![]() Cut the following lengths of 2x4's on the miter saw: 9 38 1/2 inches (for the table top), 4 at 34 1/2 inches (for the upper shelf).Take your time at the home center and pick out the straightest boards you can find in the stack. The breadboard ends are 2圆's cut down to 5 inches wide. The table top is made from (9) 2x4's cut down to 3 inches wide and laminated together. The table top is 27" by 48", and features simple breadboard style ends. Flush trim the dowels once the glue has dried, and sand the bases.Next attach 4 diagonals per trestle base as shown in the photo above. ![]() Drill two attachment holes on each diagonal with a 1/2" bit.Mine were roughly 10 inches, but I did not measure this part. Set up a stop block to ensure all 8 diagonals are the same size. Cut these to fit on a miter saw set to 45 degrees. I cut these so the would sit in about 1 1/2 inch from the bevel. Now the base is starting to take shape its time to add in the diagonal supports.I used (4) 3 inch screws to then attach the top and bottom horizontals to the center beams. Drill out 4 holes in the center of the horizontal where you cut the post grove. Assemble the post to the top and bottom horizontal beams.Each horizontal gets a bevel on both ends. Set you miter saw to 45 degrees and cut along this line. Next mark a line at 45 degrees as shown in the picture. Now cut the bevel on the end of the horizontals.Use one of the trestle posts to measure the width of the recess, and mark this in the center of the horizontal at (this should measure 10 1/2" to 13 1/2" along the the length of the horizontal. You can accomplish the same thing using a circular saw and speed square. I accomplished this by using a dado blade that allows me to remove more material faster, and have more accurate cuts. Now its time to add a 1 inch recess to the trestle horizontals (the 24" beams).Flip the piece over and and cut the other half of that face away. Set your saw blade to a little more than half the thickness, and cut slow. Set your table saw fence to 3 inches, and rip each 4x4 down to 3" x 3".On a miter saw cut the following: 2 23 1/12" (for the trestle posts), 4 24" (for the trestle top & bottom horizontals), 8 12 1/2" (for the angles trestle supports).DO NOT USE PRESSURE TREATED! You don't want those kind of chemicals inside your home. Sometimes non pressure treated 4x4's are scarce, so you might have to look around. All of the materials I used came from my local home depot. I used (2) 8 foot long 4x4's for this project.I used my jointer to get theses as flat as possible before moving on to the table saw to rip them to proper dimension, and again this step is optional. You can leave them at 4x4 if you have limited tools. The table bases are made from douglas fir 4x4's I milled down to 3x3's.
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