we have this type of folding table, please see picture on tinypic website
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dxeaev&s=4
the folding edges are very thin and with a very small clearance. would this
be able to cope with being stored in a tin garden shed (with no heating) in
north london u.k. over the winter? Or would it likely warp and distort?
Thanks for any advice.
john d hamilton wrote:
> we have this type of folding table, please see picture on tinypic website
>
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dxeaev&s=4
>
> the folding edges are very thin and with a very small clearance. would this
> be able to cope with being stored in a tin garden shed (with no heating) in
> north london u.k. over the winter? Or would it likely warp and distort?
> Thanks for any advice.
>
>
Link worked fine. That looks to be a nice piece of wood there, from what
I can see in the picture. No way would I store that in a garden shed if
there was any way to avoid it. Even if roof is solid and it is up on
bricks, the humidity/temp swings will play havoc on the wood and
joinery. No relatives you can park it with, that would actually give it
back when you are in a position to use it?
I have, in the past, actually sold or given away some decent pieces to a
good home, just because I didn't have a good place to keep them, and
respected the craftsmanship too much to put it at risk. Antique or
not-antique, or resale value, didn't enter in to it. I just can't bear
to see good wood in harm's way.
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:44:55 +0000, aemeijers wrote:
> john d hamilton wrote:
>> we have this type of folding table, please see picture on tinypic
>> website
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dxeaev&s=4
>>
>> the folding edges are very thin and with a very small clearance. would
>> this be able to cope with being stored in a tin garden shed (with no
>> heating) in north london u.k. over the winter? Or would it likely
>> warp and distort? Thanks for any advice.
>>
>>
> Link worked fine. That looks to be a nice piece of wood there, from what
> I can see in the picture. No way would I store that in a garden shed if
> there was any way to avoid it. Even if roof is solid and it is up on
> bricks, the humidity/temp swings will play havoc on the wood and
> joinery. No relatives you can park it with, that would actually give it
> back when you are in a position to use it?
>
> I have, in the past, actually sold or given away some decent pieces to a
> good home, just because I didn't have a good place to keep them, and
> respected the craftsmanship too much to put it at risk. Antique or
> not-antique, or resale value, didn't enter in to it. I just can't bear
> to see good wood in harm's way.
I've just refinished a similar table - got it from Freecycle but it was
too big for the intended place, and covered in watermarks. It was a
really nice table though.
So I sanded it right back, restained and poly'd it and gave it away again.
Amazing how all the worries about messing it up when refinishing go away
when it didn't cost anything and you're either going to give it away or
dump it afterwards...