time to explain to you all what we were doing.  Then I made an trip to the US during the month January to visit my  family, prompted by the illness and death of my younger sister.

Now that I am back and into the swing of things, I hope and expect to go back and resurrect the postings that should have been made in October through December last year, as well as capture what we have been doing at the workshop this month.

Here goes....