The coffee table is a universal thing in every apartment. It is used as a TV stand. It is convenient to store books and other household items on it. Breakfast can be served on this table. Not always in stores you can find this piece of furniture that is suitable in design and price. An excellent solution would be to independently make a coffee table from chipboard with your own hands. Such work will not take much time, but is guaranteed to give a good result. Many do not know how to make a coffee table from chipboard with their own hands. Nowadays, there are many ideas with a photo. We offer some of them in the article.
Build Highlights
To make a high-quality coffee table from chipboard with your own hands, step-by-step instructions are a must. If you follow the recommendations, the assembly will take a little time. This work is painstaking, but not difficult.
It is necessary that the connection points of chipboard sheets should not be visible. For this it is better to usethe classic version of the assembly on spikes. Usually, round wooden spikes are used. It is important to mark up and mark the exact place for the connecting elements. Such markings are made from the end of the side of the future table. In the top, as well as in the bottom cover, you need to drill holes for planting spikes.
To make the structure more rigid, it is necessary to install a cross rail between the side walls. So you can make a shelf where magazines will lie. It is easy to make from leftover sheets. When the lids and sides are cut from a single sheet, there is enough material left to construct a niche for storing various small items.
A do-it-yourself chipboard coffee table, the photo of which is presented in the article, should be light so that it can be easily moved. Such a mobile piece of furniture can be made on wheels to make it convenient and easy to move.
Some people want to hide the wheels, choose the appropriate design of the table, other people put specially large wheels to add originality to the table.
Advantages of making tables from chipboard
Particleboard is considered the most suitable material for beginners in the creation of furniture. It is worth starting work with simple structures. Below we will tell you in detail how to make a coffee table from chipboard with your own hands. Photos and drawings will also be presented.
Pros of working with chipboard:
- It won't take long to create this type of table.
- This material is inexpensive, which will significantly save the family budget.
- Requires a minimum of tools for the job.
What tools and materials will be required for manufacturing
To make a coffee table from chipboard with your own hands, you will need:
- Drill (should be in every home).
- Screwdriver, for this kind of work you can buy the simplest one.
- Particleboard sheets (it is better to buy laminated ones right away).
- Secrets and screws.
- An electric jigsaw will be needed in the final stages of work.
- A hammer and construction tape will come in handy.
- It is worth preparing the screwdrivers available in the house in advance.
- If you have a hacksaw at home, you will also need it.
Component parts
It is important to understand what parts the table will consist of, how to connect them correctly. Highlight:
- Tabletop in the amount of one piece. Most often it is made in the form of a square. Nowadays, round ones have come into fashion.
- Four planks.
- Shelves optional (one or two).
- Table bottom (two copies).
- You can choose from wheels or stable legs. With wheels, the table will be more mobile.
- Corners (better to take plastic).
- Screws for assembly in the amount of 16 pieces, as well as confirmations - 8 pieces.
If the part is visible after the table is assembled, then it needs to beglue ABS. Can be replaced with melamine edging.
Assembly steps
The whole assembly is divided into stages:
- It is necessary to make a shelf. To do this, you need an electric jigsaw. It is important to prevent small chips, so you need to use special nozzles. Usually choose files for working with wood. They tend to have a shallow stride.
- Planks are attached with self-tapping screws to the countertop. They are attached to plastic corners. The shelf must be installed exactly in the center. To keep it well, it can be fixed with confirmations. To do this, drill holes, no more than 4.5 millimeters thick.
- The bottom of the table is fastened with confirmations in a similar way.
- The wheels are screwed to the table with self-tapping screws. If the table will stand in the same place, then you can put simple legs. To screw them, you need to make an indent from each edge equal to 1.5 cm.
- The last step is to hide the places where the fasteners are visible. To do this, use self-adhesive. In addition, the coffee table can be painted in any color. This will expand the possibilities of its use.
How to make a coffee table with an additional glass top
Glass countertops are firmly in vogue. You can make a coffee table from chipboard with a table top of this kind with your own hands. It will perfectly fit into any apartment interior. A table with glass will always look stylish. Such a tabletop will add to itvisual lightness.
Furniture professionals advise taking frosted glass. The main advantage of such a coating is that fingerprints are not visible on it, and when wet cleaning, stains from a rag will not appear. Most often, a protective film is glued to the glass, which will protect it from mechanical damage. Families with small children especially need it. Even if they break the glass, it won't shatter thanks to this film.
If a person collects furniture for the first time, it is better to choose a rectangular table shape. For a beginner, it will be easier to cut this shape and easier to order the right glass.
Before you start cutting glass, it is better to lay it on a flat surface. It's easiest to work on the floor. The marking of the future countertop is applied with a pencil, only after that glass cutting is allowed.
People who have encountered this problem advise wiping the glass cutter with vegetable oil. After that, attach a ruler, and carefully cut the material. With this approach, the notch on the glass will be almost invisible.
Final stage
The next step is to put the glass on the table, then the extra edges will be visible. You can gently tap with your fingers next to the marked contour. You can put some pressure on the glass. As a result, it should break exactly along the cut.
When the countertop is ready, it is necessary to process the edges. To do this, you need a grinder, and a file. The grinder uses a diamond tip. To be sure of perfectly smooth edges, it is better to go over them with emerypaper.
It is allowed to finish the edges of the tabletop with thin felt. Such work is carried out to protect the table. When the table top is ready, screw the legs to the frame. Most opt for tables on wheels.
Pro tips for making a coffee table
A DIY chipboard coffee table is easy to make if you have drawings.
- The first step is to prepare a detailed drawing of the future product. The material is best taken laminated, the thickness should not exceed sixteen millimeters.
- Mounting the components of the table can be done with the help of dowels. It is most effective to stick them.
- The drawing of each part must be superimposed on the source material and traced along the contour. To properly cut a chipboard sheet, it is better to scratch the contour of the product with a nail. In this way, it will be possible to avoid chips when sawing. You can only work from the outside of the part.
- On the bottom pattern of the table, you should try on the legs, and mark the places for them with a pencil.
- Under the dowels you will need to drill three holes. You need to take a drill, and make holes at a depth of twelve millimeters. The drill should not be thicker than eight millimeters.
- In order not to go into the part with a drill deeper than the desired value, you can wind tape around the drill.
- On the legs, the serifs for dowels are best done from the inside. Such actions are necessary in order to better hold the shelves. In a similar way, made with your own hands from scraps of chipboarda coffee table, the photo of which is presented below.
- In order to qualitatively design the ends, you will need a special flexible profile in the shape of the letter "P". It should be close in color to the chipboard sheet.
- If possible, it is better to work with an overlay profile. It can cover the product from two sides. It doesn't need a groove to mount.
Pay attention
It is important to remember that each end of the details of the future table must be passed with sandpaper. In order not to injure your hand during work, you can fix the paper on any bar. It should be flat in shape so that it is comfortable to hold in your hand. It is better to coat each part with glue from the end. After that, you can attach the profile. If you follow all the steps exactly, then the profile should “sit down” perfectly.
A DIY coffee table made of chipboard will take up minimal space in the living room and will become a real decoration of the interior.
