did I hack, or not?

[driven]

I just finished checking out the hack thread, very enjoyable, so I ask, Did I hack, or not hack?

I bought a 40 year old Murrey table while I was in Az, The problem I had with the slate is that it had split and lifted up in 4 places near the seams, The largest problem area covered about 30 square inches. I believe the condition would be called checked if we were talking about the wood on my deck.
My solution was to take my angle grinder with a 4 inch diamond wheel and take down the bad spots, fill with bondo, and sand it smooth for a couple days., I went to the auto parts store and got an assortment pack of long sandpaper auto body guys use and attached it to a wood float to sand with, A belt sander would have been nice...
anyway it came out real good I thought, I had the table for 6 or 8 months. No funny rolls ever.
When we moved I took it apart and set it up again in our friends garage. No problems with the repair so far.
And a table that should have went to the landfill has gone to a good home, a single mom with 3 boys who loved to come over for a game.
sry, I couldn't figure out how to resize the pics.
steven

 

[realkingcobra]

If it turned out OK in the end, that's all that really matters

 

[fastone371]

That sure is a "beefy" looking table. If it works well all is well, sounds like it was kinda destined for the scrap heap if you did not do something. Im not sure what you think, but from doing my table that Bondo takes alot longer to sand smooth than I thought it would, dont put it on too thick, you will be there all day sanding, makes alot of dust too!

 

[driven]

That sure is a "beefy" looking table. If it works well all is well, sounds like it was kinda destined for the scrap heap if you did not do something. Im not sure what you think, but from doing my table that Bondo takes alot longer to sand smooth than I thought it would, dont put it on too thick, you will be there all day sanding, makes alot of dust too!

no question about the sanding, I never used bondo before but I wouldn't be surprised if it's harder than the slate., If I had a belt sander I sure would have used it.

the table played real good, lively rails, I got it good and level. I am sure the 6 or 7 percent humidity and 100 plus degrees out there in the desert has a lot to do with that.

steven

ps, I wasn't going to use beeswax on the joints anyway, with the summer heat sometimes at 120 it would have just melted, we had some candles in the garage suffer that fate.