Bed Side Table
In this week’s episode of Get It Done, Peter and Annalien show you how to build a bedside table with a Scandinavian inspired design.
Material:
| 18 volt Cordless drill driver | 16mm Laminate Africa Wenge (Edging thin 1mm type – colour to match) |
| 10.8 volt cordless drill driver | frame Tops and bottoms 468mm x 400mm
6 pieces – grain in long direction. Edged on two long sides |
| Palm router plus 3mm straight bit | Frame sides 200 mm x 400mm
4 pieces grain in long direction, edged all four sides |
| Frame sides 130mm x 400mm
2 pieces grain in long direction, edged all four sides |
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| Plywood 16mm | |
| drawer fronts 166mm x 466mm – 2 pieces | |
| drawer fronts 96mm x 466mm – 1 pieces | |
| Plywood 9mm | |
| Drawer sides 160mm x 370mm – 4 pieces | |
| Drawer sides 90mm x 370mm – 2 pieces | |
| Drawer back 160mm x 448mm | |
| Drawer back 90mm x 448mm | |
| Masonite 3mm | |
| drawer bottoms 370mm x 466mm – 3 pieces | |
| Handles x 3 – modern brushed silver type | |
| modern metal legs x 4 pieces +/- 150mm | |
| 3.5 x 30mm chipboard screws – Pozi head | |
| screw caps black or dark brown to match wood | |
| Wood glue | |
| 3 x different colour paints to paint door fronts | |
| Clear varnish spray paint – 1 tin | |
| Plastic brackets |
Steps:
Build frames
- Mark out and drill pilot holes
- Router groove for back board
- Cut Masonite back board to size
- Join sides onto top and bottom frames
- Attach frames to each other
- Attach legs
Make drawers
- Router grooves for base to fit in.
- Cut Masonite base to sixe
- Assemble sides, back and base.
- Attach front
- Sand and paint the front
- Spray the rest of the draw
- Insert drawers into frames
PDF Plan download
Click here to download the pdf plan for this project
