A table is furniture that you can’t do without either in the city or in the country. The table can be placed on the veranda, in the gazebo, or just in shady place. You can dine here, have a feast or play board games in the fresh air. You can only buy a small plastic table inexpensively; a large wooden table for a summer house is cheaper to make with your own hands. The article will present three options for tables and drawings for their manufacture.

Table dimensions and construction features

The optimal tabletop size for a garden table is 80x120 cm. A smaller table will be significantly inferior in functionality, table large sizes It will be too bulky and difficult to put away for the winter. The table size of 80x120 cm will allow you to hold ceremonial feasts with the number of participants 8 - 10 people.

The easiest way to make a table for a summer house is from boards. In addition, it is the most accessible and inexpensive material. The advantage of making a table from wood is that the boards can be sawed right size at any construction base, and without any problems bring it to the dacha, thereby saving on transportation. It should be noted that with table dimensions of 75x80x120 cm, the longest board will be a tabletop board 120 cm long. A board of this length will fit into almost any car.

There are quite a lot of varieties of table designs, but by and large the only difference is in the form of the legs on which the tabletop rests. Therefore, the legs of the table are the most complex element of the entire structure.

Table top

The tabletop at the table in the country house is made of boards. The thickness of the boards can be from 30 to 50 mm. However the best option is a board 40 mm thick.

An important point is cutting the boards. With a tabletop length of 120 cm, 5.3 boards with a width of 150 mm, 6.6 boards with a width of 120 mm and 8 boards with a width of 100 mm are required. Considering that boards are sold in lengths of just over 6 m, it is advisable to choose a board with a width of 100 mm for the tabletop.

By choosing a board with a width of 100 mm, you will not have to adjust or change the dimensions of the tabletop, which will greatly simplify the work of arranging the table. In addition, there will be 2 more boards 120 mm long, which can be used for other parts.

If you can’t purchase the right board, you can make the tabletop not continuous, but with intervals. Such a tabletop will look no less interesting. In this case, water that can accumulate on a table with a solid tabletop will flow through the gaps between the boards.

Table with straight legs

A table with straight legs is the simplest table design for a garden. This is a stable, comfortable table that will serve well both indoors and outdoors.

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The legs for the table consist of 4 elements: 2 vertical posts and 2 horizontal ones. The upper horizontal rack is attached to the tabletop, the lower one is a support.

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The design of the legs may vary. For example, instead of resting on the bottom board, you can make the support rest on vertical racks, and the bottom board can be made as an additional one for strength.

Please note that in this design, the boards are connected without additional grooves. This greatly simplifies the assembly of the table. To ensure that all elements are well secured, all joints must be glued with wood glue. In this case, the boards can be connected with self-tapping screws.

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• Assemble the legs. To do this, you need to cut the board according to the drawing. Treat the joints with glue and tighten with self-tapping screws or confirmant.
• Lay out the boards for the tabletop on a level surface, mark the position of the legs and secure the tabletop boards through the top strip of the legs.
• Install a horizontal tie between the legs.
• Wait 2 - 3 hours until the glue dries and remove burrs and sharp edges from the table.
• Next, the table can be varnished. Or simply treat with an antiseptic.

Table with X-shaped legs

Table with X shaped legs in fact, it is not much different from a table with straight legs, it just has a different shape of legs. However, it is impossible to manufacture without creating additional grooves on the legs. This makes the work somewhat more difficult.

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The table legs consist of 3 elements. Two crossing supports and a vertical top bar. The top bar, as in the previous case, is necessary for attaching the tabletop.

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To connect the legs in the inclined supports, you need to make a slot in the floor of the board.

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The table assembly procedure is as follows:

• Cut the boards to the required length.
• A groove is made in the legs into the floor of the board. The groove can be made with a jigsaw or a router.
• Assemble the legs. The connections are glued. The parts are fastened with self-tapping screws.
• Lay out the tabletop boards and attach the assembled legs to them.
• Install the bottom screed board.
• The table is treated to remove burrs and varnished.

Table with benches

A table with benches is often installed on verandas or under open air. Unlike the designs described above, it does not require additional benches or chairs; the benches are included in the design of the table.

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The disadvantage of this version of the table for the dacha is that the design is quite cumbersome, and putting it away for the winter becomes very problematic.

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A special feature of the table design is that the benches are attached directly to the table legs. The crossbars on which the benches are attached simultaneously act as a tie for the legs, and the benches play the role of a longitudinal tie.

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The procedure for assembling a table with benches is as follows:

• Cut the boards to the required length.
• Assemble the legs and support for the bench flooring. The joints are glued and tightened with self-tapping screws.
• Mark the boards for the tabletop and mount them to the legs.
• Benches are secured.
• Treat with impregnation or antiseptic.

