Thread: Kids table and chairs

The completed table and chairs ( I don't normally have the kitchen knife in the table, just used it to hold the lid open for the photo.)

Nice work Brian. Sure the kids will love using it!

That looks great. I like the lift up lids so they can hide all their bits & pieces & keep the place tidy too.

Like the contrasting colors, looking at the same with my (future) workbench.
How'd you make your plugs I think theyr great.
Tony

Tonto the holes were drilled with a 15 mm forstner bit, in the drill press. The plugs were made using a slighlty larger (19mm?) holesaw without the pilot bit. The cut out piece was a nice snug fit. This was done in the drill press. It was a bit hard cutting them as teh bit wobbled and tracked a bit, until it started a nice groove. It meant the the plug had to sit above the finished surface, then sliced down with a chisel, before the final sand. (PHOTO 1)

THe design was made up on the fly. I had no idea what I was going to make with the boards when i started. If I had known I was going to plug it like I did I think I would have filled the old nail holes and some other marks with similar plugs, before the final feed through the thicknesser. Maybe even a few extra for interest in different sizes.

Even gave thought about engraving the little boys name on the table top, with a router lettering kit (but don't own one and couldn't justify the purchase) then filling it in with contrasting timber. I had a small piece of Jarrah (old garden edge) that would have looked a treat.

Photo 2 and 3 are of the same chair. These are taken at differnet angles to show the effect of the light.

3 and 4 are of the same corner of the table for the same effect.

Originally Posted by bpj1968

The other two are reccyled door frame (I don't know what the timber is)

I like it, I like it a lot. It is a good design & well made. Those M&T's can be a bit tricky for us that are new to them, but I'm sure they are not as sloppy as you think they are. We tend to be our own worst critics. You need to leave a little bit of room for glue.

I need to make a new table & chair set for my daughter. she has out grown the one I made for her 4th birthday, actually it was my very first woodwork project. It was not as good as yours, but it is still being used.

That timber you were not sure of could be Maranti. it looks like it in the unfinished table top & it is common in door & window frames.

Well done mate.

Steve

Very nice job Brian. Have a greenie.

Tex

Nice job Brian, love those little details.

Originally Posted by Ticky

That timber you were not sure of could be Maranti. it looks like it in the unfinished table top & it is common in door & window frames.

Thanks for that tip on the timber. I remember using some Meranti at high school, over 20 years ago, and thought that it looked similar, but wasn't game to name it.

The mortise and tenons shown were better than the first chair. First time I have tried them and used a router table. It didn't help that I was cutting one every now and then, when I had the time and didn't have the area cleared.

Hi Brian,
I love the table and chairs and I know you made them a while ago now, but I was wondering if you could give me and idea of the sizes, I am new to wood working but am thinking of having a go at making this but wanted to just make sure that I was in the ball park on the sizes.