How Do You Build A Dining Table & Benches?
It can be very expensive to buy a dining table and chairs, especially if you want something durable. This table and bench set fits well into most informal or modern eating areas, and it can be built with common dimensional lumber from your local home center. It requires no complex joinery or expensive tools. Best of all, you can easily adjust its dimensions to make it larger, and it will remain relatively inexpensive to build. The plans give the requirements for one bench; double the building materials if you want to make two. Make a U-shaped assembly using two of the long 4 x 4s (legs) and one of the short ones. Drill two holes through each leg into one end of the short 4 x 4, countersinking the holes halfway. Use four 4-inch screws (two in each leg) and glue to secure them. Use the remaining 4 x 4s to make a second leg assembly. Build a square frame with the 2 x 4s. Place the three shorter pieces between the longer (side) pieces on your work surface, standing them on the two-inch sid
