How to Make a Contemporary Dining Table | DIY Furniture

yeah my shop is flooded but at least I have a work dried microjig maker of the gripper work safer.work smarter I probably wouldn't normally start by building the top to the table but we're expecting a ton of rain in a couple of days so I've got a short window of opportunity to work in my outside space I'm not want to get this 3/4 inch plywood broken down now because it's so bulky it's very difficult for me to work with it inside the shop [Music] [Applause] I'm going to use this inexpensive piece of quarter-inch plywood as the underside of the tabletop when I build this using a torsion box construction and what that is is two pieces of thin plywood sandwiched together with thicker strips of inexpensive plywood in between them that way I can make the tabletop thicker without having to use really thick wood and I only have to use a quarter-inch thick piece of cherry plywood for the top so it saves me a lot of money plus this kind of construction keeps the tabletop super flat and sturdy [Music] this is my top surface a thin piece of cherry plywood I don't want to tack this one down and leave holes in the top of the table so I've cut it oversized so that there's some overlap on all sides I'll clean that up once it's dry my my best clamping job ever I'm gonna make the legs by gluing these two by fours into pairs these are premium Douglas fir two by fours that I picked up at a lumberyard rather than the home center they're properly dried and they've got a real straight grain so they'll be a lot easier to work with and they won't warp laminating two by fours together is actually cheaper than buying 4x4 posts wow the wind is picking up I gotta work fast I think this storm is on its way [Music] [Music] to even up all of these edges I'm going to use a flush trim bit in my router this bit has a bearing on one in that rotates and rides along the reference surface while these blades cut everything flush to that so in this case I'm going to use the bottom surface of my tabletop as a reference [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] now I can square up the legs and cut them - they're links well it's been Stormageddon all weekend long it's Monday morning and I think I have a break in the action it's supposed to rain for the rest of the week one of the reasons I like to work outside is that I have all this space for cutting long boards I'm going to cut the trim for the top of the table this is solid cherry lumber I'll use my miter sled to cut 45 degree miter is on each end I'll carefully glue these strips onto the edges of the tabletop [Music] I'm using this micro jig tapering jig to taper all four sides of each leg [Music] it'll be easier to work on the legs with the router back in my router table [Music] I'm using solid cherry lumber for the skirts a round over one edge on each of them the only other decorative touch I'm going to add is a small cove on each of the skirts I'm adding a slight chamfer on the bottom of each leg this will help prevent them from splintering now I can trim all of the edges flush with the top of the table I want to be really careful when I sand this that I don't sand through the really thin top veneer of cherry on this plywood I'll round them for all of the edges with a round over bit in my router I'm attaching some paper to the top of the table to protect it from scratches when I flip it over so I could work on the underside it's a much nicer day today I'm gonna get started by assembling the legs to the skirts using pocket screws [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm going to use this little jig to make the pocket holes for the legs [Music] I'm gonna screw the skirts into the legs first now what this is simply all together I could just Center it on the other side of the tabletop and screw it down it started raining outside again so I'm gonna try to finish at least the underside of this today hopefully tomorrow will be sunny and I can work outdoors I'm going to use an HVLP sprayer for lacquers the first time I've used this on a project I think it'll go a lot easier than using brushing lacquer or polyurethane I started with a sealer coat which was thin down about 25% lacquer thinner and then I'll build that up with more layers of lacquer I put five coats of lacquer on the underside surfaces and the legs that I could work on the top [Music] I want to thank a way who helped sponsor this week's episode when I introduced you to a way luggage a couple of months ago I told you about its unique features how all four wheels turned smoothly and how it has two USB ports so you can charge up your stuff when you aren't near an electrical outlet I knew the polycarbonate construction was strong but I wanted to really put it to the test let's see how in a way suitcase holds up in the real world and how people really pack so if you could sum up your away luggage in one sentence what would you say probably it's got enough space inside to hold itself away comes with a lifetime warranty free shipping at a 100 day risk-free trial period plus away is offering a $20 discount to viewers of woodworking for mere mortals just go to a wage travel.com slash woodworking and enter the promo code woodworking at checkout hey I hope you enjoyed this week's project if you'd like to make your own contemporary dining table check down in the description for a free set of plans I'd also like to remind you to follow me over on Instagram for updates throughout the week on my projects and check out the woodworking for mere mortals Facebook page and of course if this is your first time here welcome I post new woodworking videos every Friday on this channel and I'd love to have you subscribed and don't forget to check out my sister channel Holman garden for mere mortals for lots more projects and tips for around the house thanks for watching everybody I'll see you next week

Channel: Steve Ramsey - Woodworking for Mere Mortals

Views: 811,864

Keywords: woodworking project, woodworking, how-to, DIY, easy woodworking, steve ramsey, WWMM, Mere Mortals, woodworking plans, Free plans, wood, making, building, furniture, dining table, dining room, contemporary style, Cherry table, wood table, home furnishings, workshop, project

Id: NU9yOQbhA-Q

Length: 9min 17sec (557 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 13 2017