Cool Table With a Unique Steel Design

super cool coffee table with a unique steel and wood design.

Tools & Equipment

1. Jig Saw
2. Surface Planner
3. Table Saw
4. Belt Sander
5. Assorted Clamps
6. Finish Sander
7. Angle Grinder
8. Sawhorses
9. Ban Saw
10. Belt Sander
11. Metal cut of wheels for grinder
12. Mig Welder [wire feed]
13. Tape measure
14. Square
15. Magnets
16. Bevel
17. C-clamps
18. Metal Jig to weld tabs at right height

Materials

1. Wood
2. 1in by 1in 24ft steel bars
3. Wood glue
4. Paper (optional)
5. Sandpaper
6. Duct Tap
7. Leather welding Jacket
8. Welding mask
9. Headphones
10. Welding gloves
11. Nitrile gloves
12. Paint Brush
13. 8th in by 1in flat stock

Select your pieces of wood mill two opposite surfaces flat which allowed it to be glued.

Take the wood and trace out the pieces of paper on to the wood. Cut them with a jig saw and put them through the planner to make them all even and the same thickness. Take a finish sander and sand down the wood to make it flat and smooth. (used 150 grit)

We used a 1 by 1in steel stock. We purchased 2 24ft long steel bars for about $90. Cut out 4 24in bars at 45, 4 42in bars all at a 45 degree angle, and 2 22in bars. We used a metal cut of wheel on a angle grinder.

We used duct tape to hold the pieces together, so they stay at the same lengths and height. Take a metal grinder and grind it down till they are all 45 degrees and all the same lengths. Do that on both sides and all 8 pieces of metal. This will make them uniform length.

Take the pieces of meatal and line them up and make sure they are 90 degrees at each corner. Take magnets to hold them there so they are ready to be spot welded.

Lay and line up the metal to fit each other. Take your welder and spot weld them to hold them together for the final weld.

After the spot welds take your pieces of steel and weld all the gaps together. This might involve some stich welding too

Cut the steel to a size where the brackets will fit in the table. Clamp your brackets in the right place and weld them on make sure they are lined up with where the pieces of wood should be.

Take a grinder and grind the welds down till they are flat and they are not in the way of the wood that you have to lay down.

We made a Jig that can hold the tab for us that can hold the steel tabs flat. Weld them in the correct spot so they are spaced evenly from each other. You should have about 4-5 on each wooden section. You may need to hammer them up or down to fit the thickness of the wood, so the wood is flush on the top of the table.

Take your pieces and put them over the spot where they need to fit take a pencil and cut the extra wood off. Then sand down the wood to make the cuts flat and to make sure the wood fit's properly and is flushed on the top of the table.

Take a rag or paper towel and wipe down the steel so there is no debris or saw dust on it and the so the paint will stick. Next take your spray paint and spray the table.

Take a brush and brush the polycrylic on the pieces of wood. Make sure you have something holding it up so it doesn't stick.

We used a 8th of and inch drill bit and pre drill a hole so the wood doesn't split. We used a Phillips #8 1/2 IN screws to screw the wood down so they stay in place.