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Scrapwood Side Table

From a recent project, I had a whole lot of weird off-cuts of rough construction lumber left. I hate throwing away wood, so when Kaddi asked for a small side table to use with the lawn chair I knew what to do.

Each off-cut had an angle cut, so the idea was to arrange them in a circle. But since the cut had been done with a handheld saw at a weird angle, they didn't really line up:

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Of course, the first step was to run all pieces through the planer, over the jointer and finally the table saw.

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I decided to do a 30 degree cut for assembling 12 pieces into a circle. But cutting angles with less than 45 degrees on the miter saw, requires a jig. So that's what I built next.

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All pieces were glued together using water resistant wood glue. I first assembled two halves of the circle, then glued those together.

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Then it was time to cut the circle. The first half was done with the router. Then the jigsaw cut all the way through. A flush trim bit in the router table using the first half of the cut as template made the circle perfect.

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For finishing I bought outdoor stain. The color was called teak. This is the product photo and what it turned out to look in reality.

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Yes. It looked like poop. So after a good bit of sanding, I decided to use the stain we had used for the hedgehog home instead.

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Next was the feet. I decided to recycle some IKEA wardrobe rails. Simple steel tubes that have M6 nuts in their ends. To attach them I made a few 3D prints.

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And that's the story of the scrapwood side table.

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diy, woodworking, garden
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