Build Bench For Dining Table

I sold my table saw and this piece of wood was too small for my track saw.

Build bench for dining table.

Cut wood to length. As you can easily notice in the diagram you need to make 10 degree cuts to both ends of the legs. These are beautiful and cheap at the same time. Now that everything is cut and sanded you are ready to build a bench.

The first step of the project is to build the sides of the bench. First you need to cut all your wood. Cut the footboard in half to use the halves as armrests. Use 2 4 wood and 3 4 thick plywood to create the bench frame.

Sand and paint or stain the wood to get the design you. For the benches use the same procedure to prep the materials as you did with the table. A neat and decent design for building a bench like dining table especially if you are planning to shift it to the backyard for picnic lunches and saturday night barbeques. Once you have all your wood cut you will need to sand each piece to remove the rough edges.

Add waterproof glue to the joints in order to enhance the rigidity of the frame. Sand pieces of wood. I knew i wanted these benches to be big and beefy so i was immediately drawn to using 4 4 s for these as well. Because of their thickness some saws won t be able to cut them.

There are some things you need to remember though. Cut the part 1 inch longer than called for trim to width and then cut to final length. First i cut the pieces of walnut to size on my bandsaw. This way the bench.

Prepare the material and cut the legs a and the braces b to size cutting list cutting diagram. Drill pocket holes at both ends of the legs and secure them to the top support with 2 1 2 screws. Optionally add hinges to the top instead of using screws to attach it for it to serve as the lid. First we will.