It is impossible to imagine a modern apartment or house without a table. Moreover, there are even a few such pieces of furniture in our homes. They have different purposes. Some are used for eating, others are suitable for paper work, while others become decoration in the living room.
There are a lot of tables in the table shops today, but if you want to save money, you can make one of them yourself. As a plus of this approach, we can single out the fact that the piece of furniture will have dimensions that suit you.
Tool preparation
Making a table you need to start with the preparation of everything you need. For the work should take care of the presence of:
- screwdrivers;
- bit for a screwdriver;
- electric jigsaw;
- wood drills;
- disk grinding machine.
Even for homework, the chuck for a screwdriver should have a diameter of at least 10 mm. For a jigsaw you will need wood files. You can use the disc for the grinder or install the appropriate nozzle in the drill.
Preparation of materials
When making a table, you will need certain materials. This section will focus on the methodology for making a round table, so you need a circle of birch plywood. The diameter should be 1500 mm, while the thickness here is 35 mm. This material will go to the countertop. You should take care of the presence of the beam, it will form the basis of the legs. The size here should be 3050 x 120 x 50 mm. You should take care of the presence of a plywood disk, the outer and inner diameters will be 1280 and 1040 mm, respectively. Thickness should be equal to 20 mm.
Two plywood should be prepared for the work, the dimensions of each of them should be 1060 x 120 x 20 mm. Instead of an array, you can use plywood. The upper texture will look no worse, and the design itself will have higher strength. Plywood is needed not only for countertops.
Manufacturing process
Table production is carried out according to a specific algorithm. At the first stage, you need to take a beam, which is cut into 4 parts. The section in this case should be 120 x 50 mm. Building bars are usually 3050 mm long, which is the standard value. This will just be enough for four legs of 760 mm. Materials are processed in three steps, and it will be necessary to sand the products and varnish them. Even with careful polishing, the wood fibers will be bristling. But if you make a triple treatment, you can achieve the desired smoothness and eliminate splinters.
The disk will be sawn out of 20 mm plywood, it will become a connecting link for the legs and will allow you to attach the structure to the countertop without damaging the surface. From the same sheet you can cut the planks. The fixture, which will be able to withstand high loads, will make a confirmation. It should be elongated - 5 x 180 mm. With the help of confirmations, the legs are screwed to the upper disk. 8 mm holes are drilled in the plane, and 5 mm in the end.
The table top is poured out of birch plywood, the thickness of which should be 35 mm. The diameter of the countertop in this case is selected taking into account standard workpieces. The outer diameter of the bonding disc is 1280 mm, and the inner is 1040 mm. The legs are set with the plane inward, so the trims will have the following size: 120 x 1060 mm. Details are covered with an alcohol stain. Toning can be done before finishing varnishing. When making a table, you can not do cross-docking of the slats, since the table will be durable without it. One part can be placed on top of another. But they should not interfere with the knees.
Computer desk
To make a computer table, you should prepare:
- furniture pine shield;
- a board;
- sand paper;
- plywood;
- varnish.
For work, roller or ball guides will be needed, their length should be 500 mm. You will need 400 mm guides for a pull-out shelf, handles, screws and dowels. Making a computer table necessarily requires the following tools:
- hacksaws;
- screwdriver;
- drills;
- square;
- chisels;
- grinding machine;
- roulettes;
- rulers;
- a pencil.
Sawing blanks and assembling the frame
The main details of the table will be:
- countertop;
- vertical walls;
- cap;
- bedside tables;
- bottom.
At the vertical walls, you will need to cut the front upper corners. Saws should be rounded with sandpaper. The lower rear corners of the walls also need to be cut. This will install the post close to the wall. On the trailing edge of the vertical wall in the center, it is necessary to make a 200 mm sampling, while it should go deeper by 18 mm. There will be no rear wall at the table; it will be replaced by a transverse panel, which will give rigidity to the structure. Without it, the table will crumble. As soon as all the details can be prepared, a hole should be drilled in the right places. After that, it is worth assembling the lower frame using self-tapping screws.
Work on the shelf
Drawings in the manufacture of the table are simply necessary. You can prepare them yourself or borrow from the article. Now you can start making shelves where the system unit will fit. To do this, a horizontal shelf and a side wall are cut. The upper front corner of the side part must be cut off, round this knot with sandpaper. The lower back corner is cut off under the baseboard. Now you can fasten a small sidewall to the shelf. After you need to attach the shelf to the side wall. Basement panels close the lower openings under the shelf. The dowels will act as fasteners here; additional fastening to glue is not required.