Examples of garden tables

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After a hard week at work or on vacation, there is nothing better to spend time in the countryside. Sit comfortably by the fire, drink tea brewed with herbs, and gather around the garden table, which you assembled with your own hands.

The modern market offers a large assortment of affordable plastic furniture. But, unfortunately, plastic tables for dachas are not reliable. Therefore, many owners garden plot They dream of making it themselves from natural materials.

The process is not at all complicated, as it might seem at first glance, you just need to properly prepare for the work.

Country furniture set: what material to choose?

Outdoor tables and benches, being constantly in the open air, are exposed to natural precipitation, so they should be made only from durable materials: natural wood, stone, metal raw materials.

Natural wood

Please note that not every type of wood is suitable for the job. Breeds coniferous trees They have a loose, light structure, and they are also prone to ignition; constantly released drops of resin can ruin the tablecloth and dishes. Therefore, it is recommended to impregnate them with special moisture-resistant compounds.

For wooden table For the dacha it is better to take hardwood, and each board should be at least 50 millimeters. The design of the legs can be made in both straight and X-shaped versions.

Make sure that all surfaces of the component products are carefully processed to avoid getting a splinter in further use. And do not forget to apply a special impregnation to the finished product.

To extend the durability and strength of a wooden table for the country, experienced specialists It is recommended to coat it with at least three layers of varnish.

Stone

Stone furniture will undoubtedly amaze everyone with its grandeur and beauty. You can buy ready-made furniture, but its price is too high. You can reduce costs by self-execution bases for tables and benches. What can it be used for? available materials: slabs, bricks, building blocks, ordinary natural stone.

This base will fit perfectly into general style garden plot and other buildings. It is wise to use artificial stone for the table top and backs of the bench.

Metal

Tables and chairs for a summer cottage made of metal are not at all difficult to make yourself, but for the work process you will need a welding machine. Such furniture looks very attractive, and decoration with openwork inserts will add aesthetics. But metal furniture is also subject to gradual destruction, and therefore also requires special treatment against corrosion.

If financial resources allow, you can order forged products from a specialist in a professional workshop. Forging is perfect as a base, which can be supplemented with glass, stone and wood.

Therefore, there is an option to buy only the base for the furniture and then assemble it yourself.

Options for making country furniture

To create truly unique masterpieces of furniture, you can use unnecessary things at hand by rummaging around in a barn or garage, where you can undoubtedly find suitable consumables:

• metal barrels;
• used plastic parts;
• glass surfaces;
• other.

An old barrel lid can be cleaned of rust and treated, then covered with paint - you will get an interesting tabletop. Or you can use the iron part of a flower stand for the base (leg) of the table. It needs to be primed and coated. acrylic paints. Next, you need to glue the window seal to the support, and the glass - the tabletop to it, to improve fastening.

A non-wasteful owner, of course, stores pallets from sets of bricks, which can also be used as a countertop. At such a table there is no shame in inviting friends for tea or a dinner party.

Pallet table designs

Self-construction from old pallets will not require any special costs. It can be done several times in simple ways, for which a simple set of tools will be useful:

• construction screwdriver;
• sandpaper;
• brush;
• colored stain;
• wheels;
• self-tapping screws and self-tapping screws.

First you need to properly sand the pallet, this is first done with coarse sandpaper. At the completion stage, finer sandpaper is already taken. The work will go much faster if you have a grinding wheel for processing parts.

Next, you should turn over the finished processed pallet and screw the small swivel wheels from below using a screwdriver. In order to fix the product to the tree more efficiently and reliably, it is recommended to use washers for lining the wheels.

The finished base must be thoroughly treated with an antiseptic. Transparent composition will preserve the interesting, unique structure of the wood, and the stain will give the item a colorful look.

A small neat table for a summer house, as shown in the photo, can be placed on a terrace, veranda, or directly in the room.

The summer recreation area will look most comfortable and cozy if you make a large set of furniture from pallets. Such a furniture set can be made in a portable version, that is, with the possibility of moving it to different areas of the area.

The scope of fantasy: table option

A heavy cable reel is a relatively heavy structure that can be lightened and turned into an outdoor table for the dacha. You will have to put a little effort into decorating, otherwise the design itself is almost ready.

The easiest way is to wrap the barrel of the product with screw twine, and thoroughly sand the top and coat it with clear varnish. Or you can take only the center itself from the coil, adding a tabletop to it, or vice versa - the base is made of metal, and the surface is made of the upper disk.

Old tires will make an excellent designer garden set: a table and ottomans with a backrest. They can be painted in your favorite color by fastening them together silicone sealant, or similar adhesive composition. It is wise to make the tabletop from durable plastic or strong wood. You can cut out foam rubber on the pouf seat for comfort, covering it with fabric.

