Natural wood fits harmoniously into almost any interior. A tabletop made of a high-quality processed solid piece looks original and stylish, creating a cozy atmosphere in the room. The material is warm, pleasant to the touch, and has a beneficial effect on the psychological state of people.
However, it is not easy to buy a ready-made countertop made of natural wood. There are few of them, the prices for such products are very high, and the quality of the wood may not be the best. Especially when it comes to a tabletop made from cut wood, which requires high-quality preparation and processing. It is much cheaper to make such a product yourself. Let's look at the features and methods of making a table from cut wood with your own hands.
Features of tabletops made from cut wood
An ordinary tabletop made of natural wood is a wood panel glued together from several boards. It has the correct geometric shape, the edges are processed with a shaped cutter or, at a minimum, are polished with high quality.
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Korzhavin Daniil Dmitrievich
Designer of stylish home furniture
A saw-cut tabletop is a solid piece of a tree trunk, which is a cut made perpendicular or oblique to the longitudinal axis. The thickness of the cut is chosen based on the shape and characteristics of the existing piece of wood. As a rule, the edges of the cut are not shaped in any way, leaving the natural contours of the tree trunk as nature created them.
There are different cutting options:
- perpendicular to the longitudinal axis . This cut produces a plate, the size of which is determined by the diameter of the trunk. The stresses in the massif are distributed approximately equally in all areas, which avoids deformation during drying;
- at an angle to the longitudinal axis . This cut allows you to obtain a plate of a larger area, the shape of which is close to an oval. Shrinkage stresses are located unevenly, which requires high-quality preparation and conditioning of the trunk before sawing;
- along the longitudinal axis . This cut allows you to obtain a layer of maximum size. Its width is limited by the diameter of the trunk, and its length is determined by the size of the log. Loads during shrinkage are located according to the direction of the annual rings, which often causes the board to bend into a tube.
The first and second cutting options are most often used. The first is chosen if there is a workpiece (log) of large diameter. Such a cut is economical; here only the thickness of the cut and the allowance for grinding are wasted.
An inclined cut gives an expressive and unique pattern of annual rings. However, this cutting method is the most uneconomical - the remaining parts of the trunk have a small area and cannot be used for any large-sized products.
A longitudinal cut gives a regular board of the required thickness. Sometimes the trunk is cut exactly in the middle and two halves are obtained, of which only the flat sides are processed. This option allows you to get two tabletops with a pattern that is repeated in a mirror image.
Expert opinion
Korzhavin Daniil Dmitrievich
Designer of stylish home furniture
There are other options for assembling a tabletop, in which they use cuts not from one trunk, but from a large number of thick branches (or thin trunks). As a rule, many cuts are laid and the spaces between them are filled with epoxy resin (or other hardening high-strength polymer).
This method allows you to get a tabletop of any size, but does not provide the attractiveness that a solid piece of wood has. Sometimes, instead of pouring, a large piece of glass (or monolithic polycarbonate) is used, which is installed on top of a set of saw cuts.
What is the value of furniture made from branches, driftwood and stumps?
First of all, of course, uniqueness. No one in the world has the same furniture, since natural exclusivity is used - there are no identical branches, just as there are no identical fingerprints.
Decorative candlestick made of planks
Beneficial features:
- Safety. The material does not cause allergies, it does not contain toxins and other delights that factory products are full of.
- Reliability, especially if roots were used. With high-quality assembly, furniture lasts for decades.
- You can assemble any piece of furniture, since the material used is different (in shape and size).
There are no disadvantages, although insects may live inside the raw material, which must be exterminated, otherwise they will crawl out during the heating season.
Table legs
The design of the legs is usually chosen based on the characteristics of the tabletop, as well as your own capabilities. Sometimes a full-fledged tsar belt with conventional supports is made. Many users make legs from thick branches from which the bark has been removed. On the reverse side, blind holes of the appropriate diameter are made into which the ends of the branches are glued. All that remains is to adjust their length so that the table stands tightly and does not wobble.
There is an interesting option using combined materials. The table legs are forged supports, which in themselves have high decorative qualities. The overall appearance of such a table is very attractive; the product looks elegant and rich.
Hemp furniture: tables and tables
A varnished wooden table will decorate a living room in Art Nouveau style.
The coffee table top is assembled from stumps of different diameters and lengths.
Carved table for a spacious living room.
A small coffee table made from hemp and metal legs of an old stool.
Simple and beautiful.
A miniature coffee table on wheels is always at hand.
Two more original tables.
On such stands you can place indoor flowers.
The outer surface of the hemp can be coated with gold acrylic paint.
Eco-style often uses wicker furniture. The cat seems to be looking for trouble.
