For any summer resident, work is always in the first place, but you also need to be able to relax. It’s good when you can alternate work in the garden with a pleasant vacation in the shadow of sprawling trees. You can install a bench and a table of your own manufacture in a summer cottage or make a universal structure - a table and a bench at the same time.
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The transformer table is not only stylish, it is also practical. Such a bench will become a gorgeous addition to any site, whether it is a small cottage or a country cottage.
It is advisable to make a drama table out of wood. The design cannot be called easy to manufacture, but in operation such a bench will show itself only from the best side. With a light movement of the hand, an ordinary bench can turn into a dining table, to which 2 full -fledged benches are also attached. You can invite your neighbors or set the table to have lunch in the fresh air. A wide range of such products made of strong plastic and environmentally friendly material - wood is currently presented on sale. You can also find forged benches with a built -in table. Only the cost of country benches and tables will be too high. Not every summer resident will be able to afford to purchase such furniture. It is not always possible not only to buy ready -made country furniture, but also to bring, as well as choose a suitable place. The real lover-Ogorodnik has every piece of land with its weight in gold. Therefore, many enterprising owners decide to build on their own furniture for a summer residence, and to save a place, they choose an interesting option-make a transformer bench. It occupies such furniture less space, if the table is not needed, then the design remains unrevted, and when it is necessary to relax in nature, set the table and relax in the shadows of the trees, you can open the bench and then you will get as many as 3 summer cottages: a full -fledged table and 2 benches .
What needs to be prepared for work
First you need to decide on the material and shape of the transformer. If your country or suburban mansion is made of wood (log house, board), then it is better to make garden furniture also from similar material. Moreover, the stern host always has what to build furniture from. For work, you will need boards or logs.
In order to process the surface qualitatively, you can’t do without a grinding machine, the surface should be perfectly even smooth, as they say, “without a bitch”.
A thin rail (for the front surface) is also suitable for the benches, for the countertop you can also use a thin wooden rail or bar. The material can be fixed with each other using metal strips. In any case, the surface should be even and preferably from wood. In addition, you will have to work pretty much so that the appearance of garden furniture is attractive. The ideal option is to open the surface of the bench and countertops with colorless varnish (in several layers). This will extend the life of furniture. Especially if you plan to leave the furniture to "winter" on the street. Even if you decide to build a canopy or build a wood gazebo, in any case you will have to do this to protect the tree from bugs-bugs and other insects.
If you have a saw, and nearby - a mixed forest, go to search for the right building material. The bench and a table from the cut of wood look original. And in order to supplement the exterior of the suburban site, you can also make paths from a saw of wood.
In this case, for work, you still need to stock up on brackets in order to interconnect the stumps, and fill the gaps between the wooden discs with resin. When the epoxy resin dries, it is necessary to carefully sand the surface.
Still, the ideal option for relaxing in the country is a table and benches with backs. Then certainly after hard work in the garden, you can properly relax and gain strength.
Photos of tables and benches:
You can make such a design yourself and carry garden furniture from one place to another. Such furniture will not only be reliable, but also durable (for the winter, the Skamyka table can be put into the house), as well as practical and stable. A tree is a hardy material and durable, and also environmentally friendly, so you can count on the long operation of garden furniture.
Prepare a wooden board (length 1500 mm, width 200 or more mm). We will also need a connecting element (bar with a size of 40x40 mm, you can take 50x50 mm).
You also need to prepare:
- knife habits on wood;
- self -tapping screws;
- nails and hammer;
- colorless varnish;
- stain;
- brushes - 2 pcs.;
- ruler;
- electric drill;
- screwdriver;
- pencil.
The construction of a wooden table
Before starting the work and sawing of the material, you must carefully study the drawing of the table-canom.
Consider on a specific example how to make a bench-stop:
- In this case, we will make one bench with the back on our own, which transforms into the table. Such furniture of 5 main elements consists: it is a frame (mainly metal), a back of a whole board (it is also a countertop), countertop locks, sitting (wooden boards) and fixators.
- First you need to build a frame. To do this, you need a metal pipe (25x 25 mm, wall thickness 2 mm). You can use a round pipe, diameter from 17 mm.
- In addition, you need to prepare plugs (preferably wooden) to insert into the frame and close the end of the pipe.
- To get a strong and reliable design, it is necessary to weld metal corners in the corners.
- We make a back or countertop. As a material, you can use plywood (thickness of not more than 20 mm) or whole wooden beam (dimensions 40 or 50 x 50 mm).
- The bar (3 pcs.) Must be beaten with nails in width or “put” on self -tapping screws.
- If the plywood is uneven and rough, you will have to clean the surface with fine -grained sandpaper.
- Now you need to build a lock for the countertop itself. This can be done from wooden racks and connect them with wire (diameter 10 mm).
- Now the bench-it consists of 2-decpers: it is a latch and sitting itself. To make a seat, you will need a wooden beam or plank (width 60 mm, for a beam size 30x30 mm). Attention: make one plank a little smaller (15 cm shorter), this is necessary in order to fix the element between the details.
- The latch itself can be bent from thick wire (diameter no more than 14 cm). Look at the drawing to understand how to bend the wire correctly:
That's all, the transformer bench is ready, you can check the garden furniture-how the bench is extended and turns into a table. And now the next stage is the preparation of the surface.
Work on the decoration of garden furniture
We did only part of the work, there is very little left - it is necessary to process the surface. The places where the fasteners “sit” must be treated with a special composition - putty for wood. The mixture is sold in the finished form, it is necessary to apply the product to these places and smooth out the bulges. Use a rubber spatula. This tool is great for such work.
After the putty dries, the processed places must be polished. For these purposes, a regular sheet of fine -grained sandpaper is suitable.
Before proceeding with the cleaning, it is advisable to fix the sandpaper on a special device (wooden base), so you will quickly cope with work.
Another important point: you just can not do without surface processing. To protect the tree from decay and moisture, it is necessary to cover all the wooden parts of garden furniture varnish. If you want the tree to be darker, first apply 2 layers of the stain, and then, after drying - several layers of colorless varnish. By the way, you can choose a varnish with a shade, matte or glossy. It all depends on personal preferences. It is advisable to work outdoors, having adapted the workplace. Make a canopy so that garbage and dust do not stick to a wooden surface. The best time for work is morning or evening when there is no wind.
If you use a tree with a relief, do not miss the opportunity to emphasize the beauty of nature as an Oliphi (choose natural shades). Instead of olifa, you can take oil for processing wooden surfaces. Apply the material in several layers with an interval so that the first layer can dry out. Work with a brush, cover the entire area, even those places that are not visible.
After processing wooden furniture varnish, it is worth once more to walk around the tree with a special coating that will protect the natural material from temperature changes and atmospheric precipitation.
To protect the metal parts of garden furniture from corrosion, it is also worth treating this surface with varnish, only special.
It turned out such a folding table-canom:
You can get acquainted in more detail and find out all the subtleties of this process if you carefully watch this video tutorial of the transformer bench drawing:
