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Title: Wine Crate Coffee Table
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Date: 2018-09-12
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Category: Creations
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Summary: A coffee table made out of wooden wine creates.
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My close friend Odai saw a simple coffee table design online that was built out
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of four wooden wine crates. They are quite cheap and available at any hardware
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store. We each wanted to make one so went and bought eight crates and some
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plywood to use as a base.
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We went to my local makerspace, Protospace, to build them in the wood shop. We
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thought it would be a quick job only taking a few hours, but it turned out to be
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a twelve hour job over a couple of days. At least we were in good company!
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![the table before staining. four box-like wine crates are on their sides and joined together in a spiral. a messy wood shop is in the background]({static}/images/wine/wine1.jpg)
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![the two tables after staining. one face is centred and the contrast between the dark stain and light wood grain shows.]({static}/images/wine/wine2.jpg)
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The wine crates were glued and then brad-nailed together. Extra wood was added
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under the thin top strips for support. After the glue dried, the brad nails were
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painstakingly removed because the ones we used were too long and stuck out.
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After being attached to the base, the entire table was sanded and then stained.
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We let it dry overnight and returned the following day to add a quick layer of
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varnish.
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![the table in my living room with blankets inside the wine crates and a plant pot in the centre growing a bonsai tree and a succulent]({static}/images/wine/wine3.jpg)
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