A powerful, brutal set will be made from ordinary thick logs, which must first be carefully processed and impregnated with high-quality stain. Then, for stability, the bottom of the log should be leveled.

A slightly smaller pouf is made in the same way. But an interesting table will come from a long log, leveled on top for the tabletop.

Creation of a furniture set on personal plot Quite an exciting activity, and absolutely not expensive. Any old things prepared for disposal will be useful for work. Make every effort and the results will undoubtedly surprise both you and your guests!

Photos of tables for the garden

A garden table is an integral part of any country interior. On the modern market, this product is presented in a wide range - these are products made of metal, plastic, natural stone and, of course, classic version, wooden garden tables. In this article we will talk about positive qualities common options and give accessible instructions for assembling a table with your own hands.

Wood is always relevant

Majority garden furniture has always been made of wood. Almost anyone with at least a passing command of a hacksaw and a plane can make a garden table with their own hands. The whole process comes down to joining a small number of planed planks and giving the furniture a marketable appearance.

A few words about the choice of material

If you want your product to serve you faithfully for many years, then it is better to make a garden table from strong hardwood. Of course, the most the best option is oak, but the price here, even at cost, will be considerable. Therefore, as a rule, more affordable larch, aspen, birch, linden or acacia wood is used.

Advice: coniferous wood can be used for manufacturing, but they should be well prepared and coated first protective compounds. Otherwise, the abundance of resin may negatively affect the quality of the coating and your clothes.

For countertops, the quality and type of wood are especially important, so experts recommend not saving and buying a good tongue-and-groove board; the increase in costs will be minimal, but appearance you will be pleasantly pleased. It is advisable to assemble a wooden garden table from well-dried wood, so that the parts will not be damaged later.

In addition, the tabletop and some individual parts can be made of thick waterproof plywood or USB board. Chipboard(chipboard) is less suitable, since this material is afraid high humidity and it won’t last long in the garden.

Self-assembly

Assembly instructions can be very diverse, everyone chooses what he likes best.

The photos and videos in this article present several interesting and accessible technologies, but we will tell you about the simplest, in our opinion, installation option.

• As mentioned earlier, it is better to assemble the tabletop from a tongue-and-groove board, so it will be completely monolithic. The joints should be glued with ordinary furniture wood glue. In this case, we will talk about a solid product designed for a family of 6 – 8 people.
• Comfortable design height for standard dining table is 700 – 750 mm. We will make the dimensions of the top plate 930x1450 mm. For a tabletop, a board thickness of 20 mm is sufficient, but a tabletop 40 mm thick will look more solid and solid.
• The boards are joined on a flat, horizontal surface and knocked down with nails or self-tapping screws, two or three perpendicularly located 50x50 mm bars. The bars are fixed at a distance of 300 mm from the edge.

Advice: since the wood is quite dense and thick, it is better to lubricate the screws with soap before screwing them in. Then they will fit into the array much easier.

• Next we move on to arranging the legs. Boards with a section of 50x150 mm and a length of 650 mm will be used as legs. They will be joined at the ends, so in order to reduce the length of the fixing bolts or self-tapping screws, 1 cut is made in the middle on each leg, about 70 mm deep and about 150 - 200 mm long.
• The legs are joined at the ends, and the selected grooves should be with outside on the same level. A stiffening rib is inserted between two pairs of legs, the function of which is performed by a 50x150 mm board, about 1 m long.
• From above, the legs are attached to the strips that secure the tabletop boards. In the lower part, to increase the support area, two boards of the same section 50x150 mm are tacked to the legs. The length is slightly less than the width of the tabletop.

Important: the entire structure, with the exception of the tabletop, can be made collapsible; for this, furniture bolts with a diameter of 6 mm are used. Or assemble everything with long self-tapping screws, but then the table will not be disassembled.

Do not forget that wooden garden tables will be used outdoors, so all wood must be coated with protective compounds. Often one layer of stain is used to reveal the beauty of the texture and two layers of waterproof varnish.

Important: all wood must be planed and cleaned before assembly grinder or using sandpaper. Sharp corners should be chamfered so as not to drive a splinter in later.

Alternative designs

Easy coffee table it is quite possible to assemble from wooden pallets. For this you will need 2 pallets. The top row of boards should be torn off, the missing ones should be supplemented and knocked together end-to-end, more tightly.

This way you will have a monolithic countertop. To increase the height, 4 bars from the same pallets are inserted between the pallets. It is advisable to install furniture wheels from below.

Plastic garden tables are used everywhere, their price is quite affordable. They are durable, have a neat appearance and, as a rule, are quickly disassembled. But plastic rarely fits into the natural interior of a country cottage. Artificial materials, for the most part, have already become boring in the city, and besides, such products cannot boast of durability.

