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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nI had a rough idea of the size that I wanted to make, so it was a case of finding a decent cross section of wood that would work and was cost efficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legs were a little harder to work out – the sizing for the mountings was a proprietary one and the copper piping was only available in metric sizes. I ended up buying a few diameters of pipe before it worked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s a few ways of putting legs on a table. I had considered hairpin legs like the earlier dining table project that I made – but they’re a lot more expensive and didn’t involve me using copper. In the end I settled on the simple 4 leg pattern above as it used considerably less pipe and was going to be simpler to construct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For finishing the table, I had some white matt wax lying around, and this worked great. Not too shiny and adding a whole bunch of durability to an otherwise soft wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 x Interclamp 131 Wall Flange in A27 size<\/a> @ \u00a32.09 each Recently I had the idea to make a coffee table from scratch. We needed one in our apartment and I figured the fun thing to do would be to make one. Here’s how it went down. I wanted the coffee table to include copper piping – I’ve waiting for a project that I could use … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6264-768x1024.jpg\")
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nParts list<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
1 x 2m of 28mm copper pipe<\/a> @ \u00a313.18
4 x A27 plastic stop end<\/a> @ \u00a30.23 each
~3 x 2.4m 38mm x 63mm CLS<\/a> @ \u00a32.50 each
Wood screws
Ronseal Matt White Varnish<\/a>
Total: About \u00a330<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mohoyt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4031.jpg\")
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