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How to attach a table top without screws showing...
I have a very short little planter table that I put together as a silly father-son project with my 3 year old. The idea was to use up the left over lumber from my deck. I haven't finished the table because I am not sure how to adhere the table top in such a way that there are no screws showing. Looking down, the table underpinning (no top) looks like this (go fixed width font): +----+ +----+ | +----------------------------+ | | +-------------++-------------+ | +-++-+ || +-++-+ || || || || || || || || || +-++-+ || +-++-+ | +-------------++-------------+ | | +----------------------------+ | +----+ +----+ Legs are short cedar 4x4's, and the thinner bars are cedar 2x4's. Now I have cedar boards (true ¾ x true 5½) to act as a table top. I'll draw these with #'s OVER the prior diagram so you can get a sense as to what overlaps what: ############################################ # +----+ +----+ # # | +----------------------------+ | # # | +-------------++-------------+ | # ############################################ # || || || # # || || || # # || || || # ############################################ # | +-------------++-------------+ | # # | +----------------------------+ | # # +----+ +----+ # ############################################ So the question is how do I best screw these boards to the top from underneath? The entirety of the underpinning is pocket screws (...sort of, more like 30° angles), so no screws show. But I would like to keep the no screws showing policy going here. Do I..... 1. Use angle brackets connecting the 2x4's to the top boards from "inside" and underneath? These would require very short screws predrilled into the boards. or 2. The 2x4's are a true 3¼" I have 3½" decking screws. I'm wondering if I couldn't just counter sink in the screw the entire width of the 2x4 upwards and (if I'm careful) have it pierce the top by only ½"... But that seems sketchy to me. or 3. something else? Thanks! -- Forgetthesong,I'dratherhavethefrontallobotomy... |
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