Make Table Top From Hardwood Flooring

I love the idea of using hardwood flooring as table tops.

Make table top from hardwood flooring.

Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11. I told you about this table over a year ago in my post recent finds june 18 2012. That was the price of the flooring and we had the rest of the materials on hand but if we didn t the total cost would have still only been about 60. So i thought i should use some weather resistant wood beyond cedar.

It s 4ft x 6ft. How to easily attach pine boards to make a tabletop. I want to make a smallish table kitchen cart that will go into the semi covered patio. That is the top is covered but rain splashes in at times.

I ve been keeping my eye out for a table base with either a missing top or one in not so great condition. When you want to make a pine tabletop from narrow planks you usually glue the planks together in a procedure called lamination. Attach the boards to the sides of the tabletop using 2 finish nails. However we have made a few countertops out of wood flooring instead with great results.

Add hardwood flooring as a tabletop to a coffee table that is missing it s original table top. I used 3 1 4 red oak unfinished flooring for the center and outer row and 2 1 4 unfinished maple for the insert. So when i spotted a piece of furniture. Maybe teak or cumaru or acacia trouble is that type of wood is not easy to find or cheap.

It replaces the 3ft x5ft glass top i had before that was scratched and out dated. Make sure the frame is the correct height so that the flooring boards will be flush to the top edge of the frame. This project works best if the coffee table is sturdy enough to hold the heavy oak flooring. How to create a hardwood floor table top little farmhouse table we have great ideas stored in our heads or pinned on our pinterest boards.

To rip off the tongue and groove edges set the table saw to the width of the tongue groove and run the board through the saw. But i did find.