How To Make A Wooden Patio Table

in this video I'm going to be making a table that goes with the chair I built the chair on my main Channel if you want to go watch that video both are from plans that are available on my website if you're interested in building the set those are available there's a link in the description first thing I'm going to do is work on the legs of the pedestal it's a pedestal table so it has feet that sit on the deck and then there's a central column that goes up that supports the top first thing I need to do is cut this 30 in long and that's the full leg segment you could [Applause] say and now I need two pieces that are 14 and 1/4 in long and they make up the half leg [Music] [Applause] segments now to dress up the legs make them look better I'm going to cut a taper on the ends of each one and that goes from 2 in thick at the end up to 3 and 1/2 10 in in and I'm going to cut those on the table saw with the tapering [Music] jig of course those tapers don't have to be perfect you can cut them free hand with a Handa or even with a circular saw just I've got the tapering jig I might as well use it I got one other thing I need to do with these legs before they're done and again it's purely decorative and that's to clip off the corners at a 45° angle now that I've got the leg Parts cut I'm going to go ahead and assemble this I've got the full leg here on the bottom I've got a half leg I'm going to use that to line up where the legs need to join draw a line across so I'll get some glue on that and drive a couple of 2 and 1/2 in screws from the other [Music] side I can do the same with the other one except I need to drive the screws in on an angle beside the leg that I already attached to beef this up a little bit I'm going to add this strap along the bottom here this is Galvanized Steel so it won't rust I'm going to squeeze on a little bit of glue and then drive in a couple of [Music] screws now that I've got the leg set assembled I can work on the pedestal itself I need four pieces of 2x4 that are 22 in long and I'll cut those on the miter [Music] saw and then the cleats that join them to the leg set and to the top are 28 in Long except I need to rip those down to 1 1/2 in [Music] square all right right now I can start assembly on the pedestal itself I've got one of the cleats here and I've got one of the um legs I guess you could call it and I'm going to glue and screw that right onto the edge and I need for it to stick down 3 and 1/2 in below the leg so I've got a block put there to line it up [Music] with okay that's one done I just need to do that four more times for each of the four segments here and then I can assemble it to the base again with glue and [Music] screws [Music] [Music] [Music] all right that much assembled I got one more thing that I need to do with the legs on the bottom and that's to add these blocks like go on the end here just going to get some glue on there a liberal amount and then I'm going to drive a 2-in screw right in the middle to fast it in place I want to make sure I drill a pilot hole first so that this block doesn't split okay what those uh feet do I guess you could say is is they keep the base up off the ground or the deck wherever so water can drain away also it helps to level it you can actually plain this down to make it sit more flat on your deck or patio or wherever you're going to put it the next parts that I need to make are for the top and they're very similar to the base in that they're in X shape and I've got one longer one and two shorter ones the longer one is 33 in long and I'll cut that off at the miter saw and then the shorter ones are 15 and 3/4 and once again these are tapered like the bottom ones are except this time I'll cut them with the circular saw just to show that it's easy enough to do it that [Music] way this goes together exactly the same way as the base with glue and [Music] screws okay I've got the base put on the ground and here's the top goes on like that what I want to do now is take it out again and get some glue in there and then I can drive the screws in that will secure it in place [Music] the rim from the top is eight pieces that are 15 in Long first thing I need to do is cut these shorter 2x4s down to the correct [Music] size and then I need to cut a rabbit that will receive the Boors for the top and I'll do that in two p pass is on the table side after I cut the rabbit I set the side to 45° and I cut a champer to the outside here once again this is more or less just to make it look better it's not necessary uh next thing I need to do is to cut these out into segments that are 15 in long and the angle cut on the end is 22 1/ 12° because the top has eight sides like an octagon now I've only cut out four of these to begin with what I want to do next is actually attach those to the top here I've made a mark right in the middle of each piece so lines up with the mark that I made on the end here and what I'll do is I'll drive one screw in just to secure I don't use any Glue yet and then I'm going to take measurements all the way around for the remaining pieces and that way I can come up with one that's exactly the right size that will complete that octagon all right I did all the measuring and I determined that the correct length for the rest of them is going to be 14 and 78 so I'll mark this first one and cut out all the rest [Music] all right I got these all cut looks like they fit in there properly next thing I need to do is take off the ones I put on already and get some glue in that joint and then put them back on [Music] again I think this is the easiest way to join these just holding it in line I'm going to drill a pile hole and then drive a screw in I haven't driven these all the way in yet I'm just using this to line it up for now what I'm going to do next is take the screw back out ways get some glue in the joint and then drive it in fully making sure that the joint stays lined up and of course I'm doing it this way because this is a good practical approach and this is just a piece of lawn furniture but if you want to get fancy with it you can use dowels or special clips that go on the back or whatever other way will work for you this is going to work fine for me last one to fasten and check it first and it's close but it needs to be adjusted to fit in there which is always good the worst thing that could happen is you get to this last one here and it's too short and you have to cut a new one and especially if you don't have any stocks so what I'll do is I'll just trim an eighth of an inch off of that and see how that fits basically I'll I'll be sneaking up on the cut until I get it [Music] perfect okay that looks really good right there now that I've got the rim finished and I'm happy with that I can start putting the boards on the top and this is basically just cut to fit where they go uh there's one important thing to do here though and that's with the first board where it goes it goes right in the middle here and it uh Bridges these two supports here these are the ones that are not continuous they're in two pieces whereas this one goes straight through having the board on top like this will add a lot of strength to the construction so just like everything else I'm going to glue and screw these in place [Music] so like I said you basically cut these to fit what I'm doing is I'm cutting them to length and then I'm going to Mark the angle on the end here I'm going to put these in so they're tight against each other I know eventually they'll shrink up a little bit and create a gap in between but I want to minimize that Gap as much as [Music] possible okay all done um as for finish I'm not going to finish it actually I went with the cedar because it's naturally uh rot resistant it'll turn a gray color over time it's a look that I kind of like so I'm just going to leave this as it is and let it just age naturally and you know what if I get 10 15 years out of it I think that's a pretty good [Music] deal m

Channel: John Heisz - Speakers and Audio Projects

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Keywords: woodworking, how to, diy, make, maker, making, i build it, john heisz, wooden lawn furniture, wooden table, how to make a table, cedar wood

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Length: 13min 32sec (812 seconds)

Published: Sun May 21 2017