A creative and inventive person can always be distinguished by the ability to use improvised material for making all kinds of handicrafts, home-made pieces of furniture, interior, useful things for home and summer cottages with your own hands. Wooden containers, boxes, packaging and even a cable reel can be used as a source of material, it remains only to figure out how to use the material. For do-it-yourself work, a cable reel made of wood is best suited; a drum made of metal or plastic is reworked much worse.

What can you do with your own hands from a wooden drum from under the cable

The wooden structure used for winding the cable can be perfectly converted into one of the options for home furniture:

• All kinds of tables and stands, including for a garden gazebo or children's games in the yard;
• Home furniture, benches, stools, ottomans and even rocking chairs;
• Racks for tools and inventory.

Advice! The industry produces more than forty wooden coil structures of various sizes and dimensions.

The cable reel can have a diameter of side cheeks from 840 to 2080 mm, a drum width from 350 to 1400 mm. Therefore, the design of the future crafts will first of all have to be planned based on the size of the container for storing the cable.

Metal reels for cable storage are approximately the same size, diameter and width of the drum. But if a wooden or plastic cable spool can still be found at a construction site, metal drums are reusable containers and must be returned to the manufacturer.

We build furniture from cable drums with our own hands

For the manufacture of a cable reel, the simplest and most inexpensive softwood is used. In some cases inner part for the installation of the shaft and the attachment points of the ends of the cable are reinforced with a metal or plastic lining, so it makes sense to build small pieces of furniture without disassembling the coils on the boards and separating the metal inserts.

The most interesting do-it-yourself furniture options from the coil are rocking chairs and tables. If desired, using the same technology, you can make garden furniture and various household items.

Building a table from a cable reel

For the manufacture of a small table, a coil of model No. 10a, with a cheek diameter of 1044 mm and a drum width of 864 mm, is well suited. The cable reel is the best size for a small home desk.

Alteration of containers from under the cable into suburban option the table is performed in three stages:

1. Initially, you will need to carefully clean and sand with sandpaper wooden surface, especially carefully and efficiently it is necessary to process the surface of the future countertop;
2. We cut out the lower part of the coil in the form of a cross with a beam width equal to the diameter of the drum on which the cable was wound;
3. The wooden structure is varnished and, if desired, applied decorative trim, to give the table a more civilized look, the drum “leg”, on which the cable was wound, can be wrapped with a nylon cord or rope.

Advice! By the same principle, you can make a tea table for a kitchen or gazebo, furniture for a playground or a flower stand.

The lower supporting part of the table can be made not in the form of a cross, but cut off along a circle of a smaller diameter. It is possible that such options, made specifically for children, will please them more.

How to make a rocking chair

The famous rocking chair can be easily built from a #12 cable spool. Initially, you need to disassemble wooden structure into constituent parts. Separate the side cheeks from the central drum, on which the cable was wound. We do not throw away all the boards, they will go into action.

To tighten the two cheeks, steel threaded studs with a diameter of 18 mm are used. To make the seat and back, we cut planks from the remaining boards and insert them into the milled groove. When choosing planks, you should pay attention to the fact that the remaining boards of the coil have an arcuate section, such a profile helps to get a relatively smooth line of the seat, turning into the back of the chair.

From a large reel for cables, you can make an original and interesting table with an author's print on the table top. How exactly, look and read in the above master class.

materials

To make a table from a cable reel with your own hands, prepare:

• the coil itself;
• rope;
• oil for wood products;
• rags;
• paint;
• varnish for wood, transparent;
• pencil;
• brushes;
• roulette;
• ruler;
• jigsaw;
• drill;
• stationery knife;
• saw, jigsaw or other tool for cutting wood.

Step 1. We will make the base of the table from the coil in the shape of a cross. To do this, draw the intended shape on one of its sides. Be sure to check the accuracy of the calculations and make sure that the proportions of the resulting base template are correct.

