Oak, cardboard tubes and sisal

Began by cutting down oak planks I had kept from the kitchen renovation. I glued those into equal bars to get to four usable table legs, then added a chamfer in a dumb way. Should have built a sled with clamps.

I gave those legs a round-over on the router table and sanded them down. I then cut down boards for the “tabletop”. That plank was given rounded edges.

I cut oak slats for the table skirt. Rounded over the correct edges and attached them to the legs with pocket hole screws. I attached the table-top with “meubelachtjes”. It was then time to think about where on the table to place the cardboard tubes.

I removed my fingerprints with sisal friction and hot glue, while the legs for the tubes were drying. These are blocks, with corners cut off and round-overs. With a router, I chopped out a place for the tube to sit in. Then I drilled some holes. I ran pieces of Sisal through those, and through caps I made for the tops. Then the feet were attached to the table. By twisting the caps on top, I can tension the tubes tightly to the table.

I then made on of the shelves. Winged this design, but it seems to hold up just fine. The bracket underneath the shelf is made out of oak scraps and glued to the pole with high-tack.

The top shelf was then glued up from several boards. I filled in the gaps with oak saw dust and wood glue. I was given rouned edges and, round-overs and then sanded. The brackets it’s lying on allow me to tension the pole if needed; the top shelf is screwed in. The brackets are glued.

All in all I’m quite happy with it!