RPG table-top
I needed to expand my table area to play RPGs, so decided to make a separate table-top. It goes on top of my coffee table and two stools, which conveniently are about the same height.
The production steps were are follows (thanks to Otto for help and instruction):
- starting point: 120x240cm havuvaneri (thanks to Arno for helping with the transport)
- Cutting off excess length (from 240 down to 180cm)
- Using the CNC machine to make an indentation in the board, matching the coffee table, to make the board more secure
- Rounding the corners
- Adding a frame to make the vaneri stiffer (thanks to Teemu for advice on that)
- Polishing and filling the holes in the surface
- Removing excess filler and polishing once more
- Covering with varnish
What I've learnt:
- It's better to buy a qood quality vaneri if you want to have a nice surface. Fixing defects takes a lot of time and extra money (I def. didn't fix every defect in mine)
- When Filling in holes and indentations add excess material, and remove it once it dries
- The wood dust - glue mix has weird yellow-green color after drying. It looks a bit better in thicker layers. But it's free!
- Setting and removing such a big table top w/o scratching the furniture underneath is difficult for one person. Maybe adding some handles would be good enough.
- Overall I got a functional table-top and haven't lost any fingers, which is a lot the first woodworking project