Step 2. Cut off all unnecessary on the basis of the future table, following the marked lines.

Step 3. Prepare sandpaper or sanding attachments of different grits. Sand all surfaces of the coil. You can process the base with rough paper, but you will need to work more carefully with the countertop. First, take paper with a grain size of 80 for its processing, then change it to copies with a smaller grain, up to 240. This is important, since the surface must be perfectly smooth, but the texture of the wood must be preserved.

Step 4. Wipe the entire coil completely with a dry cloth, clearing it of working dust and debris. After that, cover its lower part and countertop with a transparent special oil for wood. Rub everything and leave everything until the surface is completely dry.

Step 5. Drill a hole for the rope in the reel stand at the very base of the table top. Thread it inward, bring it out through the hole in the upper part and, after tying a knot, pull the rope back.

Wrap it around the rack. Make the coils tight. A little before reaching the base, fix the rope in the same way.

Step 6. If you also want to print on the countertop, use a stencil for painting. You can buy it ready-made, order it, or make it yourself. In this case, it was made by hand. For this, the tabletop was glued with strips. masking tape. After that, an outline drawing was drawn on it. Cutting it out is no easy task. This requires a clerical knife, accuracy, so as not to damage the countertop, and patience.

Step 7. Paint the countertop with the stencil. Paint to match and apply on the leg of the table.

Wooden drums intended for the transportation of electrical cables and wires have been produced in our country in accordance with GOST since the distant 1979, many of us were not even in the project at that time. For the manufacture of these devices, coniferous and deciduous wood of not the lowest grade is used, and the diameter of the cheeks of the drums varies from 50 cm to 3 m. Agree, these will come in handy on the farm. Of course, finding an ownerless coil is a great success, but if you are suddenly lucky, do not pass by, it will definitely come in handy if you are a happy owner country house or you have a cottage. We'll show you how to make a great cable spool table and share some fun ideas for decorating it.

DIY table making process

In principle, you don’t need to do anything, just put the cable transporter on one cheek and the table is ready. However, such a piece of furniture is not suitable for use at home, and on the open terrace by next summer it will look very deplorable, because it is made of natural untreated wood.

In order for a cable reel table to fit perfectly into the interior of your home, have a bright personality and please you and your guests for a long time, you need to work a little.

To create a table, you will need to do the following:

1. Clean the surface of dirt and debris with a stiff-bristled brush.
2. Dismantle the coil into separate boards. Internal surfaces must also be treated, thus preventing the wood from rotting and being damaged by insects.
3. Carefully sand each board with a sander or sandpaper.
4. Treat the material with a special antiseptic impregnation. Modern means allow you to extend the life of wooden products for a sufficiently long period.
5. Apply the stain of the shade you want. This will give the wood a more saturated color, emphasize its structure and create the effect of noble wood. Instead of stain, you can apply paint if the interior of the future location of the reel table requires it.
6. After the stain has dried, varnish the boards. It is advisable to apply 2 layers.
7. Assemble the structure in its original form.
8. For the convenience of moving such a table from below, you can screw several wheels for furniture or even for carts (they are stronger and can withstand more weight than furniture ones).

Advice! If there is a desire, the lower cheek of the coil can be slightly changed.

Now the table is ready. It is no longer a shame to show such a piece of furniture to friends by placing it in the very center of the living room. And what if you decorate a little or even modify it?

Decor options

The first thing that comes to mind when decorating such a table is to use a simple jute rope to tightly wrap the base of the coil.

It is possible to mount several metal rods between the inner surfaces of the drum cheeks. Kitchen railings, which are attached using flange holders, can act as rods. Such fittings can be purchased at any hardware store.

If it is decided to use such a table for outdoors, then simply install a large umbrella in the central hole of the coil and you already have a summer barbecue area, it remains to supplement the area with suitable seating. It would be nice if they were made of similar materials.

The surface of the table can be covered with a glass cover. This table can be made to order. It will protect the delicate wood from damage and will certainly decorate your table. Perhaps a huge number of options from simple transparent to glass decorated with inconceivable sandblasted drawings and stained glass windows.

And the coil base can be put to good use too. For example, to organize a mini-bar to store a bottle of your favorite wine. Or maybe just your hiding place.

So, now you also know how to turn a table from a simple cable reel (which is usually disposed of as unnecessary) with your own hands into a source of pride for the owner and a central element of the interior of your home. By the way, not only a table can be made from a cable reel, but also many other equally useful and beautiful things.

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How to make a table from a cable reel with your own hands: Constructive decisions and finishing options

Do you have a wooden bay from under the cable and you do not know how to use it around the house? Try to make a beautiful and durable table. Such furniture is guaranteed to fit into the design of the garden and personal plot or in the interior of a country house. I offer simple options for making tables and many interesting examples of them. decorative design.

Coil processing

The cable bundles themselves are strong and do not have serious mechanical damage at the end of operation. These or other defects can be removed using a grinder.

When preparing the reel, pay attention to the vertical post. From the tight winding of the cable on a wooden surface, prints may remain, which will also have to be removed with a grinder.

What can be done with the base

Depending on the condition of the boards, the reel for assembling the table can be used as a whole or in parts. For example, from the upper or lower circle, as shown in the photo, you get good furniture, just screw a few stable supports around the perimeter.

If the bobbin is generally in good condition and the structure is stable, it can be used as a whole without dismantling. That is, it is enough to drown the fixing bolts into the wood, grind the parts and apply a paint coating that will give the product a finished look.

How to arrange a tabletop

The appearance of finished furniture largely depends on the manufacturing technology and the method of finishing. Despite the simplicity, utility and external similarity of tables made from cable bays, there are many options for their decorative design. As well as simple options finishes that provide for the usual coloring, there are design ideas that can literally transform furniture, making it a piece of art.

Illustrations	Design option and description
	Coloring. Just paint the coil in one or more colors oil paint or enamel. This design option is modest, but simple and cheap to implement.
	Wrapped with decorative cord. Just wrap a cord around the upright and unusual decorative effect will be provided.
	Countertop decorated with brickwork. Plank fragments of the same length and width are nailed to the base of the bay. For more similarity with brickwork wooden rectangles are mounted with some offset relative to each other.
	Imitation parquet board . As in the previous example, here the decor of the countertop is made with rectangular fragments of lumber. In this case, plywood rectangles laid in a run are used for decoration.
	Imitation of herringbone parquet. The surface of the tabletop is divided in half and the planks are laid in a herringbone pattern along the centerline.
	Mosaic. Surface wooden furniture can be finished with mosaic tiles, especially since the range of such materials in hardware stores is wide.
	Application from wood cuts. If you are a gardener or summer resident, do not rush to throw away tree branches after pruning. By cutting the branches into 10 mm thick discs, you can prepare an original and at the same time free decoration material. Prepared wooden discs are ordered or randomly attached to the adhesive throughout the countertop. Next, the surface is leveled. The prepared countertop is filled with epoxy resin.
	pointer clock. And finally, if there is a base of the bay, and you don’t know what to do with it, try to build an analog clock. The hands and mechanism can be removed from ordinary inexpensive watches, but the numbers will have to be cut out of plywood. If you do not use the second hand, the countertop can be used for its intended purpose, that is, as a small coffee table with a constant reminder of the transience of time.

Original options for using the table

How and where to apply furniture made of wooden reel? Many believe that the only scope for such crafts is a place to relax in a garden plot. In fact, this is not the case, and a properly made and decorated table can be used not only in the country, but also in the interior of a city apartment.

I suggest you familiarize yourself with interesting options use of homemade tables.

The process of making a table from a coil

There are quite a few different ways assembling furniture from wooden coils, I offer several instructions, following which you will replenish the supply of country furniture.

