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Assembling the End Table Amy completes the project by assembling the end table. From "Freeform Furniture" episode DFFF-202

Host Amy Devers takes the glass out of the mold and assembles the tabletop unit by attaching the spacer strips and then places the glass top inside the cement frame. Then she puts the bottom section of the table in position and sandwiches the glass.

She finishes the table up by attaching the prefabricated steel legs.

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	Amy finishes the table by assembling the legs.
	Before: Arthur wasn't too particular about where he placed his reading materials before Amy created...
	this unique, urban end table created with plywood, cement and broken automobile glass.

Materials:

birch plywood
plastic push stick
medium density fiberboard
double-stick tape
straight edge boards
pencil
220-grit sandpaper
low tack masking tape
flat latex house paint
white wood glue
brad nails
cement-based finished underlayment
bucket
spray shellac
respirator
packing tape
screws
sheet of glass
broken automobile glass
epoxy
glass cleaner
paper towels
gloves
wax free measuring container
wooden stick
acetone
spacer strips
blue tape
pre-fabricated steel legs

Tools:

table saw
crosscut sled
jigsaw
router
flush trim bit
cordless drill
clamp
table router
trowel
heat gun
staple gun

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

Assembling the End Table

1. Before you install the legs, you need to finish the glass top. Once the epoxy has hardened, you can take the whole thing out of the mold.

2. The slick packing tape you placed along the exterior edges of the glass makes it easy for you to remove it from the mold (figure A).

3. Clean up the excess residue from the epoxy with acetone--the same thing in nail polish remover.

4. To finish up the table you will be using the prefabricated steel legs.

   Note: Sleek, chrome legs have been used for furniture since the art deco movement of the 1930's.

5. Before you attach them to the table top, you need to assemble the table top unit. Start by placing in the spacer strips. Just cut them down on the table saw and paint them grey to match the table.

6. Staple them securely to the underside of the table top frame, (figure B) and they will help you locate the glass so it doesn't slide around in there and it will also give you something to screw through when you attach all the parts.

7. Place the glass top inside the cement frame. It was designed so that there is about an inch of space around the glass frame.

8. Put the bottom section of the table in position and sandwich the glass.

9. To install the legs for the table, mark the locations for the four legs and drilling pilot holes. Use blue tape on the drill bit to indicate the depth of the pilot hole.

10. Place the chrome legs in position and drive the screws into place attaching the legs for the table (figure C).

RESOURCES :

Festool
Website: www.festoolusa.com

Stanley Tools Product Group
Website: www.stanleytools.com

Adhesives, Abrasives and Safety Equipment
3M
The 3M Company
Website: www.3m.com

Power Tools
Porter Cable Power Tools
Website: www.deltaportercable.com

Gladiator GarageWorks
Website: gladiatorgarageworks.com

Hand Tools
Garrett Wade Co., Inc.
Website: www.garrettwade.com

The Peck Tool Company
Website: www.pecktool.com

Biesemeyer
Website: www.biesemeyer.com

Saw Blades
Forrest Manufacturing Company
Website: www.vacupress.com

Jogensen Adjustable Clamp Company
Website: www.adjustableclamp.com

Klein Tools
Website: www.kleintools.com

Power Tool Accessories
Woodcraft
Website: www.woodcraft.com

Ulmia GmbH
Website: www.ulmia.de

Shop Equipment
Eagle Manufacturing Company
Website: www.eagle-mfg.com

Delta Power Tools
Website: www.deltaportercable.com

WMH Tool Group
Website: www.whmtoolgroup.com

Lie-Nielsen Tookworks, Inc.
Website: www.lie-nielson.com

Wilsonart Laminate
Website: www.wilsonart.com

MacBeath Hardwood
Website: www.macbeath.com