Gold Hexagon Terminate Table

If y'all follow me on Facebook or Instagram, y'all know that nosotros are inwards the procedure of buying a novel house, which agency I'm inwards the procedure of edifice novel slice of furniture to fill upward the novel house. A few months back, I stumbled across this freaking awesome side table too decided I needed to brand ane myself. 

I took ane await at all those spindles too knew straightaway I was going to demand a exceptional tool inwards my arsenal. Fortunately, I was able to notice a self-centering doweling jig, too simply close everything else at Rockler.com. 

The jig isn't 100% necessary, but it volition brand your life hence much better! Plus, too then you'll live all laid upward for some upgraded dowel joinery. Other than that, the laid upward is pretty directly forward. I dearest the low-cal airy await of this design, but since I was making this tabular array out of woods instead of metal, I needed to larn amongst a hardwood (sorry friends, no pino this time). I chose birch too poplar, but y'all tin move oak or whatever hardwood y'all would similar to use. 

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Materials List:

• (66) *1/4"- Hardwood dowels
• (1) 6'- Hardwood 1 x 4
• (2) 36"- 3/8" Hardwood foursquare dowel (found inwards the cut aisle of Home Improvement store)
• (1) *1/4" x 24" x 24" Acrylic sheet

• *Self-centering doweling jig
• *Drill
• *Heavy Duty stapler
• *5/8" heavy duty staples
• *1/4" drill bit  
• *Brad nailer
• *18 gauge- 1" brads
• *18 gauge- 2" brads
• *wood glue
• *mallet
• *measuring tape
• (optional- *1/4" drill fighting halt collar )

1. The start stair is to cutting the transcend too bottom rails. Rip 1 x four board into 3/4" x 1" strips. If y'all don't receive got a tabular array saw, y'all absolutely could buy 1" hardwood dowels. 

2. Set the miter on your saw to thirty degrees off square. Cut twelve trapezoids, 12" from long indicate to long point.

3. On the longest side of each strip, brand a cross mark, every inch.

4. Now the self-centering doweling jig comes into play.

The jig is actually unproblematic to use. Each hole on the transcend of the jig has a corresponding line of piece of job running downwardly the side of the drill block. Align the line of piece of job on the block amongst a line of piece of job on the woods strip too twist the grip to tighten.

5. Use a drill fighting halt collar, or grade your drill fighting amongst a slice of tape. Drill a 1/4" hole, 1/2" deep, centered on each line.

It should await something similar this.

6. Divide the 1/4" dowels into roughly thirds too tightly packet them together amongst masking tape. Cut 22" long.

7. Time to assemble. Start amongst ane slice of the bottom rail. Partially fill upward each hole amongst glue.

Insert dowels.

You may demand to move a mallet or hammer to pound them into place.

8. The adjacent stair tin live a trivial tricky. It may live easier to lay the panel downwardly on its side. Add gum to a 2d rail too insert the contrary ends of the dowels. Measure exterior corners on both sides too brand certain they are the same distance. If not, y'all may desire to set a few clamps on it destination to draw the panel into square. Build all half-dozen panels too allow to dry out for several hours.

9. Once everything is dry, y'all tin start to connect the panels. Start amongst ii panels, agree them vertically too align the transcend too bottom rails.

Add gum to both sides of the articulation too clamp them together on a corporation piece of job surface. Drive two, 2" destination nails from each side of the joint. Be mindful of the angle y'all agree your gun. You don't desire to shoot a blast out the side. Attach all half-dozen panels the same way too allow to dry out for several hours.

10. Once the whole frame is assembled too dry, y'all tin draw the acrylic top. I chose acrylic because its lightweight, durable, too fairly inexpensive. If i was made of money, I in all likelihood would receive got gone amongst polycarbonate (AKA plexiglass), which is fifty-fifty stronger too resistant to scratching.

Decide which destination is going to live your transcend too lay it appear upward downwardly on your acrylic. Trace the within of the opening amongst a marker. You tin cutting the the acrylic amongst almost whatever sort of saw. You simply demand to deed somewhat rapidly too non allow a lot of friction to laid upward up, or the acrylic volition start to melt. I used a jigsaw amongst a medium speed woods blade too it cutting similar butter.

11. To agree the transcend inwards place, you'll demand to create a modest rail from the 3/8" foursquare dowel. Flip the tabular array frame correct side upward too stair out each side of the within of the transcend rail. It should live around 10 7/8". Cut half-dozen pieces of dowel into trapezoids, thirty degrees off foursquare on each destination too 10 7/8", long indicate to long point.

12. Measure the thickness of your acrylic too add together 1/16". Measure this distance from the transcend border of the transcend rail too ascribe a line. Line upward the transcend border of the dowel amongst the line of piece of job too secure amongst gum too 1" destination nails. Work your way around the hexagon, creating a tiny shelf. 

13. Flip the frame transcend side down. Use a heavy duty stapler to drive two, 5/8" staples across each joint. Just an extra trivial stair to aid agree the articulation together.

14. Fill whatever cracks too seams amongst woods filler too sand smooth. Paint or stain withal you'd similar too call upward to seal amongst multiple coats of your favorite clear finish.

Drop inwards the acrylic transcend too here's what you've got!  

I dearest how it turned out, but I'll live honest, it took me a trivial piece to endeavour to convince my boys non to climb within : )

I've been drooling over Rockler catalogs for years. I am hence excited to in conclusion larn my hands on some of their tools. If y'all are a DIYer, receive got a adventure to browse their site. You'll receive got your entire Christmas listing filled out inwards similar iii minutes.

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