Low Profile Modern Coffee Table _ How To Make

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I'm gonna be making a low profile contemporary coffee table and to make this , I'll be using pine plywood .

I wanted the coffee table to be in the neighborhood of 24 inches by 36 inches .

I made all my marks larger than it should be .

And this way I can get the pieces down to a manageable size before I make the final cut .

Then I cut a piece of scrap wod right below the plywood .

So this can assist me after I made the cut , I then set the blade to make a 45 degree cut .

Now , the cut I'm making here will be for the height of the coffee table .

And now I'm going to make 45 degree cuts going around the perimeter of the tabletop .

So we're gonna head over to the , to make the cuts for the sides and each end has to be cut at a 4 to 5 degree cut and this will give a much cleaner look .

Now , often I get questions , why do I go back and forth with the saw ?

And normally I do this because I find that scoring the top of the wood first , before making a final cut would reduce the amount of blowouts .

Now , if measuring is not your strong point , take your previously cut wood , place it on the next piece you need to cut and transfer the measurement that way .

And now I'm going to take some of the scrap wood and cut those down to make some corner brackets to make the corner bracket .

I'm going to join two pieces of wood together using nail and wood glue .

Now I'm going to cut down four pieces of wood for each corner which will be made to support the legs .

Then I'm going to add pocket holes but only on two corners .

And now that all my pieces are cut , it's time to start assembling the build and now to attach the corner bracket which is made to support the corners .

I use wood glue and then the nail gun , the nail gun is not necessary , but it helps .

And after all the corner bracket was installed , I added a screw to help secure this more .

To attach the side .

I use glue and brad nails .

Now that the sides are attached , I use the brad nails to nail up the corners and now to install the fee support which I would do in all four corners .

Sometimes you don't see everything when you're designing .

So I forgot about this piece here , which I then cut to add this as a leg support .

I add a wood filler to cover up the nail holes and also the corn and gaps just add as much wood filler as needed to fill in the body .

After giving the wood filler enough time to dry .

I use the orbital sander with a 220 sand paper to sand it down .

Now to put the finish on this .

I'm using a high gloss white latex paint and I originally wanted to spray this , but I'm just not set up for that at the moment .

Now , adding the fabric to the bottom may be a bit of an overkill , but I just thought it gave it a nice look .

So I was looking for a set of leg that can blend in with my sectional and these happen to be close enough and I picked these up from Amazon and if you're interested in these , I will have a link down in the video description minus all the 4 to 5 cuts .

I thought this was a simple build and with the added legs , I thought that gave this piece an expensive look .

Now this bill was a request I received a while ago , but I finally got around to it and that's it for this show guys .

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