Patriotic Coffee Table

Hello everyone, my name is Clayton Dobruck. We are going to make a Patriotic Coffee Table made out of wood today and I am going through the steps to show you how you are going to make it. I love this Patriotic Coffee Table because it represent our nation and it show respect to our country. The table that you going to make it has a lot of steps to go through.

The materials needed to make the Patriotic Coffee Table

• 1 - 3/4'' x 4' x 8'' sanded Plywood
• 6 - 1 x3x8 White Pine
• Wood Glue
• 120 Grit Sand Paper
• 30 - 3 1/2'' Torx Screws
• 100 - 1 1/2 Brad Nails
• 30 -2'' Finish Nails
• Red Paint
• Blue Paint
• White Paint
• Wood Stain
• Wood Putty

Tools needed to do the Patriotic Coffee Table

• Circular Saw
• TableSaw
• Planner
• Portable Hand Planner
• Brad Nail Gun
• 2 1/2''Finish Nail Gun
• Air Compressor
• Air Hose
• Drill Impact Driver
• 4 Foot Level
• Vibrating Sander
• 3/8 Drill Bit
• 2 1/2'' Angle Paint Brush

• Paint red 3 pieces of 1x3x61 1/2'' and 4 pieces of 1x3x38 1/2''
• Paint White 3 pieces of 1x3x61 1/2'' and 3 pieces of 1x3x38 1/2''
• Spray paint white the hand stencil stars cut out of the plywood
• Lightly paint blue the face of the plywood displaying the stars.

• Cut an 18'' x27'' Plywood
• Hand Stencil American Stars onto plywood
• Make sure that the stars are on 3'' centers
• 5 - rows of 6 stars and 4 rows of 5 stars totaling 50 stars when complete

• Cut 6 - 1x3x61 1/2'' pine
• Cut 7 - 1x3x38 1/2'' pine

• Assesmble the dried painted boards as a ''dryfit'' , measure the length and width and cut 3/4 plywood to match dimensions of the painted 1x3 pine
• Assesmble painted pine boards onto plywood base and install each by brad nails
• Assemble cedar rim board around flag top if desired

• Build a base (lower level of table) and deck with 1x6 T and G white pine
• Cut 8 pieces of 2x6x20 cedar for table legs, assemble with wood glue and secure with 3 1/2'' torx wood screws
• Plywood sides of table if desired

• Assemble lower table deck onto cedar legs allowing 3 1/2'' clearance from floor
• Assemble flag top and secure with 3 1/2'' cabinet grade screws
• Assemble T and G white pine on enclosed sides running verticle

I hope you will enjoy this project that I upload on instructable. This was a fun project for me because it shows love for our country and shows passion for our country. This project took a lot of time to make, but I made a good product that has good quality.

( I hope you enjoy this instructable that I made and hopefully these steps will help you out!)