![]() ![]() Laminated = glue them together and clamp overnight. I cut the pieces to length – just over 38″ long – and laminated them together and to the table leaf. ![]() In an effort to keep this build as inexpensive as possible ( I love a challenge!), I used some leftover pieces of wood from an old armoire that had been dismantled. Next up was adding bits of scrap wood to the leaf insert of the table to create a large enough surface to cut a third half-circle with the router. Typically a sander would be my go-to tool for this. A sander will do the same job, so don’t think you can’t make this table without large equipment. ![]() The jig was set so that I was cutting at 18″ from the pivot point.Īfter a few rounds with the router, lowering it by about 1/8″ at each pass, I made it through the thickness of the table top and was left wth 2 half circles for my side table.īecause I was at school (I’m in cabinet-making school right now) I was able to use the industrial-sized planer to take then finish off of the table top to give me a smooth, blemish-free surface to work with. I knew I needed a 38″ diameter circle to line up with the length of the arms on my sectional. While the table was upside down I attached a circle jig to my router and centred it between the leaves of the table top. I removed all of the hardware and sanded the table to see what condition the wood was in. All I was interested in was the table top and the leaf extension that came with it. I gave the legs away to someone that was looking for table legs for a game table. It was stored in the shed, so it looks particularly awful, but the wood was good – just dirty with a few light scratches. I’m going to call it the $1 half round because that’s where it all began – with an old, very crappy, kitchen table that I bought at an estate sale for $1. What is a half round table called? I went with “half-round table” hoping that’s what the majority of people looking for something like this might call it, but the ‘official’ name is Demilune table. I took an old, grungy kitchen table and turned it into this gorgeous half round side table / demilune table for about $30. ![]()
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