Pizza Table

Pizza table instructions for pizza oven community on boards.

The table can be made to any size. My table is 135cm long, 80cm wide and 104cm high (including coasters).

I'd recommended choosing your required dimensions and work out what timber you require then. Check what lengths are sold in certain timber lengths before starting. i.e. if your timber yard only sells 12ft lengths of 4x1, it'd be a waste to try and make a 6.5 ft long table.

Also, when deciding the table width, I made mine to the exact width of eight
4x1s to ensure I didn’t have to plane or cut the 4x1s lengthways. I also made sure the table wasn’t too wide to fit through my shed door.

Excuse my woodworking terminology as well! I've no experience or knowledge of woodwork before this,

All planed timber. Lengths are determined by your required table size.

Legs:

• 4 lengths of 3x3 (or I used 4x3 as the 3x3 wasn't available), cut to required height.
• 2 lengths of 3x1 for diagonal leg braces.

Table top:

• 4 lengths of 3x1, two for the table top sides and two for the end pieces. Cut to required size.
• 4 lengths of 2x1, two for the table top sides and two for the end pieces. Cut to required size. Note that the size of these will be shorter than the 3x1s, as they sit inside the legs.
• 8 lengths of 4x1 for table top, cut to required length.
• 1 length of 3x1 for under table top support, cut to width of the table. Note, if the table is longer than 140cm i'd recommended two under table supports.

Shelf:

• 4 lengths of 3x1, two for the shelf sides and two for the end pieces. Cut to required size.
• 2 lengths of 2x1, for the shelf sides.
• 10 lengths of 3x1 for the shelf slats. Note you can increase or decrease these based on table length, slat spacing etc.

Screw the lengths of 2x1 onto the 3x1. Repeat for the two side pieces and the two end pieces of 3x1.

The 2x1 should be shorter than the 3x1, as they sit inside the legs.

The 2x1 effectively act as a ledge to sit the table top and the the table top support on. Ensure that when you sit a length of 4x1 on the 'ledge' that its flush with the top of the 3x1.

Attach the table top sides, the 3x1s (with 2x1 screwed on) onto

each of the legs. Again, leave the legs low enough so that if you rest one of the table top 4x1s flat on top of the leg, it sits flush with the 3x1 sides and end pieces.

For the shelf, take the shelf side lengths of 3x1 and similar

to the table top sides, screw on the 2x1s. Again make sure that the shelf slats 3x1s will sit on this ‘ledge’ and sit just below the edge of the 3x1 to prevent anything sliding off.

Screw the shelf sides onto the legs. For the shelf I screwed
them to the inside of the legs, so that the shelf was inset a little, mainly so I wouldn’t bang my shins off it when using the oven.

Screw on the end pieces of the shelf frame onto the legs. These aren't weight bearing, but add some support and help keep the table square.

About halfway along the table, screw in a length of 3x1 to act as a support across the table. This gives the centre of the table some support. If you're table is longer than 140cm I reckon two supports might be required, evenly spaced.

To ensure the support sat in flush with the rest of the supports, I had to drill into the 2x1s using a flat head drill bit. Not the tidiest job, but I hadn't thought about including a support until I was nearly finished so I improvised.

Lay the 4x1s in place. The edge lats should sit on top of each leg at either end. If measured correctly, the lengths of 4x1 should sit in snugly across the table top frame with no gaps etc.

Screw each length into 2x1 ledges and the legs at each end and to the support across the middle.

One of my legs wasn't cut straight at the start, so when I screwed one length in it didn't sit properly. I tried to sand it down a bit but resorted to some wood filler, see pic, so it wasn't the tidiest.

I cut and screwed on two 3x1s at either end, just to give a little more support to the table.

I modified some .stl file supplied by oscarBravo and 3D printed them and screwed them on. Not really required, but they stop the table from sliding a bit. .stl files attached.

I borrowed a power sander and gave it a once over and rounded the corners etc. I could only get rough timbers for the legs so it was hassle sanding them down and they are a slightly different colour timber to the rest of the table.

I used 3 coats of Ronseal Satin Yacht varnish all over. Left 4-7 days drying in between. I had nowhere indoor to build this, so had to wait for a few dry days that weren't too cold for it to dry out properly each time. The first coat took nearly the full week to dry properly, it was still tacky after 4 or 5 days, but I think this was weather related. I think I used about 2 litres of the varnish altogether.

I screwed on four coasters, bought in Woodies for about €8 each I think. They had other larger and smaller options as well.

Bought in Homestore for about €24. They stock two sizes. I think Ikea have something similar as well.