A Lego table to go with the chairs and drawing table that I made last year

[Frank Pellow]

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Background:

Last Christmas I made a drawing table and two chairs for my 4 year old granddaughter Jamie.  I layer made two additional chairs for her older sisters Brooke and Leah.  All this is described in the thread: http://festoolownersgroup.com/member-projects/a-drawing-table-and-two-chairs-for-my-4-year-old-granddaughter/.

I made Leah a small Duplo/Lego table when she turned 2 (7 years ago).  It was made from this model: [attachthumb=#1]
that I found in a Reader's Digest published book.

That table has always been very popular, but lately Leah has refused to let let younger sisters play with it least they modify (or even_ wreck something that she has just designed.

So I decided to make a bigger communal Lego table for the three girls for Christmas.

 

[Frank Pellow]

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The Lego table was made the same height as the drawing table and the construction technique that I used is much the same for the two tables.  The Lego table is both longer and wider than the drawing table

First, a large removable panel was constructed by gluing 6 15 inch by 15 inch base plates (purchased from Lego via the internet) to a 12 mm thick piece of plywood.
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The top of the table itself was made slightly (about 3mm in each direction) longer and wider than the removeable panel.  It was edged with a maple rim.  Here, a portion of the rime is being glued and screwed to the table top:
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The table legs were made from maple scrap.  Here, one of the legs is being tapered:
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[Frank Pellow]

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Pocket hole screws were used to attach to legs to the skirts and then  to attach the leg/skirt assembly to the table top.
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The completed table was painted white and green.  The lego panel peice is attached to the table with 4 home-made clips (painted red).  
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I built it this way should one of the girls want to use the table for some other purpose in the future.

 

[TheToolPlace]

Great idea!  You always have the craftiest kids projects!  Keep it up!

Chad

 

[Neill]

Frank,

In short, I love the projects you do and the photographic detail you provide.  As a fellow Grandfather, I truly appreciate the loving feelings you seem to have towards yours.

Neill

 

[chrisrosenb]

Very nice project Frank.

Chris

 

[Frank Pellow]

Thanks Chad, Neil, and Chris.  One of the reason's that I keep posting details of projects such as these here is supportive comments such as yours.

 

[sw1211]

Very nice work, kids will love it.  One question, where's your taper jig on the TS? Surely you aren't doing that freehand.  [scared]

 

[Frank Pellow]

Very nice work, kids will love it.  One question, where's your taper jig on the TS? Surely you aren't doing that freehand.  [scared]

Thanks.

I have to admit that there was no taper jig, rather I cut them freehand.  I have been cutting tapers this way for at least 40 years and have never had a problem.

I have been chastised for doing this on the Canadian Woodworking forum and I admit that people who have raised the issue are correct.  :-[  So, I will use either a jig or a bandsaw in the future.  And, if I do cheat and use a tablesaw, I won't take a picture or talk about it.  :-[