tanner/personal-site
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Releases Wiki Activity

Add subpages, and wine crate coffee table

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Tanner Collin
2022-02-14 23:01:50 +00:00
parent 25a2de77a1
commit 42cbd0e54a
17 changed files with 180 additions and 73 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files
content/wine-crate-coffee-table.md
+28
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
Title: Wine Crate Coffee Table
Date: 2018-09-12
Category: Creations
Summary: A coffee table made out of wooden wine creates.
Short: 0
My close friend Odai saw a simple coffee table design online that was built out
of four wooden wine crates. They are quite cheap and available at any hardware
store. We each wanted to make one so went and bought eight crates and some
plywood to use as a base.
We went to my local makerspace, Protospace, to build them in the wood shop. We
thought it would be a quick job only taking a few hours, but it turned out to be
a twelve hour job over a couple of days. At least we were in good company!
![the table before staining. four box-like wine crates are on their sides and joined together in a spiral. a messy wood shop is in the background]({static}/images/wine/wine1.jpg)
![the two tables after staining. one face is centred and the contrast between the dark stain and light wood grain shows.]({static}/images/wine/wine2.jpg)
The wine crates were glued and then brad-nailed together. Extra wood was added
under the thin top strips for support. After the glue dried, the brad nails were
painstakingly removed because the ones we used were too long and stuck out.
After being attached to the base, the entire table was sanded and then stained.
We let it dry overnight and returned the following day to add a quick layer of
varnish.
![the table in my living room with blankets inside the wine crates and a plant pot in the centre growing a bonsai tree and a succulent]({static}/images/wine/wine3.jpg)