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How to make a table from an old door

If you replaced the old wooden door with a new one, then this workshop is for you. Do not throw a door that has worked out its own. She can still serve long enough. For example, you can make an excellent table out of it, which can be used for home, workshop or garden.

Will need


How to make a table from an old door

  • Natural hollow interior door without relief.
  • Boards for legs and contours around the table.
  • Wood paint and brushes.
  • Putty and primer on wood.
  • Self-tapping screws and nails.
  • Sandpaper.

Woodworking tools, manual or mechanized.

Making a table from a door


It is necessary to clean the door by removing all grease marks, old paint. You can use a grinding machine for this, or we can clean it in the old fashioned way manually with rough sand paper.
The door itself is thin for a countertop. And to give the table a more serious look and add strength, we surround the door along the perimeter with a wider board.
We cut the boards.
How to make a table from an old door

We make cuts at an angle of 45 degrees.
How to make a table from an old door

We nail the boards with nails just joining the corners together.
How to make a table from an old door

It is not necessary to use solid boards here, it is quite possible to make long sections of several small boards. The countertop is ready.
How to make a table from an old door

There should be even edges. Sand all sharp corners at a small radius.
How to make a table from an old door

We pin the longitudinal guides and pre-cut legs made of square timber. We attach the legs of the table to the screws. Fixation comes from two directions.
How to make a table from an old door

The hole from the handle must be sealed from the back of the steel.
How to make a table from an old door

We close piece of plywood or other material and put it on glue on wood.
How to make a table from an old door

For the hole on the front side, you need to cut the plug, because to fill a large hole with putty is not very good.
How to make a table from an old door

We clean the entire table from burrs and small irregularities. Putty and primer all the cracks, especially the hole from under the handle.
How to make a table from an old door

After drying, you can go again with fine sandpaper. It is better to take the table out into the open, as there is painting ahead.
How to make a table from an old door

Apply a coat of paint on wood. I took a white color.
How to make a table from an old door

Next, after drying the first layer, apply the second. Let it dry and your new table is ready!
How to make a table from an old door

Here is what a wonderful beautiful table you can make from an old interior door, which is usually thrown away.
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Comments (4)
  1. Sergey K
    #1 Sergey K Visitors May 26, 2018 11:00
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    Watching what doors. Modern wooden paneling is not suitable because it is uneven, you have to make a coating out of something. And glued from MDF or particleboard - do not withstand any load.
    Now, if you are lucky enough to find the dismantled old Soviet doors - you're in luck. Of them, not only a table can be made, but also then stand on it. I met doors in which the space between the sheets of the fiberboard was completely filled with small wooden blocks!
  2. andmich
    #2 andmich Visitors May 7, 2019 1:13 p.m.
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    Overall, not bad. I’ll take a note, I have a door ... I’m sorry to throw out, but nowhere to hang. but the table - what will be needed!
    1. andmich
      #3 andmich Visitors May 14, 2019 09:28
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      Well, I tried it. garbage No. 1 - the tabletop is heavy and the legs are fastened, as the author shows it is unreliable, the fasteners are broken out under the influence of the weight of the legs. Here, either additional reinforcement is necessary, in fact, the legs are tied in a rigid frame.
    2. andmich
      #4 andmich Visitors May 14, 2019 09:32
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      bullshit number 2: the old door may have an uneven surface (and it will be!). I had it convex on one side. and respectively convex on the other hand. Partially decided by slats across the countertop, which is near the legs - they more or less straightened the door. but the final alignment of the plane, of course putty. only it will take a little more than just to cover up the alkali.
      bullshit number 3: it turns out kapets how heavy ...

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