Add-in fabrication
When making a wooden table, you will need to do a superstructure. To do this, the side elements of this node are cut. The upper front corners are rounded on them. The sides are evenly fixed on the countertop. First you need to make an 18 mm template. Holes are drilled in the ends, then the ends are applied to the lid to make the correct marking for the fasteners. The holes in the countertop should be through, and in the lower ends of the side walls - blind. As soon as the sidewalls are installed on the countertop, it is necessary to check the geometry of the structure using a square. The screws are screwed through the holes in the cover under the table.
Once the sidewalls are screwed, you can cut the shield lengthwise. This will allow you to get two parts, one of them will be the top shelf, while the other - the transverse bar, which acts as a side. From the shield it will be necessary to cut out the middle vertical wall. It is fixed to the countertop, while through the template it will be necessary to mark the holes, drill and screw the screws. The linearity of the connections must be checked with a square.
Work on drawers
The walls of the boxes can be cut out of the board, while the bottom will be made of plywood. Four blanks are twisted with self-tapping screws. The bottom is attached to the bottom. The depth and width of the box will depend on the parameters of the nightstand and the width of the guides. The latter are attached from below. So you can determine the location of the boxes.
From the front edge of the sidewalls it is necessary to retreat 18 mm, screw the guides to the walls. Between them it will be necessary to observe the distance and symmetry. When making a table from a tree, you will need to cut a shelf, given the thickness of the guides. After that, the little table for the computer needs to be disassembled, sanded and varnished. Parts are dried and reassembled. Self-tapping screws should not be screwed in and out several times. Nests may weaken. If there is no confidence in the fasteners, you can strengthen the joints with glue.
Installation of facade panels
At this stage, it will be necessary to expose the panels in the opening of the front side of the cabinet. Wedges are great for this. For holes, make marks in the front walls of the drawers. At the next stage, the places of marks are traced. The lining with the front walls is tightened with screws, which are better to take more genuine, since the regular ones are not designed for such a thickness of the panels. Several self-tapping screws are screwed into the lining from the inside, which will increase reliability. On this we can assume that the manufacture of a wooden table is completed.
Glass table: preparation of tools and materials
To make a glass table, you will need to prepare:
- four legs;
- a sheet of special or ordinary glass;
- four suction cups for legs;
- sand paper;
- construction glue;
- Chipboard;
- vegetable oil;
- plywood.
To work, you need the following tools:
- metal ruler;
- glass cutter;
- rubber mallet;
- felt circle;
- drill;
- file;
- Bulgarian;
- hammer drill;
- marker;
- pencil.
Glass work
Making a glass table requires help. Therefore, you must enlist an extra pair of hands. In order to achieve a high-quality result, a sheet of glass must be laid on a flat surface, washed and polished well. Even if there are small particles of dirt on the surface, this can cause chips to form. Use a pencil to mark the bottom of the glass. With the help of a glass cutter, you will need to carry out cutting, having additionally trained on the same material.
At the next stage, you can do the processing of the edges of the workpiece. For this, a file, grinding skins and a grinder are used. Eyes must be protected with construction glasses. The sharp edges are gradually cleared, you need to start with the largest emery. At this stage, you should secure the edges and give them the necessary shape.
Assembly and decoration
Making a desktop can also be done using glass. In order for such a piece of furniture to be neat, the assembly process must be treated responsibly. The finished glass part is turned over to mark the places where the legs will be. They are removed from the edge by 10 cm. 13 cm should be retreated from the corner. Holes for the suction cups must be made in the upper part of the legs, applying glue and fixing the elements.
The action of the suction cups can, of course, be enough for a reliable long-term retention, but it is better to additionally apply glue. When making a table with your own hands, you must make sure that it looks neat, for this you should choose the glue correctly, without going too far with its amount when applied. Once the composition has dried, it should become completely transparent.
The surface of the countertops can be decorated by attaching an adhesive film with a pattern to the bottom. An excellent solution would be stained glass technology, which will allow you to apply an interesting image to the glass using paints and stencils. Using glue, you can apply plastic pebbles, glass elements and rhinestones to the glass, fixing them to the surface to get a bright interior item. The manufacture of kitchen tables is often also carried out using such technology.
If you want to combine two materials, for example, wood and glass, then the table itself can be made according to the technology described above, and on top lay a round sheet of glass, which will allow you to get a unique design. You can lay a tablecloth between the glass and the countertop.
Finally
In modern furniture stores you can find many options for tables that have a variety of purposes. They are usually based on chipboard, wood, plywood and glass. If you need a table, then you do not need to buy it, because you can make such a piece of furniture yourself, significantly saving. The technology for making the table is quite simple. This is especially true if the basis of this interior will be chipboard. The material is quite affordable, which means it will save additional money.