For some time I've wanted to build a sturdy coffee table for our family room. I've also been experimenting with and bulidng lots of furniture for the kids rooms with low cost, paint grade, maple veneer plywood. I love the ease of working with this material and results have been great. I never thought that raw edged plywood furniture would have a place outside of the kid's bedrooms until I saw this slab of bamboo counter top at our local big box store and I got the idea for this piece. Although I still would'nt consider this "fine furniture", I think it turned out pretty cool. The design is my own, and it's the first time I've tried flaring legs in two directions which was real easy to do with a bandsaw. I have the plan drawn up in sketchup if anyone is interested.
Less than 1/2 a sheet of plywood at $50/sheet.
Minwax Satin finish poly (3 coats)
Comments
JoanneS
Fri, 01/09/2015 - 13:33
Super cool!
What a cool project! Love the bamboo top! To do your table legs, did you glue the plywood pieces into a block and then cut with the band saw? Beautiful job!
DangerDad
Fri, 01/09/2015 - 14:11
Hey Thanks for the comment.
Hey Thanks for the comment. Yes the legs are just 4 pcs. of 3/4" plywood glued together then cut out on the band saw.