Wooden Pallet Coffeetable

by daphillips39 in Workshop > Pallets

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Wooden Pallet Coffeetable

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This table is a cool way to reuse some wooden pallets.

Obtain Pallets

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Find 4-6 wooden pallets that have been weathered slightly. make sure that most of the wooden boards are not broken so they can be used later.

Salvage the Pallets

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take apart the pallets to salvage the boards. keep the good ones and toss the bad ones (thats why you want more rather than less).

Aline the Wooden 1 by 6's

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put the 1*6's in a line so that 1 inch sides are touching the next one.

Connect the Boards

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lay the 2 by 4s perpendicular on the 1 by 6s. this you will need to screw together with screws.

Cut Your Table Into a Hexagon.

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find the midpoints on 2 opposite ends of the table. Then from those point go at a 60 degree angle either way. this will create a 60 degree interior angle on 6 corners.

Cut Out the Perimeter

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take 6, 2 by 4s and cut each end at a 60 degree angle so that it can create the perimeter. connectand pocket screw these 6 sides around the table.

Sand Down the Table Top

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use a orbital, mouse, or belt sander with 60 grit to sand down the top of your table. when smooth increase grit to 120 and continue to sand until smooth.

Cut Legs

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get 3, 2 by 4s that are 36 inches long and cut them in half. this way you will have 6 legs that are 18 inches each.

Stain Table

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use preferred stain to stain the legs and table top to darkness that you would like.

Attach Legs

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use 3-4 screws and pocket screw the legs onto the perimeter

now your table is complete