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Kiddies table and chair
Create a special place for your kids to colour, read, and hold mini tea parties!
Biscuit jointed and routed, this child-size table and chair is a good trial for making projects entirely with power tools. The process is so simple that we only need explain how to make a chair. These projects are made entirely from 18mm Supawood or plywood, with small offcut blocks needed to support the seat and top, though this job could also be done with biscuits.
You will need:
Table A - Top - 600 x 600mm
Table B - Front and - 498 x 530mm
Table C - Side leg - 530 x 470mm
Chair A - Seat - 298 x 340mm
Chair B - Back - 298 x 700mm
Chair C - Front leg - 298 x 330mm
Chair D - Side leg - 264 x 330mm
Biscuits, 32 mm, 8-gauge
wood screws to fix seat
Alcolin wood glue
TOOLS: Drill/Driver, Biscuit Joiner*, Jigsaw, Multi Sander with 180-grit sanding pads, Router**, Bar Clamps
Click here for diagrams
Note: Have all materials cut to size at your local Timbercity.
Here's how:
1. Mark up the cutouts, using the radius template for the curved corners.
2. Use a jigsaw to cut away the cutouts. Cut out the circle in the back of the chair.
3. Use a multi-sander to smooth the internal edges and the curved corners.
4. Line up the components, marking which one matches which, and mark where the biscuits are to be positioned. Cut the grooves for the biscuits.
*Note: If you do not own a biscuit jointer, you could substitute with 8mm wooden dowels and dowel centring kit.
5. Use a bearing-guided rounding over the cutter to round the edges, where appropriate.
**Note: If you do not have a router, use the multi sander to round off the edges.
6. Dry-assemble each piece, and then assemble with wood glue, using bar clamps. You can often get away without clamps for a biscuit joint, since the biscuit expands quickly and the joint is so strong.
7. Glue blocks to the leg assemblies; drill the seat and tabletop and screw them in place. Alternatively, you could screw a batten along the top edge of the legs and screw up through that into the underside of the seat or tabletop so that the screws are hidden.
Finish off by painting with two coats of Prominent Sheen in bright primary colours.
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