Everyone has one, you know, that table that everyone throws whatever is in their hands when 1st coming into the house.
That is the table I call the "Junk Table". A friend had asked me to make him a worktable similar to mine. So I glued up all the cutoff strip material I had. I cut his table to size and had about a 48 inch x 32 inch piece left. Hmmmm...I thought what can I do with this Ahhh !!!, I got it I'll pull the top off our junk table (it was just a 30 dollar plastic top w/collapsible legs table. 8 Lag Screws. So I took the blank top cut it to the size I needed and added the bottom skirt to hide the metal leg attaching parts.. I ended up having to cut a bit off both ends to fit. Used deck screw to attach, sanded and oiled with Bees/carnuba wax/mineral oil blend I made. Done. Not my best work but then, not much effort either. After all it's a JUNK TABLE !!! ......... (still looks better than plastic) ........ I might skirt the bottom to hide legs with black leatherette if my wife complains they look tacky- we will see.
That is the table I call the "Junk Table". A friend had asked me to make him a worktable similar to mine. So I glued up all the cutoff strip material I had. I cut his table to size and had about a 48 inch x 32 inch piece left. Hmmmm...I thought what can I do with this Ahhh !!!, I got it I'll pull the top off our junk table (it was just a 30 dollar plastic top w/collapsible legs table. 8 Lag Screws. So I took the blank top cut it to the size I needed and added the bottom skirt to hide the metal leg attaching parts.. I ended up having to cut a bit off both ends to fit. Used deck screw to attach, sanded and oiled with Bees/carnuba wax/mineral oil blend I made. Done. Not my best work but then, not much effort either. After all it's a JUNK TABLE !!! ......... (still looks better than plastic) ........ I might skirt the bottom to hide legs with black leatherette if my wife complains they look tacky- we will see.
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