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Farmhouse coffee table plans
A chunky farmhouse coffee table: 4x4 legs, 2x4 aprons pocket-screwed between them, a top of 2x6 boards screwed up from below, and a slatted shelf on two stretchers. Free, any size: open it in uCAD, change the sizes or the lumber you can buy, or just tell its AI what you need, and the parts, the screws and the cut list follow.
Level: medium · Time: about 5 h · Shown: Coffee table 1200 x 600 mm
Make it your size
- Length: 800 to 1600 mm (1200 in the cut list below)
- Width: 450 to 800 mm (600 in the cut list below)
- Height: 380 to 500 mm (450 in the cut list below)
- Shelf below: with or without
- Lumber: 38 × 89, 40 × 100, 45 × 95, 50 × 100
In uCAD, change any of these in the part's panel: the model is built again, joints and all.
What you need
Tools: saw, drill, pocket-hole jig (set to the lumber's thickness, 38 mm at most), pocket screws and wood screws (the lengths in the cut list), wood glue, clamps, sander.
Fixings (and wood glue):
- pocket screw 64 mm: 30
- screw 5x60: 8
Cut list
At the sizes shown above. Letters match the drawings below.
| Part | Qty | Length | Width | Thickness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | slat | 2 | 1069 mm 42 1/16" | 140 mm 5 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
| B | top board | 5 | 1200 mm 47 1/4" | 120 mm 4 3/4" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
| C | apron long | 2 | 942 mm 37 1/16" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
| D | leg | 4 | 412 mm 16 1/4" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 89 mm 3 1/2" |
| E | apron short / stretcher | 4 | 342 mm 13 7/16" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
Lumber to buy
US lumber, 8, 10 and 12 ft boards, 4 × 8 ft sheets:
- 4x4: 1 × 8 ft
- 2x6: 1 × 8 ft
- 1 1/2 × 4 3/4": 1 × 12 ft, 1 × 8 ft
- 2x4: 1 × 12 ft
In millimetres
Boards 2400 and 3000 mm long, 2440 × 1220 mm sheets:
- 89 × 89 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 38 × 140 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 38 × 120 mm: 2 × 3000 mm, 1 × 2400 mm
- 38 × 89 mm: 2 × 2400 mm
Your store sells other lengths or sections? Put in yours in uCAD's cut list: what to buy and how to cut it are worked out again.
How to cut it
From US lumber, a 1/8" saw kerf between the pieces; the hatched ends are left over.
4x4
2x6
1 1/2 × 4 3/4"
2x4
Build it step by step
The base: two pocket holes at each end of every apron on its inside face, and pocket holes along the aprons' inside faces for the top (one under each board on the short aprons, two on the long ones). Glue and screw the aprons between the legs, flush with their tops and outer faces.
The shelf: the stretchers between the legs low down, two pocket screws an end; then the slats across them, two screws through each slat into each stretcher.
The top: lay the boards face down, side by side, set the base upside down on them, centred, and drive the pocket screws up through the aprons into every board.
The pocket holes: a pocket-hole jig set to the board's thickness. In uCAD, Build steps plays these one by one on the model, the wood see-through so you can see where every screw goes.
Questions
Can I change the size?
Yes: open it in uCAD and type the sizes you need in its panel. The parts, the joints, the screw lengths and the cut list follow.
My store doesn't sell 4x4. What then?
Choose what yours sells in the plan's panel (38 × 89, 40 × 100, 45 × 95, 50 × 100): it's built again for that lumber, with screws to match.
Is it free?
The plan, uCAD and the cut list are free, no sign-up.
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Build it your size
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