Making Table From Hardwood Flooring

Add hardwood flooring as a tabletop to a coffee table that is missing it s original table top.

Making table from hardwood flooring.

Even though construction adhesive is heavy duty make sure the surface is clean dry and free of oils for the best adhesion. In this video i take. Start by having the hardware lumber store cut your plywood to size. Select the good side of each one.

Table saw finishing sander wood filler wood glue 10 90 degree angle brackets we used these hardwood flooring pieces. If you don t already have hardwood flooring lying around from a previous project you ll have to buy about 25 sq. Select enough hardwood flooring boards so that the accumulated width of them together exceed the width and length of the desired table top by at least 2 inches. I told you about this table over a year ago in my post recent finds june 18 2012.

Run all of the flooring through the machine on one of the long sides and one of the ends. Fit together planks and secure from underneath with scrap wood braces. Adjust the fence and cutter height using a scrap piece of material adjust the cutter height and fence position until you have it set up correctly to run your flooring. Http amzn to 29rkjkm click on the link to get your porter cable router with regular base and plunge base.

Cut off the outside tongue and groove and stain the edges to match. He cut off all the outside edges removing either tongue or groove to give it a more finished look. The frame around the tabletop will allow for a finished edge and be the perimeter guide for the flooring cuts. Here are the steps we took to build the hardwood floor table top.

This project works best if the coffee table is sturdy enough to hold the heavy oak flooring. See diagram above for dimensions. Creating your own hardwood floors tongue and groove joint. It is a handy tool to have.

Clean the surface of the existing table. Popular uses for this joint are in the creation of doors panels and table tops. Here at real antique wood we mill our own reclaimed wood flooring planks and are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to use the material to manufacture. Drag a piece of flooring tongue side down to even out the base for a brick path.

Build a coffee table photo by gerenme e getty. To determine the height. Set up the shaper or router table with a tongue and groove cutter. Level soil or sand photo by kolin smith.