Table top made ​​of wood with their hands

The need to make the countertop made of wood with their hands can occur for different reasons: you want to make a table with the original size, refresh old furniture or just practice in the furniture business.Whatever it was, to build a countertop can each if desired.However, apart from the desire to have a good clear instructions, carpentry tools and a little skill to work with wood.In this article you will find all the necessary instructions for the assembly of countertops with their own hands.

Choicewood

often involved in the manufacture of furniture and prefabricated wooden tabletops are made of a joiner's board.Countertops made of solid wood is very beautiful, strong and durable, but because - quite expensive, so are used to build premium furniture.However, to work at home and do not work without special skills solid pieces of wood, because they are very difficult to handle.

Regardless of the type of design that you are going to do, you must first choose the right wood.The table is supposed to be durable and resistant to mechanical stress, especially when it comes to kitchen furniture.If you want the table top has served you for many years, preference is given to hardwood: oak, cherry, walnut or tick.This is the most suitable for the creation of a wood table.There are also more hard rock, but they are very long and difficult process, and the cost of some higher than the price of finished furniture factory.In addition, too solid wood can crack or swell from changes in temperature and humidity.These earlier types of trees, not only have sufficient strength, but also capable of effectively withstand the various external influences.

Tools and materials

Depending on which way you'll make the countertop, you need a variety of tools.So, if you do the countertop of a joiner's board, will have to acquire fugankom - long a plane with which is carried out finishing (smoothing) the surface.Shield method allows you to make a strong and durable furniture large.

best option for the master self-taught - jointing machine.It can be rented, or if you have no skills in working with similar equipment - ask for specialist procurement process in the workshop.

So what does it take to make a countertop made of wood:

• automatic or manual cutter (if you plan to make a table for the garden, which will stand in the open air);
• jointer;
• hacksaw, hammer;
• set of drills;
• hammer;
• fasteners (nails, screws);
• pliers;
• sandpaper with different grits (from №3 to №0);
• marking gauge;
• clamp;
• wood (board);
• carpenter's glue;
• stain (if you tint the wood);
• impregnation antiseptic (to protect wood from pests);
• varnish or paint;
• flat brush.

Tip: Choose a board of the same thickness, if you want to get a strong countertop.Before assembly, all the wooden elements should always be dry, otherwise the table top is deformed over time.

Before you start working, select the type of connection elements of the future countertops.In some cases, you may need additional battens and fasteners.

way to connect

There are several ways to connect wooden parts in carpentry.Depending on the selected method will be different assembly technique tabletops.Mainly used for the job stud and splachivanie using wood glue and wooden pegs.One particular type of compound for the manufacture of the shield is selected depending on the functional load future furniture.The easiest way - splachivanie.It involves gluing the elements together treated at the edges of the jointer.To give greater resistance shield, the ends of the boards select a tongue and groove or a quarter, so that they came into each other.Also, elements of the rally and an insertion strip of plywood by mounting it in a specially prepared grooves.

dock boards countertops can also plug-in thorns-boring machine with a diameter should be less than half the thickness of the board, and the length - more than the diameter of 8-10 times.Establish such round spikes every 10-15 cm

consider the main examples of matching wooden elements:.

1. Mechanical glue - is bound planks gives high strength and is applicable only in cases where the reinforcing bars are for lockedge or plate.To strengthen the splice can be applied on a compound of "mustache".For this purpose, the ends of the elements fastened at an angle of 45 °.
   Stepped connection on "mustache" can increase the mounting area, making it more durable.
   Splicing vpoldereva - one of the most common methods used in the middle and corner mounts.To increase the density to make the ends of the recess boards under prolonged castle - then a wooden table top stand any load.
2. If you want to join the board in full length, use a wedge or a straight stud with joiner's glue.Finger joints are used for fastening the ends of the boards or the end and the middle of an angle.To do this, select in detail and eye spike, spike and socket or tongue and groove, that is two parts fit together like a puzzle.Spikes can be flat, trapezoidal (dovetail), round or jagged.By their construction solid spikes, which are made at the end of the board, as well as false.The latter are called shkantami and extend over the entire length of fastened members.We have thorns side face (cheeks) and shoulders (cut the ends of the bar).If the jack stud is open from 3 sides at the end, it is called the eye.
   If you do the middle of the connection, select the slot depth of the spike is greater than the length of the spike in the 2-3 mm, to leave room for excess glue.At the ends of thorns cut the chamfer - so it will be easier to enter the thorn into the slot and glue hardly be rounded up to the shoulder.The denser is docked, so will your worktop stronger.
3. Plug-round studs are most commonly used because it is an easier way corner joint.At the same time they provide the same strength as if you chose the spikes on the end of the board with their own hands.In the image below, you can see examples of the finger joints:
   

Clamps countertops

To provide additional strength to the angular finger joints, use wooden pins.This is a small piece with a tapered end, which is coated with adhesive and inserted into the prepared hole specially.Such a peg is set perpendicularly to the sidewalls of the stud, whereby it passes through the stud and the eyelet.To the ends sticking Nagel did not interfere, they are cut off flush with the surface of the product.

