How To Build A Barrel Table

Place the top and bottom barrel pieces in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for one hour.
How to build a barrel table. As a pub table it works great because the tabletop is wide enough to actually fit your legs underneath. Measure the diameter of the top of the barrel. If you want a barrel the size that is used for the bar table in this post you will want to look for a 30 gallon barrel. Cut a half circle of pine wood the same diameter as the inside of the barrel ends.
Use a prybar to remove the metal bands. This will insure that any shrinkage happens before you make the table. Wine barrel beer table step 1. Wipe or brush stain on the barrel.
Attaching hinges to the tabletop let you store some essential items inside the hollow space below. The bands are most likely secured with nails and so they should pop right off. As i said i found the barrel that someone cut in half. Screw or staple this to the inside ends to provide the additional support.
You could use a smaller size to create a standard table height table. Stuff you will need. Remove the sharp bits. Tape off the metal bands with painter s tape and then apply wood stain in a color.
Mark out the legs. Try and keep the two barrel ends in place on one of the halves as you pull the barrel apart. I decided to make the table with three legs as they don t rock. The whiskey barrel table is built from an authentic oak barrel topped with quartersawn oak wood with a clear glass center so you can see the barrel head.
This rustic beauty is amish crafted and american made. Another way of reconstructing a countryside table from a retired whisky barrel is slicing off its other half and placing a rectangular slab of wood on the top. Once it has been burning for about 30 minutes toss on all of the scrap oak wood that you have left from making cuts. Next secure the barrel ends.
This video shows you how to make a wine barrel table. Build a fire in an outdoor pit. How to build a whiskey barrel coffee table. Remove the barrel top and bottom from the oven and set them off to the side.
Making table from barrel. Apply one even coat of a clear polyurethane topcoat to the entire barrel. I used special walnut stain from minwax. How to turn a bourbon barrel into a table move the bourbon barrel to a well ventilated area.