On a summer cottage plot or in the yard of a private housea large table is simply necessary. In the summer, you can sit at it with your family or friends, enjoying the evening coolness. Buying a ready-made table to install it in the yard is not an option, since such a product will quickly become unusable from the rain. The only thing left is to make it yourself.
Scheme of a table made of boards.Make a table from logs with your own hands, and such a structure will serve for many years. You can also use boards. Both options will be considered below. The manufacturing scheme is quite simple, and any person who knows how to hold a plane and hammer nails can make such furniture.
Making a table from a log with your own hands
This will require:
- logs without bark;
- cant;
- planes and jointer;
- hammer and nails;
- shovel;
- bitumen, linseed oil and oil paint.
Drawing of a wooden table.You need to choose even logs with a minimum number of knots. If you can use a sawmill, you can saw them lengthwise. If this is not possible, then half of the log needs to be simply planed. Of course, there will be a lot of waste, but one part should be even. You need to go over the surface with a planer to make it as smooth as possible. The logs need to be placed next to each other and connected to each other with a beam from the bottom side. You will get a tabletop. The beam is nailed across the logs, along the edges of the tabletop and in the middle. You need to nail from the bottom side, from the side of the beam, choosing such a length of nails so that they do not go through the tabletop. Well, the top of the table is ready, all that remains is to install it in the yard.
Drawing of a country table with benches For this4 logs are dug into the ground to a depth of at least half a meter. It is recommended to coat the ends of the logs that will be in the ground with bitumen to protect the wood from rotting. After the posts are dug in, the tabletop is installed on them and nailed down. The nail heads should be sunk into the wood. It is recommended to treat the finished product with drying oil and paint it with oil paint, which will reliably protect the wood from precipitation. But this is far from the only option. For example, instead of logs for the tabletop, you can use boards, and when making the legs, use log trimmings, fastening them together. Return to contents</a>
How to make a table of boards with your own hands?
Tools for making a table from boards.This product is lighter and can be made portable, unlike the previous design. For production, well-planed boards are taken and knocked together to form a tabletop. You can use good quality floorboards. Tongue-and-groove joints will allow you to make the smoothest possible surface, which will make such furniture even more attractive. First, a rectangular or square frame is knocked together from the timber, onto which the boards will be nailed. If you have no experience and cannot make tenon joints, you can use metal corners. Boards are nailed onto the frame. If the boards are ordinary, then nails should be nailed from below, making sure that they do not go through the tabletop.
Stages of making a wooden table.If floorboards are used, it will be more convenient to hammer in the nails from above, since it is necessary for the comb to enter the groove. The boards are pressed against each other, and the nails are driven in at an angle, additionally pressing them. If everything is done correctly, you will get a flat table surface, without gaps. If the nails are hammered in from above, then their heads should be sunk into the wood, and the holes should be filled with putty before painting. Now all that remains is to fix the legs - and the product is ready. The legs are made of wooden blocks, which are attached to the frame with metal corners. Such a table made of boards has much less weight than one made of logs. It can be moved from place to place, installed near a summer kitchen or in a garden gazebo. You can make benches or stools for such tables with your own hands, which will match the design. There are many options for making such garden furniture. Each craftsman uses his imagination to make his creation look original and at the same time convenient.
