Needed a small table for our new house so I decided to build one, I followed the design fairly close. The only creative difference and I'm going to pretend I meant to do it was that I rotated the squares 90 degrees.
A few tips / things to look out for:
- The angled legs are tricky to line up/attach but you can use alot of woodfiller there to fill in the gaps and you can barely notice it once it is all together.
- When attaching the slats to create the squares for the top, add 5 pocket hole screws to each side, when you go to attach them you will thank me, 3 on each side of them doesn't hold as tight as you need it too.
- on the underside of the top I also added some scrap squares of 1x4 under the small triangles to stop them flexing, attached to the 2x6 with pockethole screws.
- Palm Sander - should be listed as required tool, to level out the top after assembly I went through a pack of 120 grit discs.
- There is not much room for error if you only have 2 8 foot 2x6's so cut them a couple blade widths bigger than you measure and sand them down to exact size.
as I used SPF for the table top I think I am going to get a piece of tempered glass cut for the top to protect the soft wood and give me an easy surface to clean.
Comments
Lady Goats
Tue, 07/16/2013 - 13:45
It's absolutely perfect!
Amazing job, MCBuckle! Off to click over to read more about it
mcbuckle
Wed, 07/17/2013 - 05:23
Thanks!
Thank you Gina! I couldn't have done it with out that wonderful chop saw table you designed!!
ajmorey
Mon, 10/28/2019 - 17:24
Where can I find this chop…
Where can I find this chop saw table design?!
spiceylg
Tue, 07/16/2013 - 15:29
Wow
Quite the challenge! Great job!
yurra-bazain
Thu, 07/18/2013 - 23:16
Guts and glory!
You've got guts AND glory! :) Wish I had the confidence a year ago to build our kitchen cabinets. I hired a friend of a friend. It took months for him to build the 5 bases, then he took another job and left our kitchen without doors and drawers. If he doesn't come this weekend like he promised, I'm revving up our circular saw and growing some guts myself.
Thank you for the inspiration. (Oh, I was not able to post a comment on your blog. When it asked me to type in the code to prove I am not a robot or web spider, the submit comment button was missing.)
mcbuckle
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 05:48
Thanks Yvonne!
Go for it!! Trust me, if I could do it anybody can.
And thanks for the heads up, I think I fixed the comment issue!
Lasso the Moon
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 11:54
Wow!
This looks so beautiful. Aren't you proud!?! I'm relatively new to this site, and can't believe the sense of empowerment that comes with building for my home. Well done. This is inspiring me to keep going!
Anna