what's going on guys today i just wanted
to make a really really quick video
on how i make removable table legs the
easy way
so a lot of requests i get if i got to
make a dining room table is if i can
make the dining legs
removable a lot of customers ask that
and if you're into woodworking and
making furniture
it's definitely good to have the ability
to do that in case
you get asked so let's jump into how i
do this
uh this is the easiest way i've been
able to come up with
and it's worked out great so far so
let's jump into it so i'm actually
building this dining room table
for a customer in iowa so it's
like three quarters the way across the
country and i gotta ship it so that's
why they're getting removable table legs
i've done three of them i figured i'd
make a quick video on how i did this how
i do this
last one so for starters
i laid this all out you know evened out
all the lags and the aprons
and when i when i did that i marked out
where the aprons went
and the aprons got fastened down so
these aren't moving they they're
connected to the table
they're staying there i did connect them
with these little l brackets
and i did not glue them or anything
because of expansion and contraction
so they're just on there with these l
brackets and then once these angles get
in
that hold the table legs it's super
strong
the brackets they're the aprons aren't
going anywhere so
once you have your uh aprons in place
and all laid out this is the next step
tape take your table leg
my aprons are three inches wide
so i used a quarter inch chamfer bit and
i went up about two and a half
to three inches on that
just to give it a flat surface to
reference off of
so what i do is get this in place once
it's in place and even where you want it
take a pencil and just reference this
flat mark
it doesn't have to be pretty just make a
little mark there
then you can take that off then you're
going to want to get a 90 degree
square put it on that and then i have
about a two and a half
inch wide thick of three quarter inch
plywood
uh i put a kerf in here and i'll show
you why later
that's completely optional you don't
have to do that what i do now
is with that on the mark place this
up there even as even as you can get it
once that's there hold it and then mark
it
under here this is gonna reference where
you need to make the cuts
all right now with that caught
you fit it in there and it should line
up with that mark which it does
then i'm going to screw pilot bits for
right here
and this is going to attach to the
aprons
all right then i'm going to take inch
and a quarter
drywall screws and i'm gonna i'm gonna
glue this to
the aprons just a little bit of glue
just to
sturdy it up
all right now with that in place you're
gonna take your table leg
now that flat part should line up pretty
good with this
should butt right up to it if there's a
little gap there that's completely fine
because it'll just draw it in better
and what you don't want is a gap here so
if anything cut this a little long so
it's spaced back
and that will draw your table leg in so
there's no gaps in the aprons because
that would look like complete
so you'd rather have a gap here than
there
all right now
with that in place you take that same
pilot bit
and you're gonna go through this corner
brace
into that flat part that i chamfered
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now you got marks here
and here now you know where to put the
hanger bolts that i'm gonna go over next
alrighty guys with my pilot holes
drilled now i'm gonna be installing
these hanger bolts so what these are
is they got normal thread on half the
bolt
the other half is like a lag bolt
so i'm going to pre-drill these a little
bigger
then they're going to get screwed in
like that i'm going to put a little ca
glue on here
so then will be permanently in there and
then just the threads will be shown
so let's do that now if you have a drill
press
you can make a little 45 degree
jig to hold this in and then they'll be
straight
i don't which they don't need to be
perfectly straight so it's not a big
deal
if i did have a drill press i probably
would do that
my bolts are 3 8 hanger bolts
they're about 3 inches long um and i'll
link
all these in the description if you're
interested so definitely check them out
and i do get a little bit of kickback
from amazon if you use my link
so i'd appreciate if you did that amazon
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okay so i'm using a 5 16 drill bit
because i have 3 8 hanger bolts if your
hanger bolts are a different size you're
going to have to use
the correct drill bit but so
and i'm just going to eye this up and be
straight as possible
it's not a big deal
now what you're going to want to do is
take the hanger bolt
screw on a nut a little way screw on the
other nut
put a wrench on it and just tighten
those two nuts together right on the end
basically you're creating
a lag bolt basically then what you're
going to want to do
is put a little ca glue in here to make
this
a stronger bond get it started with your
hand then take a socket
or a wrench or an impact whatever you
got
and screw it in there until the lag bolt
is butted down
to the wood
once it's butted down you don't want to
go too far because you don't want to
strip all that out that would really
suck
loosen that nut
and do the same thing on this one
okay now with them in there like that
we're gonna go back over here and drill
the holes through the plywood
all right now i'm gonna use a 3 8
forstner bit forstner bit is just going
to give
a clean hole without much splintering
which if you're selling this to a
customer
you just want to make it as clean as
possible what i do
is put this up to here start your drill
in reverse
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on both holes
and just give it some pressure and go in
about an eighth inch
then you can turn your drill on to
regular and i go through about halfway
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repeat that exact same process on this
side
you with two very clean holes
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so this step is an optional step i do it
just especially since this is getting
shipped
i use these little z clips that's why i
put the kerf here i'll link it below if
you need it this is a great way for
attaching tabletops too
a lot of uses for them
and since i'm shipping it it's just the
the strongest this thing can be the
better
because i really don't want this to
break in transit
that'll just help it because once the
legs through here
if it ever gets any torque at the end
you know that's a lot of leverage on
that long table leg so this just helps
it
with strength
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and there you are removable table lags
made super easy
this is the easiest way i've came up
with i did touch on this
in a reclaimed dining table video i did
but i figured i'd make a dedicated video
of it when i first was doing it i was
kind of struggling finding how to do it
but this is the easiest best way i've
came up with and it's super super strong
so thanks for watching the video guys if
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