Forged garden tables are a completely different matter; they are often true masterpieces of furniture art. Of course, only a narrow circle of real specialists can make such beauty with their own hands, which is why the price of such products, frankly, is steep.

Making stone garden tables with your own hands is quite problematic. Alternatively, you can stack the brick cabinets and install a pre-purchased countertop on top. You can also use a large piece of slate as a countertop, but such installation will require considerable physical effort.

Option for making a table.

Conclusion

Often it is not so important whether you have a wooden stone or metal garden table installed. Any design can be successfully fit into landscape design dachas, the main thing is to do it with love, because you are doing it for yourself.

A dacha is, of course, the place where you want to take a break from the bustle of the city, to breathe Fresh air and just have a fragrant drink herbal tea on the veranda at a do-it-yourself garden table. Such a table will not only add a special charm to such a simple ceremony, but will also become a source of pride for you and your loved ones.

Option 1. Table with legs

When choosing materials for a table, first of all you should pay attention to the quality of the wood - not all wood is suitable for use. Conifers, such as spruce and pine, are pliable and easy to work with, but such material without proper treatment is more flammable, and the resins released can ruin the tablecloth.

Hardwood(aspen, oak, ash) are more advantageous, products made from them are strong, durable and have an attractive appearance.

Wood type	Brinell hardness)	Density (kg/m3)	Stability	Color trends
Birch	3,0	600	average	the color becomes deeper
Larch	2,6	500	good	takes on shades of gray
European oak	3,7	700	good	the color becomes deeper
	4,0	700	average	light to straw, yellowish brown
Pear	3,3	680	average	blushes
Cherry	3,0	580	good	from light pink to deep reddish hue

Materials and tools

For interior design dachas and country houses Long narrow ones are more acceptable, allowing you to move around the room unhindered. This should be taken into account when preparing everything necessary for work and designing the table itself.

For the table, it is preferable to use a board with a thickness of at least 30 mm. This thickness will ensure the strength of the table and the ability to withstand heavy loads. Optimal length varies between 150-200 cm. You can purchase two ready-made wooden panels measuring 30-2000 mm.

Balusters or wooden beams for legs. Curly balusters will give homemade table industrial chic and luxurious look. And to make legs from timber, you need to choose boards with a minimum cross-section of 50x50 mm. Comfortable height The table is provided with a leg height of approximately 73-75 cm.

Other materials and tools.

1. Boards 20 mm thick and 8-10 cm wide for the tabletop frame.
2. Wood putty.
3. Screwdriver and screws for 30 and 50 mm.
4. Sandpaper of various grits, as well as a holder.
5. Clamps for fixing legs and table top.
6. Electric drill.
7. Sander.
8. Building level.
9. Square.
10. Tape measure or centimeter.
11. Marker.
12. Glue.

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Construction timber

Manufacturing stages

When preparing materials, all boards and beams are processed with a plane, sander or coarse sandpaper to remove unevenness, remnants of cut knots, and clean out cracks. The boards must be even and smooth, so they are sanded on all sides, including the ends, edges and corners.

If it is intended to be manufactured as a solid panel without gaps, then it is better to purchase tongue-and-groove materials - this will create a stronger adhesion of the single sheet and save time on adjusting the elements. Chamfers are cut from the edges of the beams for the legs.

Assembling the frame for the tabletop

The frame helps to enhance the strength and stability of the table; its dimensions depend entirely on the parameters of the table top, but there are several general rules: both in length and width, the frame should be 30-25 cm smaller than the tabletop.

Video - DIY garden table

The frame itself is assembled from 4 boards that form the outer frame, and 6 internal transverse strips. The boards are installed on the edge at a right angle using a square and tightened with 50 mm self-tapping screws. The joints are pre-coated with glue (PVA or wood glue). To prevent the boards from splitting, you can drill guide holes in them and only then screw in the screws.

Along the length of the frame, markings are made for the transverse strips, and guides are drilled. It is very important that the cross members are strictly perpendicular to both sides of the frame frame. The ends of the transverse strips are coated with glue, and the entire structure is fixed with self-tapping screws. Make sure that the screw heads do not protrude, but are completely “recessed” into the wood.

Table frame (production option)

The tabletop boards are connected, aligned with a tape measure and laid face down on the floor; a frame is placed on top so that the transverse planks lie tightly on the tabletop. Guides for self-tapping screws are drilled into the planks, and all elements are tightened with 30 mm screws. There are 5-6 screws for each cross board.

Assembling the table legs

The tabletop is placed on a workbench or several stools for subsequent installation of legs. The table leg is fixed in the corner of the frame with clamps, and guides for self-tapping screws are drilled into the frame.

Before attaching the leg, glue is applied to the end of the block - this will protect the table from loosening and will contribute to greater strength. It is recommended to fix the leg on each side with four screws, but if desired, you can additionally use metal corners. Round balusters are fixed with long self-tapping screws front side table, and square ones - on corner fasteners.

