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Purchase List:

Lumber:

Luan sheets

Plywood Sheet

Finished wood sheet

two 1x3s

2 8ft pieces of trim

Hardware:

Wood screws / Drill Gun

3 1 inch hinges

2 3 inch hinges

Staples / Staple Gun

Jigsaw

Wood Glue

Paint

Stain

Optional: Epoxy

Step 1. The Table Top

-Cut the plywood to predetermined table top size

-Cut the decorative finished wood sheet to the same table top size

-Wood Glue and clamp the finished wood on top of the Plywood.

-Secure with Staple Gun.

-After it dries Flip it over and put it aside

Step 2. The Legs (structural)

-Cut 3 pieces of 1x3 the desired height of the table

-Cut 1 (or two) piece of 1x3 the width of the table, it will be the support of the legs.

- Glue n’ Screw the line of legs to the width length 1x3 (see attached photo)

- If you cut a second support 1x3, attach it midway up the legs (see attached photo)

Step 3. Attach Legs to Table top

**ALWAYS MARK AND RE-MARK, TEST AND RE-TEST THE PLACEMENT OF THE HINGES
AND LEGS**


- Mark a line on the underside of your table, roughly 3/4 from the end that will be mounted to
the wall


- Place the legs in place and lay out the three hinges, and mark the screw holes

- Remove the legs to install the the hinges on each leg

- Install newly hinged legs to the table where the holes were marked earlier

Step 4. Frame the table

-cut the decorative framing wood according to the size of your table

-Angle the corners via cuts, or be prepared to do a lot of sanding

-Mount with glue and staples

- Put the table away


5. Build the “artwork”

- Paint the table insides to be your background

-Cut your design using a Jigsaw out , make sure whatever artwork your choose is sized
correctly to cover all of the support beams WITHOUT going past the border of the table.

- Install artwork using finishing nails

6: Mounting the Table

-Determine location of studs in mounting wall, and determine distance and placement of
hinges on table.

- screw hinges onto the table

- Using a friend to hold the table, mount the hinges at the height of the pre-fabcirated legs to
ensure your table will be level

7. Finishing Touch

-Install a hook and eye latch system to the top of the table