Table of Contents
- 1Description & About the measurements
- 2A pictorial summary
- 3A pictorial summary continued
- 4Part identification & The plan drawings
- 5Shopping list and cutting list
- 6Instructions - Stacking and cutting the pieces
- 7Making the bench frame
- 8Fixing the seat boards and the legs
- 9Assembling the table frame
- 10Fixing the table top
- 11Making the extensions
- 12Fitting the extensions
- 13Job finished!
Shopping list and cutting list
Note: Sizes vary from place to place and so does availability. Different stock sizes (within reason) will work. Just make any necessary allowances.
When purchasing the woodTimber, lumber. The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees ensure it is suitable for exterior use. To minimize wastage purchase the longest lengths possible, and when you are cutting the pieces as per the cutting list below, always cut the longest pieces first. The smaller pieces can be cut from the off-cuts.
The shopping list below does allow for a little bit of wastage.
Shopping list – wood
| NOMINAL SIZEThe rough-sawn size of a piece of lumber. Before the lumber is surfaced, planed or dressed. The nominal size is usually greater than the actual dimension. e.g. 100x50 (2 x 4) actually equals 90x45 (1 1/2" x 3 1/2"). | ACTUAL SIZEThe finished (dressed) size as opposed to the nominal size of a piece of wood. | AMOUNT |
| 50mm x 50mm (2″x2″) | 45 mmAbbreviation for millimeter which is a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter. 25.4 mm equals one inch. x 45mm (1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″) | 4 metres (14ft) |
| 75mm x 50mm (2″x3″) | 65 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″) | 4 metres (14ft) |
| 100mm x 50mm (2″x4″) | 95 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″) | 3.6 metres (12ft) |
| 150mm x 50mm (2″x6″) | 145 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″) | 21 metres (70ft) |
| 200mm x 50mm (2″x8″) | 190 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 7 1/2″) | 3 metres (10ft) |
Shopping list – other
You will also need: 16 of 10mm (3/8″) carriage boltsAre round headed bolts with square shoulders that resist rotation when located or driven into place. They can be called coach bolts or carriage bolts depending on which part of the world you live in. The head end of the bolt does not need a washer, but the other end of the bolt (the nut end) usually does. 110mm (4 1/2″) long, about 2 kg (4 1/2lb) of 90mm (3 1/2″) flat-head galvanizedCovered with a protective coating of zinc. nails, a handful of 90mm (3 1/2″) wood screws for exterior use, some exterior type wood glue, about a metre (40″) of fixing band or strap, and a handful of 30mm (1 1/4″) flat-head galvanized nails to fixTo secure with nails or screws. the fixing band.
Cutting list
| ID | DESCRIPTION | STOCK SIZE | LENGTH | HOW MANY |
| [a] | seat/table-top boardA piece of sawn, or dressed lumber of greater width than thickness. Usually 19mm (3/4") to 38mm (1 1/2") thick and 75mm (3") or more wide. | 145 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″) | 1300 mm (52″) | 9 |
| [b] | seat braceTo make rigid. | 145 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″) | 1100 mm (44″) | 2 |
| [c] | table brace | 190 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 7 1/2″) | 1100 mm (44″) | 1 |
| [d] | Table-top support | 190 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 7 1/2″) | 750 mm (30″) | 2 |
| [e] | Seat-top support | 145 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″) | 290 mm (11 5/8″) | 4 |
| [f] | table leg | 95 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″) | 760 mm (30 3/8″) | 4 |
| [g] | Seat leg | 65 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″) | 450 mm (18″) | 8 |
| [h] | Extension top | 145 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″) | 750 mm (30″) | 6 |
| [i] | Extension runner | 45 mm x 45 mm (1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″) | 900 mm (36″) | 4 |
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