The suggested instructions are arranged in order of increasing complexity - from simple to more complex. Read and choose the instruction that suits you.

Just put the reel on the floor

The easiest way is to tip the bay onto the base and the furniture is ready. However, there is one problem, the ends of several studs with screwed nuts stick out above the surface of the base of the cable bay. As a result, without swinging, the structure will not lie on a flat floor.

There are two ways to solve this problem - to drown the nuts in the wood of the base or to make a small recess in the floor on which the table will be installed. Of course, the latter option is relevant only for operation at their summer cottage.

Paint the coil

Since the cable spools are made from conventional wooden planks, for their long-term operation on the street, protective treatment will be required. The easiest way is to paint a wooden surface with oil paint in several continuous layers. To reduce paint consumption and improve the quality of the finished result, we impregnate the wood with drying oil or mining and paint it after drying.

As an alternative to staining, you can apply varnish with pre-treatment of wood stain. If you need a deliberately rough version of the table (relevant for country and loft styles), you can do without pre-sanding the wood. If you want beautiful and neat furniture, all surfaces of the coil are pre-aligned and polished.

Mosaic decor or decoupage of a table from a reel

Illustrations	Finishing works and their description
	Bobbin preparation. We sink the fixing nuts into the base so that the coil laid on the floor does not sway. Sanding the vertical bar.
	Foundation application. We apply a layer of putty on top of the lower base and on top of the countertop. The smoother the applied layer, the easier it will be to work with the mosaic.
	Glue the tiles to the bottom. We glue the mosaic on "Liquid Nails" or on baguette glue. We start gluing from the outer edge. Tiles are placed with the same gap of 5 mm.
	Glue tiles to countertop. We glue the mosaic in the same way as on the lower base.
	Glue the tile to the end. To the end side of the tabletop and base, the mosaic is glued with a rhombus, as shown in the photo, or by placing the squares edge to edge. The choice of the location of the mosaic depends on your preferences.
	Grout. A tile grout is applied over the glued mosaic. While the grout is wet, we form a neat and beautiful seam between adjacent tiles.
	Finished result. With the correct implementation of each of these steps, you will get a result similar to that shown in the photo. It is not necessary to adhere to the proposed color scheme, especially since the assortment of mosaics in the store is wide. But I recommend using combinations of up to four colors in one table.

Coil table top

To make a truly beautiful countertop, epoxy resin is used, which, when cured, forms a transparent, perfectly flat, transparent surface. I offer a photo report with the main stages of manufacturing such a countertop.

Summing up

Now you know how to make a beautiful and durable table out of an unnecessary wooden coil. Learn even more by watching the video in this article.

November 29, 2018

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I offer an interesting dacha idea which I found very interesting. Your patio can be decorated with this wonderful cable spool table. Of course, one must understand that not everyone has the opportunity to get such a coil so easily. However, if, for example, your husband is a cable worker, then I fully admit the possibility of acquiring it.

The main idea of ​​​​the idea is to use the second, lower, part of the coil as the basis for the benches. Additionally, you will need to prepare boards for the legs of the benches. Otherwise, everything is simple - we cut out the bottom circle with a jigsaw, ennoble the cut, mount the legs.

The benches can be pushed in when the table is not in use, which, as you understand, will help reduce the space occupied by the table. In order to preserve the attractive appearance of the product for a longer time, it is recommended that the boards be treated with a protective impregnation and varnished.

Coils can be different sizes, and, probably, large ones can be used for adults, and small ones for children. Or simply for decorating the site, as a stand for tub plants or landscape decoration.

If you are interested in this idea, show it to your man, perhaps he will be able to understand from the photo how to make such a design.

And another nice feature of these coils is that there is a hole in the center where you can insert a garden umbrella so that you can sit in the shade even in hot weather. solar time, or shelter from a sudden summer "mushroom" rain.