| Train Table #2 - Construction details This is the second one I built, with many improvements over table #1 |
| This one is for my nephew & niece Jesse & Samantha. It is made of 3/4" Red oak sides and legs. The Top is 3/4" MDF with a 1/4" white topped hardboard glued to the MDF. It has wooden slides to hold 2 plastic bins to store stuff in under the table. It was finished with 2 coats of brushed on McCloskey's Satin Varnish. Follow along for construction details: |
| The sides are 3 1/2" Wide. There is a 1" wide, 3/8" deep dado about halfway down the inside face of the side to hold the top in place. The corners of the sides are mitered, I used the table saw with the blade titled to 45 degrees. After carefully measuring each side to make sure they all fit, I glued up the sides with the top in place. |
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| The legs were next. They are 2 pieces of 3 1/2" x 3/4" x 19" red oak mitered along the long side to make an L shaped leg. I put a 3x3 block at the top of the leg to aid in attaching them to the table. I attached the legs to the top with pocket screws and a screw through the 3x3 block. |
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| The runners for the storage bins are a 2x4 with a piece of MDF screwed into it to from to "L" shaped pieces for the right and left supports and a "T" shaped piece for the middle support. They were spaced apart, the width of the containers. The runners were attached to the underside of the table top with pocket screws. |
| The legs were attached with pocket screws into the table top, one on each half of the leg. An another screw was placed through the 3x3 square into the top. |
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