Glass products in interior design always look light and elegant. The transparent texture does not create a heaping effect, and the strength of the special thickened furniture glass will allow the product to serve you for a long time. Making a table with a glass top with your own hands will allow you not only to save a significant amount of money, but also to create a unique, exclusive design.
How to choose glass for the table?
The most important parameter in the characteristics of glass is its thickness. In second place will be the texture: matte, glossy, with a relief pattern. In some cases, the color of the glass will be important. The choice of material type depends on the purpose of your table. Glass 5-6 mm thick is suitable for a coffee table. Such products do not experience a strong load, so this thickness will be optimal. If you are planning a large dining table, then the thickness of the glass should be 8-10mm. It is better to order the countertop itself in a glass organization. On professional equipment, you can cut any shape of the tabletop, as well as carefully process the edges.
Design
The table should fit into the interior of the room in which it will be located. If the furniture in your house is in a classic style, then the legs for the table should be made of solid wood, with carved patterns and curls. To give the tree presentability, you can cover it with stain, imitating expensive wood. If you have even a little experience in the field of creating furniture, then it will not be difficult to make a glass table with your own hands. The photo shows a variant that is made of only one glass.
For lovers of high-tech style, a table with symmetrical metal legs is suitable, and the tabletop itself can be in the form of a circle or a square. The Mediterranean style implies simplicity in the interior, so the glass top can be placed on rough wooden legs of the correct form, painted, for example, in white.
Making a glass tabletop with your own hands
The most important and most expensive element of a glass table is the top. If you are wondering how to make a glass table with your own hands, then you need to know about some glass processing rules. Cutting it to the right size can be a daunting task for a beginner. Practice before you start cutting. If the glass cutter is roller, not diamond, then the pressing force should be approximately 2 kg.
If you haveit turned out a good even cut, you can proceed to the next step - processing the edges. Before starting work, be sure to take care of eye and hand protection. For convenience, you can moisten the file in turpentine or kerosene. Movements should be smooth, in the direction along the edges of the sheet. You can use an emery stone.
Next is the stage of grinding the edges. To perform this work, a grinder with a special grinding nozzle is used. The angle at which the corners are processed must be the same around the entire perimeter. Sanded edges are polished. The curve of the countertop should be smooth and smooth.
Wooden base frame
For the manufacture of such an underframe, you will need a bar of 50 x 50 mm if you are planning a coffee table. You can use the board, it all depends on the design of the structure.
Consider making a glass table for the kitchen with your own hands measuring 800 x 1400 mm. For such a massive product, you will need a beam of 150 x 150 mm. The surface of the beam must be carefully sanded, it must be perfectly smooth. To protect the wood, you need to apply varnish, stain or paint. If you want to see the structure of the wood, then use varnish or stain.
For joining the elements of the beam, it is better to use an open tenon joint in half a tree. This will mask the joint and increase the level of strength at the junction. Do-it-yourself legs for a glass table and a base from a bar on which there will beeven a person with a minimum amount of experience in this field can hold on to the countertop.
Metal underframe
Not every carpenter can afford to use metal. To work with such material, you will need special equipment and skills. To connect the elements of the table frame, you will need a welding machine. You can use metal tubes, angles or even a profile.
Think about how the glass will be attached to the countertop. In this case, the countertop is installed in a special recess, which was formed when connecting metal profiles. All you need to do is fix the glass on the profile with glue. This DIY glass kitchen table on a metal base is the perfect complement to a minimalist kitchen.
If it is planned to manufacture a forged product, then it is better to perform a mechanical fastening to connect the table top and base. Holes are drilled into the surface of the glass and fasteners are inserted.
Particleboard underframe
The easiest material for making furniture is, of course, chipboard. It is not at all difficult to come up with a design for a glass table with a chipboard base. There are a large number of options, colors and textures of the laminated coating for chipboard.
Cutting a chipboard sheet is carried out using a circular saw. In the cut, a rough edge is obtained, which must be closed with an edge. If you don't have specialized edge processing equipment, don't worry. endthe tape can be glued with a regular iron.
Connection of parts from chipboard is carried out using euro screws, self-tapping screws, corners. The most acceptable option is to use euroscrews. For them, you need to make holes in the chipboard with a drill. These screws are tightened with a hex wrench. In places where the screw heads are located, special stickers are installed to mask the joint.
How to attach the glass to the underframe?
There are several ways to attach the glass to the base, the choice of the appropriate method depends on the materials and weight of the glass. If the glass is massive and thick, then you can simply install rubber mounts on the surface of the underframe, the weight of the glass and the friction force will not allow the tabletop to move.
The mechanical method of fastening is as follows: holes are drilled in the glass, fasteners are inserted into them. There must be rubber gaskets between the metal of the fastener and the glass.
In some cases, the glass is glued to the surface of the underframe. This is a very common fastening method. The main thing in this case is to choose the right glue. It must be compatible with the materials used.
Another time-honored way to secure glass is with rubber suction cups. This fastening method is often used when it is necessary to fasten a countertop with a wooden base of a non-standard shape.
Imitating glass with epoxy resin
Epoxy resin can be used to make not just a table, but a work of art. Particularly interesting are the countertop options, which include time-deformed wooden elements connected with transparent epoxy.
To make such a glass table with our own hands, we need a suitable cut of wood. It is desirable that it be with cracks and signs of aging. Irregularities can be added independently by artificially aging a wooden blank. Two elements of wood 4-5 cm thick are laid out at a distance of 20-30 cm from each other. The uneven side surface should be between the saw cut elements, and the table top should be smooth and even at the edges. The surface is carefully sanded and leveled.
A container for casting epoxy resin is being built - the bottom and walls. You can color the resin with pigments. After the resin is poured into a container between the two halves of the tree, you need to wait about 1 day. After complete drying, you need to cover the surface of the product with several layers of varnish. Be aware of safety precautions when working with epoxy. A respiratory mask and gloves are required. The resin is toxic and may cause poisoning.
Eco-style glass top table
Recently, coarse interior elements are gaining popularity, which are transferred almost unchanged to our home from the wild. Ecostyle is a trend in interior design that involves the use of natural materials or their imitation for decorating furniture, walls, floors, decor elements.
Large snags or tree roots are an excellent basis for making a glass table with your own hands. This piece of furniture looks very original. The process of processing natural material itself can take a significant amount of time, but this process should not be neglected.
The first step is to remove the bark and flaking rotten elements from the wood. There must be a solid frame. All bends must be processed with sandpaper. At the point where the glass is attached, it is necessary to cut the branches so that they form supports for the glass surface. At the final stage, you need to treat the tree with several layers of varnish or stain. It is better to mount glass on suction cups, as other types of fastening will look unaesthetic.
In conclusion
Don't be afraid to experiment and try new combinations. The glass table itself is a highlight in the design of the room, and the construction of an original and exclusive, unlike anything base for it will blow everyone away.
