During my last trip to France, I bought a ENO Plancha.
I did not buy the table/stand that goes with it because it would not fit in my car.
Because I live in the UK, there is no store selling Planchas and certainly no store selling plancha tables…
I decided to build one myself. I did browse for many different type on the web and then decided to build my own design. Below is the work in progress.
I has a few LEDs to provide minimal lighting outside.
During the design phase, I used openscad to test how to build the frame etc. I wanted to hide the gas bottle, have a drawer, have some lighting and have look of something robust, built to last.
I really struggled to find any good supplier of hardwood locally (Central London). I then found some wooden flooring OAK plank, which I thought I could hack into simple planks. I had to convert all the wooden floor plank to the correct width using a small jig on my festool table. Then I started building, freestyle as my brother wood say… I also added a few caster wheels to make it easier to move around. Given that the whole structure will be entirely made of oak wood.
It is getting closed to the day when I will be using it, that is if the weather gets better and rain stops falling.
[UPDATE]
Well almost finished now. It is now out of the garage and is ready for “finishing” with oils or varnish, not sure yet what I am going to do. Gas bottle fits neatly in the back and the cover fits as well…pfeew!…
I used laser cut small pieces of plywood to create spacers for the various planks and ensure that they would all look nicely spaced. you can see a couple in the picture here to the right side of the bottom.
Next on the list :
I might fit a proper plug to be able to bring a portable induction plate to put next to it and then I will have a full cooking Zone in the garden…
