How to quickly make a table with your own hands from wood
Sometimes it is very difficult to buy the necessary furniture in a store - the models you like may turn out to be too expensive for the family budget or not fit in size. But you can always make a table with your own hands from wood and enjoy the admiration of your friends and acquaintances. In any hardware store, you can pick up not only the right lumber, but also high-quality fittings. And it is better to do the decor and decoration yourself.
For the manufacture of simple furniture, tools are used that are in almost every home - a saw, a drill, screwdriver, drill, jointer, sander, tape measure, square.
Advantages of solid wood tables
Their demand among buyers is based on a number of advantages of these items:
- some types of wood are very durable, in addition, the period of operation can be significantly increased due to protective equipment;
- the tables are very reliable, stable and beautiful;
- they are easily cleaned of most contaminants even without the use of special detergents;
- considered environmentally friendly.
The cost of solid wood furniture is quite high. Therefore, making tables with your own hands from wood is very profitable and economically justified.
Making tables out of wood and epoxy resin
Recently, furniture made using non-standard technologies has often been used in various interior styles. You can make tables with your own hands out of wood and epoxy resin yourself. Its quality, with due diligence, will be quite high, comparable to a designer thing.
Epoxy resin is a transparent material with a 3D effect. It is very decorative and noticeably improves the appearance of products. Most importantly, different types of wood, light and dark, can be used with this substance. The originality of the future countertop can be given by choosing cuts of beads, trimming the bark and laying them in an empty space next to the boards. It is better to pull out the knots, and put shells, moss, corks and even coins in the holes.
The tabletop is poured by first attaching the sides to it. The thickness of one layer should not exceed 0.5 cm. When pouring, the temperature in the room should be kept constant. Since when it rises, air bubbles may begin to emerge from the pores of the wood, which will spoil the quality of the product. After each layer, it is kept for two days and repeated again until the tabletop reaches the desired thickness.
Any air bubbles that appear can be dispersed with a hot hair dryer. Or even before starting work, coat each workpiece with resin and dry it.
Ideas and models of wooden coffee tables
As a rule, a small coffee table in any room will make the environment more cozy and comfortable. Due to its versatility, it has not reduced its position in the sales rankings for many years. A table model that harmoniously fits into the interior will only emphasize its style.
Currently, designers strive to use natural and environmentally friendly materials in the development of furniture, interior decoration and renovation work. This trend has affected not only wood products, but also things and accessories.
Coffee tables have such qualities as:
- Multifunctionality - it can be a magazine, tea and even a place for board games;
- Some models of tables have a cut wood top. Its appearance is unique, as the pattern of the annual rings, color and texture will always be different.
The shape of a modern wooden coffee table can be very different and, at times, unusual. And the design allows you to combine with wood such materials as natural and artificial stone, various types of glass, metal and plastic.
A feature of modern design is the fact that the tables have begun to look less elegant. Even models of do-it-yourself tables made of valuable wood have become simpler and more rude, but they still look expensive and aesthetically pleasing. Minimalism is no longer just a style, it is becoming a way of life for people. Its practicality is to the liking of many.
How to make a table with your own hands from wood
You can make a table yourself even at home, if you have the simplest tools.
To do this, follow these steps:
- Measure the area to be installed table and determine its dimensions.
- Choose a model.
- Purchase materials. (Metal, glass and plastic work well with wood. They will give the product a modern look. However, for styles such as: antique, baroque, Provence or Renaissance, these materials are unlikely to be useful).
- Assemble the countertop. (Easiest from grooved boards with ridges and grooves, or from a single piece of wood). Better to use screws and glue.
- A simple frame with legs and underframe can be made independently or purchased from a metal store.
- After assembly, you need to varnish or paint the table.
To make the product last longer, each wooden part must be impregnated with special antiseptics, compounds that protect against fire, mold, rot, wood beetle and other pests even before assembly.
Features of different table models
Wood dining table models can be uncomplicated. But, as a rule, the products themselves are quite large. Unless, of course, the table will be in the small kitchen of a standard city apartment.
The experience gained in making a dining table will be useful in the future. Knowing well the manufacturing technology, you can make a small coffee table. It will differ only in the smaller size of the table top and lower legs.
But with a desk, there will be much more work. Unlike the dining room, you will also have to make bedside tables for it, two or one, depending on the chosen model and according to the principle of making the simplest box. Only on one side, with the help of awnings, you need to install the door and attach the fittings. Guides are glued to the sides and fixed with screws. All that remains is to slide all the drawers and close the door. The table is ready.
You can greatly simplify the process of making a table and use ready-made kits. For those who have no experience with wood or self-manufacturing things, it can be quite difficult at first. For a writing desk made of wood, it is better to use metal legs purchased from a furniture store. A bedside table can also be assembled from sets. So that is all. It remains to choose beautiful handles and high-quality accessories. This work cannot be called difficult. Even a teenager can cope with it if he collects the table with his parents and follows safety precautions.
The most reliable option for fastening wooden parts is considered to be special self-tapping screws, for which precise holes are not needed. Especially with small joint thicknesses. With an electric screwdriver, work can be accelerated.
In order to make the structure of the table even more durable and reliable, you need to pre-glue the parts to be fastened together.Using self-tapping screws, furniture nails and water-based wood glue, you can get a high-quality connection that can last for more than a dozen years.
All lumber that is required to make the table must go through the drying process in a special chamber.
Then the possibility that the tabletop will warp, and the thin wooden legs will bend will be excluded.