Cardboard Coffee Table

Step 5 Final Assembly

My first attempt at gluing it all together came to grief when first of all my two year old and then my five year old tried to climb onto the table. Even though it was strong enough to hold a laptop up, it couldn't cope with this load, and actually stripped off the top layer of the cardboard pyramid as the wood glue when set was stronger than the cardboard.

Eventually I had to glue it together upside down. This meant that the glue seeped down into all the joint and also filled up all the gaps caused by my rather amatuerish woodworking skills! I left it upside down for a few days to properly set hard. A work-mate came in really handy here as I could open it just enough to accommodate the top pyramid.