A coffee table is a very important and necessary piece of furniture. It is so nice to drink tea at it, relaxing after a hard day. It is doubly nice if .
Drawing of a multi-tiered coffee table.
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A convenient table can be made from a variety of materialsitems that are easy to find. Anything will do, even the most unlikely at first glance: old window frames, battered suitcases, car tires, wooden pallets, boxes or any other items. As for the materials, they can also be very different: glass, wood, metal, plastic.
Scheme of making wooden roundcoffee table. For example, you can assemble a very interesting piece from glass and bamboo, and decorate the tabletop with souvenirs brought from the sea. Before doing it yourself, you need to prepare: decide how it should look and make a drawing of the future design. The drawing should be as detailed as possible, all dimensions should be indicated on it and the fastening points should be marked. This will allow you to perform the work more accurately and calculate the amount of material and fasteners needed. The following materials and tools will be needed for the work:
Diagram of connecting legs to table top using dowels.
- plywood with a thickness of 20-30 mm;
- glass with a thickness of 10 mm;
- bamboo blanks;
- thick twine for table top decor and thin for legs;
- metal rods;
- silicone gaskets;
- feet-balusters;
- a hammer;
- drill;
- electric jig saw;
- glue;
- roulette;
- nails, screws;
- varnish and brush;
- decor (shells, pebbles, sand).
As for bamboo blanks, it is necessaryprepare 3 thin sticks 1 m long and 4 pieces of a larger diameter to fit the tabletop. For the legs, you can choose balusters or cut blanks from a wooden beam. From the metal rods, you need to saw off 2 pieces, the length of which corresponds to the length of the tabletop, and 2 pieces with a length corresponding to its width. Return to the table of contents</a>
Stages of work execution
Stages of varnishing and painting woodcoffee table. All actions for making the table must be carried out strictly adhering to the drawing. The tabletop is planned to be double - the bottom is made of plywood, the top is made of glass. For this, blanks of the required sizes are cut out. The glass blank should be made 30 mm wider on each side. Large-diameter bamboo sticks are screwed along the perimeter of the plywood blank. The appearance of the blank should resemble a box. The coffee table should be durable and not wobble. To do this, the legs must be fastened together with metal rods. Long segments are fixed at the bottom of the legs, and those that correspond to the width of the tabletop, in the middle. For additional fastening, thin bamboo blanks are used, which are adjusted crosswise at the top of the legs.
Assembly diagram of a coffee table.To screw the legs to the tabletop, you need to prepare 5 holes on the end of each of them and on the plywood blank. Screw them in with screws. First, the legs and rods must be wrapped with thin twine. The twine should be wound tightly so that the blanks are not visible. Then cover the legs with varnish. Using a hammer and nails, under the bamboo side, you need to nail thick twine along the entire perimeter of the plywood blank. On the bamboo frame, you need to drill holes with a step of 150-200 mm. Insert silicone gaskets into them, which will hold the glass tabletop and prevent it from slipping. Inside the tabletop, distribute all the "riches" brought from the sea, and close the finished display case with glass. Instead of shells, any other decor can be laid in the display case. Return to the table of contents</a>
Another way to make a table
An original coffee table can be made from an old car tire. Such a design can be made even without a drawing. For work you will need:
Table top manufacturing diagram.
- tire;
- glue joiner;
- roulette;
- sheet of plywood;
- electric jig saw;
- self-tapping screws;
- metal corners;
- twine;
- wooden beams 50x50 mm.
The tire must be intact without cuts andpunctures. It should be washed well with detergent and a hard brush. It is better to do this outside. There you will be able to wash the workpiece well with a high pressure of water from a hose. Then use a tape measure to measure the diameter of the tire. Cut a circle of the required diameter from a sheet of plywood with an electric jigsaw. As for the workpiece for the base of the table, its diameter should be 50 mm smaller.
Drawing of a glass coffee table.Cut the legs out of a wooden beam. Mark the places where they will be attached on a workpiece of a smaller diameter. To ensure that the table stands firmly, the legs should be located closer to the outer edge at the same distance from each other. They are glued using wood glue. After the glue has dried, they can be secured using self-tapping screws and metal corners. Then you can attach the upper and lower workpieces to the tire. It is better to start with the lower one. Apply a sufficient amount of construction glue to it. Place the tire on top and press it firmly. Then apply glue to the upper part of the tire and glue the tabletop. The legs and bottom of the table should be varnished or painted in several layers. As for the decor, here you can let your imagination run wild and decorate the table the way you want. For example, wrap the entire structure with twine. To ensure that the twine holds well, apply glue to the side of the tire. Then wrap the entire surface. Place the twine tightly so that there are no gaps. Place the twine on the top tabletop as well. Apply glue to it first. Start from the middle and place the twine in a circle, covering the entire surface of the tabletop. The finished table can be varnished.</ ul>
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