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Step 2Original Table and Design
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Tape Measure
Materials:
Paper (for design and sketching)
Original Coffee Table
We got this table several years ago from a European style furniture store in the area. The table had two platforms. The one on top has a glass insert the one on bottom was a solid piece. The are laminated particle boards. The glass was just resting in the opening on some coated steel pegs. The legs were hollow metal tubs with threaded steel rod on the inside.
To keep the aesthetics of the table I was going to use the bottom platform to build the sides of the box that was to hold all the gaming accessories. It worked out perfectly to cut it into three boards at 8" high each (accounting for blade cutting loss). This just happened to be the same height of the second platform, so the over all height of the table was going to stay the same.
The cubbyholes are 4" high and about 8" long by 10 3/16" deep. This got me 10 cubbyholes (I currently have 9 consoles hooked up).
As you can see from my original designs I was going to bevel cut the edges of the box and notch out the bottom for the sides to rest on the bottom MDF board. After I figured out how to do pocket screws, I just decided to pocket screw it all together.
Pencil
Tape Measure
Materials:
Paper (for design and sketching)
Original Coffee Table
We got this table several years ago from a European style furniture store in the area. The table had two platforms. The one on top has a glass insert the one on bottom was a solid piece. The are laminated particle boards. The glass was just resting in the opening on some coated steel pegs. The legs were hollow metal tubs with threaded steel rod on the inside.
To keep the aesthetics of the table I was going to use the bottom platform to build the sides of the box that was to hold all the gaming accessories. It worked out perfectly to cut it into three boards at 8" high each (accounting for blade cutting loss). This just happened to be the same height of the second platform, so the over all height of the table was going to stay the same.
The cubbyholes are 4" high and about 8" long by 10 3/16" deep. This got me 10 cubbyholes (I currently have 9 consoles hooked up).
As you can see from my original designs I was going to bevel cut the edges of the box and notch out the bottom for the sides to rest on the bottom MDF board. After I figured out how to do pocket screws, I just decided to pocket screw it all together.
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