How To Make Timber Trestle Legs

Cheap Easy Low-waste Trestle Table Plans.
How to make timber trestle legs. I made 4 extra wide. Simple good and versatile. Open the trestle up so its about 300mm wide.
Once you have the blocks in place dry fit them to ensure you have a good fit. Watch the video to see how you can make your own. The legs on the pencil marks.
Build an attractive trestle table for about 10000 in an hour and a half using common materials and minimum number of tools. Whether you put an old door or recycled timber floor boards on top - its up to you. Pass the rope through the holes melting the end with a lighter helps stop it fraying tie a knot at both ends and trim and melt the rope.
Repeat this process for the opposite side of the trestle. Cut 8 pieces of 75 x 20 at 740mm legs and 8 at 560mm cross members. With attention to detail these minimal timber trestles are the perfect base for your own unique table.
This will stop the legs from opening to wide. Dont be fooled by that thick slab of a tabletop its actually made of 34-inch thick material thats been wrapped with a wider board. Measure up 200mm this will be to the top of the rail on one end of all the leg pieces and square a pencil line across.
Trestle Table Legs DIY Guide PDF - Bock 2012. Cut the bevel edges using a miter saw. It is suitable for dining or as a work table.