How to build a cross-leg garden table & bench

Table of Contents

• 1Introduction
• 2Identifying the parts
• 3The plans
• 4Wood sizes | Shopping list | Cutting list
• 5Instructions | The legs
• 6Marking the leg X joints
• 7Joining the legs
• 8Adding the end rails to the legs
• 9Drill bolt holes through the crosses
• 10Drilling holes into the ends of the braces
• 11Fixing the brace members in place
• 12Just the tabletop and bench top boards to go
• 13Done!

For the bench, position the top hole 1″ below the bottom of the railThe top and bottom frame member of a door or window (not the jamb). Cross member of panel doors or of a sash. Also the upper and lower member of a balustrade or staircase extending from one vertical support, such as a post, to another. The horizontal member of a fence..

For the table, position the holes central at each crossing, both horizontally and vertically.

MetricMillimeter measurements. version

Mark and drill two 8mm bolt holes through the center of each crossing. Position the holes 40mm apart horizontally. Refer to the drawing below.

For the bench, position the top hole 25mm below the bottom of the cross-rail.

For the table, position the holes central at each crossing, both horizontally and vertically.

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