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Screwdrivers

Finishing

After installing the legs, the table is turned over and placed on the floor. Depending on the design of the table, the corners are sawed off along the radius with a jigsaw or the end is completely rounded. You can cut chamfers from the edges of the tabletop and sand everything thoroughly.

If necessary, scratches and cracks resulting from work are repaired using wood. It is better not to touch the screw heads so that the structure can be tightened.

After the final sanding, all dust and shavings are removed from the table, and the product itself is covered with stain or several layers of varnish.

Tables with elements of decoupage decor or single painting look beautiful and unusual. But there is no need to hide the beauty of natural wood under a layer of paint; modern varnishes and impregnations will do all the necessary work to protect the product from moisture.

Video - Table with legs for a summer house

Option 2. Tree stump table

An unusual and non-standard way to arrange a personal space is to create interior items from natural materials. When landscaping an area, trees that are old or that threaten buildings are often cut down. If your dacha has or had just such a tree, then you definitely won’t have any problems finding a suitable stump. If the idea came spontaneously, then you can look for the desired stump in clearings, in the nearest forest, or ask the owners of neighboring plots.

Materials and tools

To make such a fantasy table from a stump you will need very little:

• wood for the tabletop, the recommended thickness of the tabletop is from 20 mm, when choosing boards you need to adhere to the rule “the larger the tabletop, the larger the cut of the board”;
• stump. For the work you will need a dried stump of any type of tree, the main thing is that the wood is intact, not damp or rotten. If the tree was cut down recently, the stump needs to be dried thoroughly. And it is better to do this by placing the stump in a warm, dry room or outdoors in sunny weather. It must be remembered that several weeks is not enough time for proper drying. As a rule, the entire process takes at least two months. You can determine the condition of the wood by the ease of removing the bark - if the bark comes off without effort, then you can start working;
• wood varnish on water based natural shade or transparent. It is this composition that will best emphasize the texture and advantages of natural wood;
• sandpaper of various grains and holder;
• plane or sander;
• chisel;
• building level;
• roulette;
• hammer and nails;
• screwdriver and screws;
• abrasive fiber.

Manufacturing stages

Stage 1.

The dried blank of the future table must be cleared of bark. A chisel or chisel will be useful for this step. The bark must be removed with extreme caution and precision so as not to damage the wood and prevent cracks and splits from appearing. Any soft or rotten areas should also be removed.

Stage 2.

After the bark has been removed, the stump needs to be leveled relative to horizontal plane. To do this, use a level to prepare Smooth surface, and the base of the future table is installed on it.

If curvature is observed, the imperfections are eliminated using a plane. At the same stage of work, excessively large rhizomes of the stump and all unnecessary parts are sawed off with a hacksaw, the sections from which are then sanded.

Stage 3.

The leveled stump is ground with a disk sander, especially its horizontal parts. The sides of the stump are also sanded, and hard-to-reach places are treated with coarse sandpaper. This is a rather labor-intensive process that requires a significant amount of time.

Stage 4.

Cracks and depressions in the barrel must be cleaned of dirt and debris using a chisel, then sandpaper folded in half (with the working layer facing outward) should be carefully processed from the inside. Remains of wood dust are cleaned with a brush or a construction vacuum cleaner.

Stage 5.

To prevent the stump from rotting and ensure air circulation between the table and the floor, furniture legs can be attached to the base from below. The presence of legs will make moving the table more convenient.

You can choose any legs: metal, furniture wheels or special rubberized stands. It is best to attach them using self-tapping screws to the base of the stump; the number is chosen arbitrarily, based on the size of the table.

Stage 6.

After installing the legs, we proceed to sheathing the top of the stump. To do this, we put two parallel strips perpendicularly on the sidewalls, and two more rows of holders on top - a total of 6 strips, fastened together with nails. This will be the frame for the table top.

Stage 7.

We fasten the prepared tabletop boards from below with transverse strips. The shape of the tabletop can be very diverse: round, rectangular, with rounded corners. A table option with a round or oval tabletop looks more advantageous.

To give this shape, you can use homemade device from thread, pencil and nail: the end of the thread is tied around a pencil, and the tip of the nail is placed in the middle of the tabletop, outlining a circle with a selected radius, after which all excess is sawed off, and the edges and surface of the tabletop are processed with a grinding machine.

Stage 8.

Holes and defects in the boards can be decorated with finely chopped shiny stones, filling them with varnish and after drying, sanding them again to smooth the surface.

The finished tabletop is fixed from below to the sheathing with holders on nails or self-tapping screws selected to size.

The finished table is varnished in several layers. After applying the first layer, the product is thoroughly dried and processed with fine-grained sandpaper. This will prevent the varnish from peeling off, and subsequent layers will lay down more evenly.

After removing the dust, apply the second and subsequent layers of varnish without grouting. If desired, after drying last layer can be treated with abrasive fiber - this will remove excess shine and give the surface a matte finish.

Such creative table will decorate any veranda, especially in a pleasant frame of green bushes or flower beds.

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paints and varnishes

Video - DIY garden table made from a stump

Beech is quite often used by furniture manufacturers, as it is a hard wood that is quite ductile and durable. In terms of strength, beech is not inferior to oak. Compared to oak, beech is cheaper. The color of such wood can range from reddish-brown to pinkish-yellow.

• has high decorative qualities;
• dries quickly;
• easy to process.

• afraid of humidity;
• poorly polished.

Oak is a hard wood with great strength. The natural color of oak ranges from yellowish-white to tan with a slight tint of gray or green. Oak has a number of other advantages - it is very easy to use, easy to glue, practically does not rot and has a beautiful appearance.

• despite the high viscosity of wood, it is processed quite well;
• bends easily;
• resistant to rotting;
• lends itself well to artificial aging techniques.

• price;

Ash wood is harder than oak. The color of the wood is light and gently golden. Most often it is used in the manufacture of bent and carved furniture or as facing veneer.

• bends well after steaming;
• cracks little when dried;
• When bleached, it acquires an unusual shade of gray hair.

• in humid conditions, wood is quickly damaged by wormholes;
• poorly polished.

Aspen is a deciduous tree. It belongs to the Poplar genus. This is a very large tree, it grows up to 30 meters in height and can easily reach a thickness of 1 meter. Since it grows very quickly, it produces a lot of wood.

• very high moisture resistance;
• the ability to retain heat, but not give it away;
• bactericidal (you can put such furniture in a children's room without fear that it will cause harm).

• not very presentable appearance;
• the possibility of darkening, both partially and completely;
• You should be wary that the product may begin to rot from the inside.

Pine is a soft wood that is most often used in the manufacture of frames for upholstered or cabinet furniture. The main advantage of this type of wood is its high resistance to rot, humidity and temperature changes. In addition, pine is one of the most common and affordable materials.

• ease of processing;
• easy to glue;
• a pleasant medicinal smell that releases phytoncides.

• Easily scratched and damaged.

This piece of furniture is one of the most versatile in use. The table can be a dining room, a utility table, or installed in a living room, on a veranda, on a property, in a workshop, and so on. In a word, it is impossible to do without it. But many people are not satisfied with purchased products in terms of a number of parameters - size, design features, form or for any other reason.

Considering that wood is relatively easy to cut and sand, making a table from it according to your own drawing, with your own hands, is not a problem for a good owner. And it will come out much cheaper. Plus - satisfaction from such work.

Room

Ideally, this is an extension, a barn, an empty garage, although a small area under a canopy will do. Working with wood on the site, in the open air, means being completely dependent on the vagaries of the weather. If there are suitable ones for making furniture " square meters", then you should worry about high-quality ventilation. Natural is sometimes not enough (besides, it depends on changes in wind direction and pressure), and a hood is installed.

Arguments that if you use protective equipment, you can work in closed space, do not stand up to any criticism. Wood dust will immediately settle on everything, including the sample with which some action is being performed. Neither precise cutting along the line, nor high-quality surface treatment of wood (not to mention impregnation and finishing coating paint and varnish composition) cannot be obtained.

One cannot ignore the fact that many preparations used for wood processing contain toxic components. For example, varnishes, paints, impregnations: if they are not natural, then harmful fumes are guaranteed.

Tools

Their set depends on the extent to which it is planned to “ennoble” a simple wood structure, what shape it will be given, and a number of other nuances. If the master does not lay claim to the elegance of a wooden table and does not aim to achieve its originality, then an ordinary carpenter’s set will be enough.

For more “delicate” work in the process of making a table of unusual shapes, external design special devices will be needed.

El/jigsaw. It will not be possible to make an inclined vertical cut with a regular saw, maintaining the angle exactly. The canvas will begin to “play”, and therefore the quality of work will be extremely low. The electric jigsaw is universal in use, and also gives high accuracy cutting wood or making cuts in it.

Miter box rotating. The main function is to facilitate corner cutting. Such a device can either be bought or made. The thing is, without a doubt, useful in the house. An indispensable assistant for precise cutting of various workpieces. For example, plastic or wooden fillets (floor, ceiling), which are used to decorate any premises during the renovation process.

Sander. There are several modifications of this electronic tool on the market, and the criteria for its selection is a separate issue. A ribbon one is quite suitable for making a table. It is universal in use and is used not only for assembling furniture.

Manual frezer. If you need to make grooves, make holes, and in a number of other cases you cannot do without it.

Many of the listed devices can be rented if making furniture is not a hobby, but a necessity.

Impregnating and other compositions

Rot protection:

• Working off machine oil– an effective, and also free, remedy. But not for dining tables.
• Flaxseed oil. A natural and effective product that penetrates deeply into the wood structure and protects it from mold and mildew. The downside is the high cost. But if the table is intended for eating, this is a great option. The drug has no color, therefore, after processing lumber, it does not leave any traces in the form of darkening, stains, or streaks, unlike processing.
• Water-polymer emulsion. It is characterized by long-lasting action and safety for health.
• Acrylic varnishes. They have practically supplanted their predecessors in the “NC” category, since they are harmless and in many respects better compositions, which are diluted with solvents.
• PVA, bone glue and a number of others. More detailed information about carpentry compositions - .

To decorate a tree:

• Clear varnishes are used not only to protect the material from moisture. With their help, you can preserve the texture of the wood and shade it.
• Stains.
• Varnishes with a coloring effect (tinting).
• Paints (but only for wood!).
• Putties.

Using colorless varnish and pigments, you can make a coloring composition of any shade. It is enough just to correctly determine the proportion of components. This is easy to do by experimenting with mixing and applying a sample to a discarded board. This will allow you to choose an acceptable tone. It is more than advisable, since it is not always possible to purchase exactly what you need on the market.

Fasteners

It is better to ignore all advice on assembling a wooden table using nails (the reasoning is simple, quick and cheap). The reasons are as follows:

• The nail easily pricks dry wood (and this is exactly what is used; more on that below).
• It is quite difficult to direct its leg correctly (strictly vertically). In some cases, it is even more difficult to redo your mistake.
• A tree, even the most protected from rot, succumbs to it over time. The maintainability of a table knocked down with nails is extremely low. Practice shows that it is rarely possible to remove such fasteners without damaging adjacent structural parts. As a result, instead of the planned replacement of one element, 2–3 will have to be changed.

• When assembling a wooden table, if glue alone is not enough, you should use only self-tapping screws.
• Sometimes its individual parts (at joints) require reinforcement. Strengthening the strength with hardware with a thicker and longer leg is impractical. The reason is the same - the likelihood of the tree splitting. For these purposes, metal strips, brackets, and corners are used.

Features of choosing wood

Some people focus on the cost of lumber, others care about the wood’s resistance to rot, and for others, its texture. What can you recommend to a novice furniture maker? Do not use the same type of wood for a table unless it is intended to be installed somewhere in a utility room or garage. This is exactly what many novice “craftsmen” do, selecting the same type of boards and bars from what is left from construction or renovation and gathering dust in the barn.

When making a wooden table for a living space, veranda, etc., you need to take into account the properties of individual species. Naturally, if you do not have sufficient experience in assembling furniture, you should pay attention to cheaper wood. The first table (chair, stool) in your life is just a kind of training in making and gaining experience.

Table top. Here, strength and minimal moisture absorption come first. It is on this part of the table that something constantly spills. Optimal choice– pine, larch, oak (although the latter is more expensive). Thickness – at least 3 cm.

If the size of the countertop is small, then you can use wood-based slab products (OSV, OSV and the like). But only with lamination to prevent the material from swelling when liquid gets on the table surface. For example, chipboard.

Legs. Birch. It may suffer from moisture, but in terms of strength it is an excellent option. The optimal parameters of the blanks for the legs (in cm) are considered to be: length - about 76, cross-section - 5 x 5. Dowels. Acacia. It is much easier to find than the often recommended boxwood boards.

Low-grade lumber is not used in the furniture industry. This is not economically feasible, since pre-treatment of wood increases the production cycle time. But when making anything, wood of lower grades, substandard wood is just right. The same pallets left over after using stacks of foam blocks or bricks.

And not just because it is free or relatively cheap. Many of the disadvantages of such wood can be turned into advantages with the right approach. For example, after coating with colorless varnish, the tabletop acquires a unique, original look.

The main thing is that the boards do not have obvious defects in the form of rot, cracks, falling knots and wormholes.

If pine is chosen for the countertop (this also applies to many other coniferous species), then you need to pay attention to the location tree rings. These arches are called humps. The cuts of the boards show how they are oriented, and this is taken into account when laying them in a row. Samples obtained by tangential cutting are arranged alternatingly (one top down, the next one up); radial cutting - the same (with arcs in the same direction). The nuance is insignificant, but compliance with this recommendation eliminates the risk of warping and splitting of the boards.

For furniture, if you think about its durability, you should take only dry lumber. As wood shrinks, it will become deformed; This is a natural process, and its consequences in the form of twisting, warping, and bending are inevitable. Such a table will quickly become warped, and you will have to repair it. And here you need to decide whether to purchase highly dry wood or rid it of moisture yourself. The first option is simpler, but such a tree is more expensive. The second one will cost less, but there are a number of purely technical difficulties.

