frank howarth | Making a LEGO Coffee Table @frankmakes | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 6 hours ago
I have made a coffee table from a piece of Douglas fir that I cut in 2019. I used the form of a 40 tooth Lego gear to make the coffee table top. I cut the Lego gear on the CNC machine. I did a drawing of the gear. Then I used that drawing to cut out various shapes at various levels to form the gear. I started by cutting one side of the wood, and then I flipped the piece of fir over on the CNC machine to cut the other side. I matched up the two sides by cutting Lego bumps on a sacrificial spoil board on the CNC table that the gear would fit into and hold it in the exact location. This allowed the two sides of the gear to be aligned. I woodturned three legs out of a piece of maple that I had. The end of the legs fit in with a plug into the circles of the gear so the legs work like big Lego pieces. I did not glue the legs in place so in the future I could try something different. The coffee table is going to go in the sitting area next to our dining room.
Tools used in this project can be found at
http://www.frankmakes.com/
CNC: http://www.cncrouterparts.com
Woodturning tools: carterandsontoolworks.com
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0:00 (introduction)
1:32 (flattening fir)
2:07 (bacon ties)
4:52 (plywood prototype)
6:05 (carving the fir)
19:06 (wood turning legs)
22:27 (finish)
22:50 (conclusion)
I have made a coffee table from a piece of Douglas fir that I cut in 2019. I used the form of a 40 tooth Lego gear to make the coffee table top. I cut the Lego gear on the CNC machine. I did a drawing of the gear. Then I used that drawing to cut out various shapes at various levels to form the gear. I started by cutting one side of the wood, and then I flipped the piece of fir over on the CNC machine to cut the other side. I matched up the two sides by cutting Lego bumps on a sacrificial spoil board on the CNC table that the gear would fit into and hold it in the exact location. This allowed the two sides of the gear to be aligned. I woodturned three legs out of a piece of maple that I had. The end of the legs fit in with a plug into the circles of the gear so the legs work like big Lego pieces. I did not glue the legs in place so in the future I could try something different. The coffee table is going to go in the sitting area next to our dining room.
Tools used in this project can be found at
http://www.frankmakes.com/
CNC: http://www.cncrouterparts.com
Woodturning tools: carterandsontoolworks.com
To see upcoming projects follow me on social media
Patreon
patreon.com/user?u=16151185
https://www.instagram.com/frank.howar...
twitter.com/FrankHowarth
facebook.com/FrankMakes
0:00 (introduction)
1:32 (flattening fir)
2:07 (bacon ties)
4:52 (plywood prototype)
6:05 (carving the fir)
19:06 (wood turning legs)
22:27 (finish)
22:50 (conclusion)
