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Step 5Braces and assembly
In this step you'll create the leg braces and assemble the dinning table.
Create braces:
Take a straight stick and mark off the center inch. It doesn't have to be exact but you want the braces to look fairly even on each side. This will also show you how far to wrap the connector on each leg. I just use my finger nail to put a little crease on each side 1 1/4 from each end. These are your brace sticks for holding the legs apart at a fixed length (table width).
Take one straight stick and cross it at one of these crease marks on a brace at a 90 degree angle. Now wrap the brace stick around the straight stick in a tight spiral until you run out of length on that side.
Slide the two sticks apart.
Repeat the same process for the other end of the brace stick so that you have a "U" shaped brace with spiral connectors on both legs and a straight piece in the middle. (if it looks like a "Z" then it's not the way I wanted to show you here.)
Repeat this process for the other brace. You now have all the pieces to assemble the table.
Assembly:
Now is the time to put the table together. Take the two piece you created for the table sides and slide the long parts through the connectors on the table top. These should slide though easily but may require some gentle twisting to get through. Make sure the both go in all the way to the bends legs.
Once they are all the way through, you will have bent legs on one side and a straight piece sticking out the other. Bend the straight side down the same direction as the bend side at a 90 degree angle. Now the table should look like one and the table top should be pretty secure. Make sure the legs and table top are situated the way you want before you put on the braces (its each to rotate the sides before the braces are on, tougher afterwards).
The legs need more support to stay put so we will install the bracing pieces. Slide the braces up the table legs threading each leg through one of the spiral connectors of the brace. Make sure you start each leg and get both going in before pushing any one side up too much. Gently move one side up and then the other to avoid bends. Repeat for ends of the table.
(I like the bars on the inside of the table and the spirals wrapping outside-in.)
Create braces:
Take a straight stick and mark off the center inch. It doesn't have to be exact but you want the braces to look fairly even on each side. This will also show you how far to wrap the connector on each leg. I just use my finger nail to put a little crease on each side 1 1/4 from each end. These are your brace sticks for holding the legs apart at a fixed length (table width).
Take one straight stick and cross it at one of these crease marks on a brace at a 90 degree angle. Now wrap the brace stick around the straight stick in a tight spiral until you run out of length on that side.
Slide the two sticks apart.
Repeat the same process for the other end of the brace stick so that you have a "U" shaped brace with spiral connectors on both legs and a straight piece in the middle. (if it looks like a "Z" then it's not the way I wanted to show you here.)
Repeat this process for the other brace. You now have all the pieces to assemble the table.
Assembly:
Now is the time to put the table together. Take the two piece you created for the table sides and slide the long parts through the connectors on the table top. These should slide though easily but may require some gentle twisting to get through. Make sure the both go in all the way to the bends legs.
Once they are all the way through, you will have bent legs on one side and a straight piece sticking out the other. Bend the straight side down the same direction as the bend side at a 90 degree angle. Now the table should look like one and the table top should be pretty secure. Make sure the legs and table top are situated the way you want before you put on the braces (its each to rotate the sides before the braces are on, tougher afterwards).
The legs need more support to stay put so we will install the bracing pieces. Slide the braces up the table legs threading each leg through one of the spiral connectors of the brace. Make sure you start each leg and get both going in before pushing any one side up too much. Gently move one side up and then the other to avoid bends. Repeat for ends of the table.
(I like the bars on the inside of the table and the spirals wrapping outside-in.)
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