PROJECT NOTES
To cut costs, buy a trestle at the store and use an old door or wood offcut for the top – then you only need to make the two cupboard units.
Measure twice, so you only have to saw once.
Remember to drill pilot holes.
Sand your planks beforehand.
You will need
SHOPPING LIST
22 x 95mm planed pine, cut to: four 765mm lengths (trestle legs) four 600mm lengths (trestle horizontal struts)
18mm plywood in these sizes:
one 400 x 400mm (trestle shelf)
four 680 x 300mm (cupboard sides)
four 300 x 300mm (cupboard base and top)
two 644 x 300mm (cupboard back boards)
two 300 x 280mm (cupboard shelf)
one 1 800 x 650mm (top)
pine wood filler
Alcolin Fast Set Glue
one packet 6mm x 50mm chipboard screws
150-grit sandpaper
two 100mm flat hinges
one packet shelf nails
TOOLS
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