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How to Build a Table From Stair Parts
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Shopping List
Supplies You Will Need
1. Salvaged spindles
2. Salvaged stair tread
3. Rough-sawn pine board, or salvaged riser
4. 2x4, for blocking
5. 3 ½-inch deck screws
6. 1 5/8 screws
7. 8d finishing nails -
Tools List
Tools You Will Need
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nail puller
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scraper
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speed square
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bar clamp
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jigsaw
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drill/driver, with countersink combo bit
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torpedo level
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hammer
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photo: Kristine Larsen
8. Mount the strip level
To secure your new table to the wall, cut a wood strip that fits between its interior blocking. Mount the strip level on the wall at the height of the table's underside. Rest the table on the strip, and join the two with finishing nails tapped through the table top.
Next- Helpful Info
- Article: Shapely Staircase Spindles
- Article: House-Part Recycling Centers
- Article: How Architectural Salvage Yards Work
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