![]() Having said this, I ended up using cupped boards for the dining bench which was a pain – more deets later on about how I dealt with these.Īlong with checking the boards are true, testing how dry they are is also really important. However, the photo below is of a board that is badly cupped and so no good for a dining table, unless you have fancy kit and don’t mind reducing the thickness of the wood. The photo above shows a length of scaffold board that’s straight along its edge which is key to achieving a good glue joint. To achieve a consistently flat table top with seamless joins the wood you use needs to be in excellent condition and so if you need to look through 30 boards to find the 4 best ones, that’s time well spent. Basically, if it’s wonky, it’s no good, so spend some time looking down the length of a few boards before you select the ones that are good enough to make the cut. I can’t stress enough how important it is that you pick the boards that aren’t twisted, cupped or bowed in any way. It was easier to just pop down to B&Q and buy some new boards and add some character, so that’s what we did. However, getting old boards into a fit state before they can be used as a dining table top would involve a ruthless amount of planing and sanding which just ends up removing most, or all, of the character. As we were after something that looked a bit worn in, it would seem to make sense to buy reclaimed. The first decision was whether we should use reclaimed scaffold boards or fresh ones. A similar table and bench can be achieved by using really simple techniques and gear which I’ve highlighted where poss. I should say from the outset that this method requires a few bits of kit that you may not have unless you’re a pretty keen DIYer. There’s no shortage of homemade scaffold board tables doing the rounds on Pinterest/Instagram so we thought we’d give it a go and are dead chuffed with the result. As much as we’d love to go out and splurge on loads of cool stuff, we’re not exactly swimming in cash at the moment. Our second-hand dining table that I picked up from a mate 6 years ago being a prime example. Now that our extension is finished, our old furniture is looking pretty past it. Deciding what your ‘dream home’ looks like.Lockdown: preparing to buy your first home.8 DIY products we couldn’t live without.Planning & ordering our ‘DIY Kitchens’ kitchen.Extension post #11 – how much did it cost?.Extension post # 2 – choosing an architect & builder.10 must-have tools to get into woodwork.DIY decking with integrated storage seats.
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