How to Build a DIY Dining Table & Benches Lowe's Home Improvement

Learn how to build a beautiful dining set with these step by step instructions. Find project details here: http://low.es/1N3xio0

Assemble your table base upside down on a flat surface. After cutting your aprons and legs to size and drilling pocket holes, attach a long and short apron to one leg. The outside face of the leg and the outside face of the aprons should be offset by about 1/4 inch. Use glue and pocket hole screws to secure the parts.

Add a second leg to the short apron, followed by the remaining long apron. When those have been secured, add the remaining legs and short apron.

Flip the table upright and cut 4 corner braces that will reinforce the leg joint. Glue the braces in each corner and secure with screws. Drill pilot holes and drive screws and washers into each leg.

Cut the stretchers to length, drill pocket holes, and install between the long aprons by attaching with pocket screws. Cut the top slats to size, sand, and apply stain and clear finish. Place the two scrap boards in the floor and place the top slats with the best face down on the scraps. Make sure the ends are flush.

Center the table base on the slats and secure them with pocket screws. Complete the table by adding furniture glides to the bottom of the legs.

To make the bench, make the end assemblies by cutting a 6 degree angle on the top ends of the legs. Place them on your bench with a 1/4 inch spacer between the legs. Center the leg brace on the legs with the bottom flush and trace the angles of the legs onto the brace. Remove the brace, cut the top shape with the jig saw, center the brace back on the legs and secure with screws.

Secure a stretcher to one of the leg assemblies with glue and screws. Add the remaining leg and stretcher. Cut the seat slats, sand and finish. Position the first slat on the bench. Secure with pocket screws. Add the second seat slat and screws.

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Best comment

1. melinda rodriguez: erlinda ortiz Lyon
2. fractal_force: awesome
3. Lowe's Home Improvement: @rjal1973 Thanks for the feedback on the table. We do have written instructions. You can find them here: bit. ly/pRek6I (Please remove the space from the URL first). Post a picture of it to our Facebook page when it’s finished. We’d love to see it.
4. Nene's Kitchen Uk: That is a very useful video. I love the way that the benches dip in the middle to allow for the bottom to be comfortable. I shall be using this video as reference when assembling my very own dining set for my new kitchen.
5. Fig’s Workshop: Not too shabby Lowe’s, not too shabby....
6. Lowe's Home Improvement: We're sorry, but we do not see a reference to 12" tiles. Either. Thanks for visiting Lowe's on YouTube.
7. wolfaru: how did i get here from insidious?
8. Gage: James Porter is a good day
9. Hunter: How do you connect the pieces of the table top? Would pocket holes keep a woodshop bench together?
10. Nolan Hughes: I like this idea. But I needed a foldable table
11. bryson mckinnon: you could just screw from the top of the table and use wood filler and sand it down
12. xxdjcharlierockxx: looks awesome
13. Raffi M: Can'T find the plans... link without space is not working
14. David Jimenez: will this be strong enough to hold a concrete slab top? maybe 1" to 1.5" thick?
15. Lowe's Home Improvement: @cam7932011 A link to the instructions for this project is listed in the description area for this video. Material options suggested for this project is as follows: Wood: pine, poplar, aspen, or maple Tile: 12"-square tiles of your choice Again more details may be found within the instructions that are posted. Thank you for watching the Lowe’s YouTube Channel. –Lowe’s
16. SemperparatusBM: how do i get the plans?
17. Daniel Clayton: What are the dimensions of the table?
18. gg m: Très bien continué comme ça❤❤❤❤😚
19. Brian Quinn: @NJEsperantist what would you use other than pocket screws?
20. Muthuvel S: Medium in the table
21. James Porter: Minde craf
22. Anthony Brodaric: The cut list is not in the link. Where can I find it?
23. Rob Lopez: Where are the plans?
24. Henry rohenwiri: Wuau si tuviera un Kreg Jig seria tan fácil hacerlo, excelente video.
25. Queen Rexy: I really don't know much about woodworking, so I could be wrong. But with a pocket screw it's going with the grain and therefore allows the wood to move along the screw as it expands or contracts. But with a typical screw joint, you're running it perpendicular to the grain so the wood is hitting up against it, and the tension causes it to split. It's like the difference between a ramp and a wall. You can move up one but not the other.
26. Madhav Humagain: Licks projects
27. Chris Martin: Nope, they're just a quick way to joint 2 pieces of wood. They are super convenient and useful for face frames, or joining pieces where the grain is going in the same direction. But in this case, the table top wants to move sideways but if it's screwed to the aprons it can't, so it will warp/crack. It's not guaranteed to happen if the environment the table is in never changes humidity, but it's likely to.
28. kidsarthub: very clear explanations
29. Lowe's Home Improvement: Yes. It should hold it fine. Thanks for watching the Lowe's YouTube Channel. -Lowe's
30. Roshawn Sims: I just made the benches for my thanksgiving table I built. They came out really nice but remember that depending on size they are a little heavy. I made mine counter height and 4 feet long with 2x10 lumber.
31. Lowe's Home Improvement: Hi Daniel! Click the link in the description for all the cut lists and dimensions.
32. Queen Rexy: I thought the point of pocket screws were to allow the wood to expand and contract with moisture changes.
33. J Griffin: Lowe's Home Improvement do I have to use pocket holes cause I don't feel it's necessary
34. Lowe's Home Improvement: +Hunter c detailed directions including a project diagram are available here: http://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/kitchen-and-dining/diy-dining-set/projectThanks for watching our video
35. Dave Rutan: Not a big fan of pocket screws.
36. jimbolee72: What is the finish you used for the frame and top please???
37. اموري الحجي الخزعلي: Possible name of the page on Facebook I am from Iraq and I want to know
38. Chris Martin: Do NOT screw a table top to the aprons with pocket hole screws. You are just asking for trouble when the top wood moves due to moisture changes. Z-clips or table top fasteners are what you need to use.
39. Daz Furniture: helpful
40. theeachuisge: How to fix a wobbly table which has even legs? It vibrates side to side (in both ways) when i even try to write something slowly on it. It looks like simple Ikea office tables..
41. erlinda ortiz: now i can do it by myself,thank you....

How to Build a DIY Dining Table & Benches
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