Build a Hexagon Picnic Table

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This hexagonal picnic table allows each person access to the full table, as well as an easier time of sitting down and getting up.
This hexagonal picnic table allows each person access to the full table, as well as an easier time of sitting down and getting up.
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The seat.
The seat.
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The wooden tabletop.
The wooden tabletop.
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The fully assembled picnic table.
The fully assembled picnic table.

One of the most welcome new attractions at the Eco-Village is a natural foods restaurant, which features homemade breads, soups, salads, and other wholesome fare. In keeping with the rustic surroundings, patrons are seated at MOTHER’s own homebuilt “picnic” tables. These sit-down accommodations are, however, a little out of the ordinary. Indeed, we think you’ll agree with us that the polygonal seaters represent the height of the craftsman’s art.

To suit the size of your own family or circle of friends, you can build a table similar to the one shown here, having as few as two stools or as many as you could wish for. We’ve built two-, three-, four-, five-, and six-position units, and each is stable when any combination of the seats is occupied. Whatever the number, every diner has a fixed perch–undisturbed by the comings and goings of other people at the table–and faces a sizable square-edged surface (for convenient eating and elbow propping).

In addition, our quasi-circular tables take up less space in our restaurant than would conventional models and allow us to set up the floor plan for less regimented traffic patterns than are usual. In other words, we find the tables to be unique and practical, as well as attractive.

Woodwork and Metalwork

Though this shop project could be divided into separate metalworking and woodworking stages, you’ll make the best use of your time by combining the different tasks into a well-organized series of steps. Thus, you can turn to cutting and welding steel while glue is drying, and then get back to “wood butchering” as the metal cools. In any event, we estimate that it will require about 40 hours to complete the undertaking, using the power tools we’ve included in the accompanying list. Now here’s how to duplicate the Eco-Village designs for your own al fresco dining!

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