In some cases, the plumbing can not do without the use of conventional nails.It would seem that could be easier than to drive a nail, but if you want to get a nice and smooth table top, it is necessary to know how to do it right:

1. If you work with solid wood, hammer nails into the pre-drilled hole depth 0, 5-0,6 length of the nail.
2. If you are fastening parts without punching through them, the distance between fasteners should be 15-20 long nails;if mount through a bend, increase the distance of 2-3.
3. When perforation nail boards to be longer than the thickness of one-third.
4. nails are bent perpendicular to the wood fibers, or cracked boards.To bend to the castle take unnecessary triangular file to give the nail a hook shape and then drive it into a tree.
5. To increase the strength of the fastener drive in nails at a slight incline.If you do carpenter shield with an overlay, to drive them in a checkerboard pattern.
6. Knocking on the workpiece weight, substitute the bottom of a large hammer.

How do Blockboard

Regardless of the chosen method of connection before you begin the assembly of joinery board should prepare the wood.This involves working with the jointer, grinding, treatment with an antiseptic.If you plan to toned countertop and open it with varnish, it should be done after the assembly.

The most basic way to gather wood panels - glue elements.And to such a countertop lasts a little more, it is necessary to strengthen the fastening of one of the above methods, that is, choose a tongue and a groove.This spike will be located at the end of the countertop, and the groove - at the end of the head.As an alternative - you can glue the bottom cross-bars, which will be included in the slots.

We consider the method of fastening tongue and groove, because it is more reliable than the tongue-and-tenon.The main difference is the uniform load distribution, so that the attachment points are not potentially vulnerable points.To make the grooves and ridges, use manual or automatic cutter.

If you want to attach the bottom rail, first pristrogayte boards at the edges, and then make the cutter slots.In thick boards groove dimensions typically 10x10 or 15x15 mm, and thin - from 6 to 8 mm.This factor also depends on whether you are using a cutter.

when working with milling machine, always use a surface gauge - it will help to plane boards as accurately as possible.Reiki can be done by yourself or buy ready-made.The width of the rail depends on the dimensions of the table top and the thickness of - the selected dimensions of the groove (rake should ideally enter it).Rather than rail can take a piece of plywood or MDF from 6 to 12 mm.

If you need to make the countertop for the cottages or apartments in the style of a hunting lodge, it is better to take the decking.Collect it should be on the same principle as a conventional wood panels, only use the edge under the tongue groove.Fix the board by screwing the bottom cross bar screws.So you can quickly build a massive, durable and pretty rough table that will add zest to decorate the interior and dacha porch.

How do obklad

Any team countertop needs obklade - protective edge that goes around the perimeter of the structure.For obklada you need 4 bar, and made of solid wood, such as birch, beech or walnut.Oak is better not to use because it is too heavy.For countertops 134h80 cm make 2 pieces the length of 140 cm (with a small margin), and 2 -. By 85 cm

Before installation, select the parietal bars sided ridge around the perimeter of the countertop.To do so, use the manual cutter or circular saw (it is recommended to put the wheels to work with laminate).

How to comb circular saw:

1. Fix rail thick sheet of chipboard, set the height by 10 mm and the same at a distance from the guide on the outer divorce.
2. the opposite side of the bar set at 33-34 mm from the rail and clamp it firmly clamps.It will be a kind of stopper for the design.
3. Put a sheet of chipboard on the edge and go through the first side of the quarter, removing an unnecessary part of the wood.
4. Follow gashes along the entire perimeter.
5. Remove the stop-bar and make gashes from the front.As a result, you get a spike of 22 mm in width.
6. Make grooves on the inner ends of the edging bars, calculating the depth according to the thickness of the stud.To do this, use a router and a quarter-cutter with ball bearing.When you set the salary at the edge, make sure that the items were in favor of the bar of the DSP is not more than 1 mm (ideally members should keep pace with each other).
7. It remains only to make the marks on the fringing detail at length and to cut the ends at an angle of 45 ° for a beautiful connection.
8. Glue rack clamps and pull them up to complete solidification of the adhesive.
9. To enhance attachment, pull the obklad and countertop with screws, screwing them slightly sideways and pushing it in the timber cap.These places can then paint over wood putty to match the color of the rock.

If you make a wooden countertop for the kitchen, stick on top of the plastic cover to protect the material from mechanical damage and moisture.In other cases, you can cover the surface paint, varnish, make a beautiful decoupage or apply decorative painting.

We hope that this article has helped you to deal with how to make a table top made of wood.Furniture, collected his own hands, always appreciated more than the one that was bought in a store.In addition, taking control in your hands, you can make such unusual configurations, the most successful writing them into the interior.

Finally, we offer you to see an interesting video about the production of round wood countertops: