Things You'll Need:
- 1x10 board, 8 feet long
- turned table leg at least 20 inches long
- 2x3 board, 16 inches long
- glue
- pegs
- paint or stain
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Step 1
Draw a pattern for the legs and cut three of them from the 1x10 board. The illustration shows a suggested pattern, which would fit on the board at an angle, but you can alter it as you wish. Allow an extra inch for a tenon to go into the post.
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Step 2
Cut the post about 20" long. In the bottom of the post, cut three mortises for the legs, as shown in the photo. The mortises should fit the leg tenons, pictured in the next step.
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Step 3
Cut a tenon on each leg, as shown.
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Step 4
Slide the legs into the post, check that the post will be vertical when the three legs are sitting on a level floor, then glue the legs to the post.
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Step 5
Cut the top of the post to fit in a mortise on the 2x3 and glue the 2x3 perfectly horizontal on the top of the post. After it's glued, you can drill a 1/4" or 3/8" hole from the side and add a dowel to peg the 2x3 in place, for extra strength.
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Step 6
Cut two half circles from the remaining 1x10 board for the top of the table. Peg and glue them together at the edges to make a circular table top about 19" in diameter.
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Step 7
Glue the tabletop to the 2x3, making sure it's level. Drill holes for two pegs through the 2x3 and up into the bottom of the tabletop at an angle, so once they're in place, the top can't be lifted off. Glue and insert the pegs.
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Step 8
Sand the table as needed and finish the surface. The table in the photograph was painted with milk paint to imitate an antique hand-painted country table, but plain paint or stain will look good as well.
Comments
lesliecrockett said
on 10/19/2009 I was wondering if you had the schematics to this table? My son needs them for a school project!!!
Please help......
Thank you,
Leslie