Solid wood furniture belongs to the elite class. It is solid and durable. Wood in the interior gives the living space exclusivity and special expensive comfort. The price of such furniture is high. Nevertheless, demand for it is constantly growing.
Why do you need to make furniture yourself
The content of the article
- Why do you need to make furniture yourself
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How to make a table from an array
- Materials and Tools
- Measurements and drawings
- Do-it-yourself solid wood table: step by step
The reasons for engaging in the manufacture of furniture are different.
Often scared away by the high price. But with self-production, a new piece of furniture will cost less than a similar instance in a store.
The desire to dilute the boring interior with an exclusive piece of furniture. A self-made product is of particular value. Dimensions, shape, decorative elements will meet your consumer and aesthetic needs.
How to make a table from an array
Without the skills to work with wood, deciding to make a piece of furniture yourself is quite difficult. You can start with a simple and necessary subject - a table.
At the initial stage of work, design decisions are made. The design of the table is related to the functional purpose and characteristics of the room.
How well the table will look in the room depends on its characteristics and functions:
- From the dimensions of the table. Oversized is good in a large living room or dining room when it is planned to receive a large number of guests. In a small room, a bulky table is inappropriate. If it is necessary to solve two mutually exclusive tasks - to obtain a large-capacity structure, without taking up additional space, the option of a sliding or folding table is suitable. The optimal height of the product is 70-75 cm.
- Forms. They choose it based on their own taste. The main types of countertops are a rectangle, a circle, an oval. The triangular table can give special expressiveness to the interior. The Internet will help to suggest an interesting solution, on the pages of which a huge number of various models are laid out.
- Species of wood. Wood is selected for consumer and decorative properties. The easiest breeds to breed are spruce, pine, fir, aspen. Hard varieties - beech, oak, acacia, birch. The complexity of processing is compensated by resistance to deformation, a beautiful wood texture. Many wood species are prone to rot. The disadvantage is eliminated by antiseptic treatment.
- Style and relevance to the interior.
Materials and Tools
It is advisable to prepare the necessary materials and tools in advance.
It is easier for novice craftsmen to make a table with a rectangular worktop and 4 legs of square section. The set and quantity of materials depends on the design of the table:
- Boards for countertops with a thickness of 40 mm or more.
- A beam with a cross section of 40x40 mm, which provides stability and strength to the structure.
- Designs for table legs. There are many options for making legs - wooden balusters, metal profiles, solid wood supports.
- Furniture dowels or confirmants for fastening individual parts of a structure to each other.
- Antiseptic. Special impregnations improve the appearance of products, protect against fungal infections, eliminate defects.
- Stain, varnish or paint to cover the surface of wooden structures. Finishing work will give the products a finished look and protect against impacts.
Also, for work, you will need tools: rulers, squares, levels are designed to measure structural elements.
For direct work with wood, you need: saw, jointer, grinding device, sandpaper.
To connect the individual parts you will need: clamps, screwdrivers, a screwdriver, drill, mallet.
Attention! Also required hand and eye protection elements - glasses, gloves. A pencil is needed to mark the desired position.
Measurements and drawings
Joinery begins with a drawing of a room plan with furniture. It is necessary to determine how well the table fits into the living space, taking into account ergonomic requirements. To make a drawing, measurements of the room and all elements of the subject content of the medium are made. On the plan, furniture items are placed and the quality of the resulting composition is evaluated. All cabinet doors should open unobstructed, the passage should remain free, and space around the table should provide comfort.
After choosing the dimensions and shape of the table, select or order a drawing of the product. Without the skills of carpentry, it is difficult to complete drawing work, so it is necessary to take into account the intricacies of the execution of the connecting nodes.
Reference! You can use a special computer program. The result is printed on paper for clarity in the process.
Do-it-yourself solid wood table: step by step
After carefully studying the drawing, you can begin to work.
Step 1. Surface treatment. If the countertop is not made from a single piece, you need to carefully process all the parts. The boards are adjusted to the specified dimensions and processed with a grinder. Particular attention should be paid to the edges, since the fit of the countertop elements to each other depends on the quality of their processing. In order to avoid deformation, the boards are laid with the pattern alternately in different directions.
Step 2 Joining parts of countertops. Connect parts with dowels and glue. For the installation of dowels on the edges of the boards with pencil in increments of 100-150 mm mark the connecting nodes. Edges and holes for dowels are coated with glue. The glue that emerged on the surface of the countertop is removed with sandpaper. The surface is carefully sanded. The surface of the countertop acquires a textured appearance after processing with a metal sponge.
Step 3 Making the base. With the help of screws and glue, balusters are connected with the transverse bars necessary for stability. Screws are screwed into pre-drilled holes on the inside of the crossbars.
Step 4 Assembly table. The table top and the underframe are fixed with screws or self-tapping screws. Glue is often replaced with metal corners.
Step 5 The surfaces of the assembled product are varnished or painted.
A table from an array can be made even by a person not driven by the assembly of furniture. The main thing is to adhere to the instructions and clearly follow all the recommendations.
