Stylish Table with Pine Half-Rounds or Dowels
This stylish table is made using a cardboard tube, pine half-rounds and your choice of top.
29/06/2019
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If you need a side table for your living room, family room or even as a bedside table for the bedroom, this pine table is a quick and easy project that can be finished to complement your existing room decor. The full instructions can be found here but I modified them from German to include local materials
The table is made by gluing pine half-rounds around a cardboard tube and then adding the top to finish it off.
Once you have made the base for the side
table, you can choose the material for your top.
A piece of pine can be cut to fit on top of the
base, or you could splurge on a piece of granite
or marble for the table top... it's up to you!
While this side table might seem like a
difficult project, once you take a look below at
how to make the table, you will see that it is
actually super easy.
The hardest part of this project was sourcing the cardboard tube for the base. There are suppliers of cardboard cores and tubes and you can always get in touch with them to find out if they have what you need. Or, you can purchase a corrugated cardboard sheet and make your own tube.
YOU WILL NEED:
Cardboard tube (bought or make your own)
Pine half-rounds, cut to the height of your tube
Table top, cut to fit in choice of material
Handsaw, jigsaw or mitre saw
Wood glue
Sanding sponge, fine or sandpaper
Clamps
Tape measure and pencil
Choice of finish
HERE'S HOW:
1. The table base is made using a cardboard
tube and gluing pine half-rounds around this.
The top for the table is entirely up to you. You
can purchase a piece of laminated pine shelving
at Builders and cut this to size, you can invest
in a piece of solid hardwood for the top of the
table, or you can have a piece of marble or
granite cut to size.
2. Cut all the cardboard tube and half-rounds
to the correct height, which will be the same as
the height of your table. Once cut, sand all the
edges smooth.
3. Mark a straight line for mounting the half-rounds. Apply glue and clamp this onto the cardboard tube, using the straight line as a guide. Always check as you work to ensure the half-rounds stay straight.
4. Repeat the above step until all the half-rounds are glued onto the cardboard tube. Sand any uneven or rough edges smooth.
GOOD TO KNOW
Should you be left with a small gap at the end, you can sand a half-round to fit into the gap, or spread a few of the half-rounds applied last to fill the gap.
Finishing
Choose a quality paint to finish off your side table. You can use acrylic paint, chalk paint, or any paint you like.