1. Firstly, it is necessary to ensure stable temperature regime at the place where the workpieces are stored. Changes in its value will lead to uneven evaporation of moisture, which will negatively affect the strength of the tree.
2. Secondly, good ventilation must be organized.
3. Thirdly, and perhaps this is the most unpleasant moment - you will have to wait up to about six months, depending on the initial moisture content of the tree. But this is not a guarantee that the result will be as expected; Even this requires practice.

This once again confirms the idea that when starting to make furniture from wood for the first time, you should focus on simple table For economic needs made of cheap lumber, without pretensions to its sophistication and originality of design. For example, for a barn, garage and the like.

Options and patterns of wooden tables

It should immediately be noted that any work related to the design and self-assembly- the process is creative. There are no stereotypes in this matter, so you can only take the model you like as a basis, and everything else - linear parameters, shape, manufacturing specifics - depends on the purpose of the product and your own imagination. Here are just a few examples of what wooden tables can be like. For example, for summer cottages, small utility rooms It is worth choosing designs whose geometry can be easily changed - folding, hiking, hanging, garden, level, and so on.

Tables that are intended to be used for eating, playing, or as coffee tables for installation in living rooms for their intended purpose are made stationary, that is, of unchangeable dimensions. These assemblies are more “solid”, since all articulated parts are rigidly fixed; no hinge joints.

Features of assembling wooden tables

If a person undertakes to make something, it means that he knows how to use tools, read blueprints and work with lumber. Such home handyman There is no need to learn the basics of carpentry. But it would be worth noting a number of nuances when making a wooden table. These notes will only help in the process.

Let's start with the types of connections. There are quite a few of them, but for a table that you assemble with your own hands, the ones listed below are quite enough.

On the dowels

In this case, the parts are fastened by placing them on an adhesive composition (Fig. 1 – 3).

The nuance is that to make the “cylinders” that are inserted into pre-drilled “channels”, a tree of a denser structure than the table elements is taken. This is what ensures the strength of the connections. Before installing them, chamfers are removed from the edges of the dowels and holes.

These round sticks are available for sale in any furniture showroom in several sizes. Turning them, even if you have a carpentry machine, is a waste of time. It is not recommended to purchase plastic dowels for the table; they are used for dismountable connections. For example, frame furniture(walls, multi-level shelving, etc.).

You should not use nails to fix table elements (Fig. 4). Metal and wood differ in the degree of thermal expansion. Such a connection will not last long - it will begin to “shatter”, especially if the table is intended to be installed on the territory or in an unheated room.

On the kings

It is advisable to make such connections if the table either has to be disassembled periodically, or without this it is impossible to move it through the doorway. Although not all drawers require dismantling the structure. The most commonly used options are shown in the figures.

Bolted

Such connections are used mainly for garden furniture or those installed in extensions; for utility tables. An example is shown in the figure.

The nuance of working with fasteners

In order for the self-tapping screw to be easily screwed in and “go” in the desired direction, a hole is first made at the point of its installation using a drill with a diameter slightly smaller than the fastener leg. The main thing is to maintain the coincidence of the axial lines, that is, to prevent skew. In this case, to “plant” the screw, you can do without a screwdriver.

Features of wood processing

Everyone knows that a plane is used first, an abrasive with a large grain, and then a fine one. But sometimes it turns out that the last stage, polishing, has to be done many times. Much depends on the type of wood and the degree of drying. After applying the first layer of varnish, the fibers may “stand up”. Nothing wrong with that. You should wait for the workpiece to dry and repeat its processing with abrasive. The work is painstaking and takes time. But it is precisely this method that can bring “problem” wood to ideal “smoothness.”

To eliminate the risk of injury to a person, all edges and corners of the table should be slightly rounded.

Features of external decoration

• Minor defects in the form of cracks and chips are eliminated with putty.
• Once sanding is complete, all wood dust must be removed. In this case, a regular household vacuum cleaner with an appropriate attachment will help out. It is recommended that after such cleaning, wipe the entire table with a slightly damp cloth, let it dry and repeat removing any remaining dust. After this, you can safely start applying stain or varnish - there will be no “pellets” on the wood.
• You can add originality to the table not only with the help of curly cutouts, an unusual shape of the tabletop or legs, a combination of textures of different species, and so on. One of the good options is artistic painting.

And finally. Work on self-production something made of wood (the same table) - just First stage mastering the skill of “designer-assembler”. Having developed technologies and techniques on wood and acquired the necessary skills, it is enough to simply switch to other materials - metal, plastic, glass. So the benefits of a wooden table made even by yourself simple drawing(besides the pleasure of work and the money saved) is obvious - time well spent.