Cement Table

What: A stone table with a compass carved into the top.

Warning weighs 800 pounds

How

• Create a mold

  • Lay out 1 or more sheets of melamine board to create a flat surface.

  • Build a wall around the outer edge the width of the table top:  2” is good.

  • Caulk all the gaps.

• Pour a ridiculous amount of cement into the mold.

• Add rebar.

• Now you have an 800 pound disk sitting on the floor.

  • I tried to leverage it up for a whole day.

  • I eventually invited 20 friends over and we all lifted it up onto the table.

  • It cost me 2 cases of beer.

• Carve a compass into the top of it with a grinder.

• Coat the whole thing with gray drylok.

• Have the same 20 friends come over and adjust table to perfectly point north.

  • This will take 2 more cases.

What: An 800 pound table that is impervious to weather and gives you an excuse for not one, but two parties.