Tree - available material, which is used in construction, repair and furniture manufacturing. Craftsmen offer to make cutlery, household items and various accessories from wood. A good block of wood, from which you can make a beautiful decorative item, is not cheap, but wooden boards, as a rule, are available to everyone and can be found in almost any country house and in any barn. We decided to devote this article to the topic useful crafts and interior items from boards that you can make yourself.
Birdhouse
Please your child with leisure time together or help make a craft for kindergarten or school. Make a home for birds from slats. This could be a feeder or a house to attract birds to the site different types. The simplest option is a titmouse with gable roof. You will need rectangular pine boards, screws, nails and putty, jigsaw, drill and hammer. Use a pencil to draw out all the details on the boards. Cut a hole on the front wall - the front door. On the facade and back of the house, make a cut for the roof. Assemble the house by connecting all the parts using self-tapping screws. Seal the cracks with putty. Do not fix the roof “tightly” so that it can be lifted and cleaned by the titmouse. Don't forget to glue the pole inside. Nail the birdhouse onto a long, narrow board and hang it on a tree.
birdhousePallets
What can you make from boards with your own hands for household needs? For example, pallets, which are great for transporting goods. To do this you will need 6 strong slats. It is necessary to connect them using self-tapping screws, creating a base for the pallet. 4 bars will become the frame, 2 additional ones will serve as a base that will prevent the structure from cracking. The width of the slats will determine the height of the product. Fix several boards, the function of which is to hold the load, across the base to create a structure reminiscent of a bed frame. If you add wheels to the product, you will get a convenient mobile platform for transporting large items.
Some craftsmen create furniture from pallets. The board is sanded, varnished and 2 structures are connected so that it turns out coffee table or a bench. This great option for a summer house or veranda, children's recreation and games in the garden.
Ceiling
Ceiling on open veranda At the dacha, it’s a great idea to use old boards. It is not necessary to pre-sand them and coat them with primer or stain if there is supposed to be an additional canopy that protects them from moisture (rain, snow). It is enough to fasten them in an even layer end-to-end under a canopy (for example, nail them to a frame fixed around the perimeter of the room) and the rustic ceiling is ready! Complete the design with interesting pendant lamps and wall decor.
Wall decor
Transform your apartment with a mosaic made from scrap boards. An original panel laid out on a slatted wall different sizes, sanded and painted with varnish or paint, will transform the look of your home and give it a zest. The scraps, joined end-to-end in the shape of a boomerang, look beautiful. Creative owners can independently draw a sketch of the panel and lay out the scraps according to color or shape according to the diagram. Be sure to attach the material to a plywood base, and only then to the wall.
Hood trim
If you have electric stove and a standard hood is fixed above it, cover the bit device with wooden slats, having previously treated them with a grease-repellent agent. This solution will perfectly complement the kitchen design in Provence style.
Shelves
The most obvious option for “recycling” old boards. Turn them into a variety of shelves for souvenirs, photo frames, paintings, flowers. Make sure you have a reliable base for fixing the product to the wall. It is better to prepare the slats in advance. Walk through them grinder, coat with varnish. This way the shelf will look aesthetically attractive, and the likelihood of getting a splinter will be reduced to zero.
Canvas for painting
How to please a creative person or a child with the makings of an artist? Make a stretcher out of the boards for an original painting. Connect 4 slats to form a square base. Fix other blocks on top of them end-to-end, so that the product becomes a canvas for creativity. It can be turned into a 3D picture from plasticine, felt, buttons, twigs, beads - any available volumetric materials.
Candlesticks
If you have old wooden planks lying around, turn them into candle holders. Simply attach a small piece of wood to the sanded strip at a 90-degree angle, large enough to fit the candle in the cup holder. We do not recommend using the interior item in practical purposes, wood is highly flammable. As a decor, the product will fit perfectly into an interior in a loft or Provence style.
Towel holders
Attach hooks to a good, strong, thick board, sanded and varnished. Fix the product on the wall, hang towels on the hooks. Complete the design with the inscriptions “Her/His” or “For hands/For face” so that there is no confusion about the purpose and identity of the accessory.
Signs with inscriptions
Recently, it has become incredibly popular to decorate homes with various signs and signs. If you have an old wood burning machine in your arsenal, creating your own version of the decor will not be difficult. Cut out signs of the desired shape from the board, and use the machine to make inscriptions on them, for example: “WC”, “Spices”, “Daughter’s room”. Apply varnish and let dry. Attach to back side string and hang it on a hook on the door or wall. Make signs for your friends, they will surely be delighted with the gift.
Wine shelf
To make a useful accessory, choose a thick board at least 0.7 m long. Cover it with varnish or stain and let it dry. Drive two large nails into the base, opposite each other, so that they hold the wine bottle in a lying position. On top there are two more and so on to place 3-4 bottles on the base. Figure out how to attach the strip to the wall. This is an excellent decor for both a country house and an apartment where hospitable owners live, to whom friends often come for a glass of wine.
Watch
An original watch will become an interior decoration or a wonderful gift for family and friends. To make a wooden slatted clock, cut a circle or square base from plywood. Calculate how many planks will be needed to secure them to the base parallel to each other. If you are making a round clock, fix the longest board in the middle, two smaller ones on either side, and so on until you reach the edge of the circle. The thinner the slats, the more of them you will need. For aesthetics, we recommend pre-processing the material with a grinding wheel and varnishing it. Once finished, the edges will have to be trimmed to give the product the correct shape. It’s easier to work with a square base; you don’t need to “adjust” the outline, and the slats are generally the same length. Paint the numbers using a stencil and secure the clock mechanism in the center. You can purchase or order it in specialized stores.
Frames
For mirrors
Decorating a mirror frame with old boards is not difficult for a man familiar with the basics of carpentry. Measure the dimensions of the reflective surface. Attach thin plywood to the base, draw a circle to fit the size of the future frame. Attach the mirror to the plywood board and empty seats fill from edge to edge with saw cuts various shapes. We recommend that you first sand the surface of the wooden decor, since household members will touch the piece of furniture.
For chalkboard
Using the algorithm described above, you can make a frame for chalk board. Authentic item interior will suit for those who decorate their home in Provence style and like to write reminders and notes. You can diversify the product's functionality by providing a shelf for chalk.
cutting board
A kitchen accessory for cutting must be made from ideal flat board thickness of at least 20 mm. If the surface has bumps, it needs to be sanded with circles of various grain sizes, then the product can be cut out according to a template (you can use cardboard for a pattern). Use a jigsaw to make precise cuts. Sand the edges thoroughly. Finished product apply Vaseline oil, allowing it to absorb and dry. Repeat the procedure 2-3 times.
New Year's figures
If you have thick small bars, turn them into New Year's decorations. Paint with white paint, draw the face of a snowman or Santa Claus with acrylic paint. Knit a hat for your head and tie a scarf around your “neck”. These bobbleheads will bring a festive atmosphere and fun to your home.
Cup coasters
One of the simplest and most useful accessories that can be used in every kitchen. Take a strip 1 - 1.5 cm thick and cut several identical shapes from it. Apply varnish and let dry. The products look beautiful and natural, correspond to the latest trends in the world of interior design and will definitely be used for their intended purpose, and will not end up as a burden in the closet.
garden path
To lay out a decorative path on personal plot, it will take a minimum of time and effort. Select slats of the same length and file if necessary. The path will fit perfectly into a large flower bed in Japanese style, in combination with stones and low plants. Choose a place on a hill so that the tree does not get wet from puddles. Of course, from time to time the material will have to be replaced if it is not treated with special water-repellent agents.
Country figures
Boards - great choice to create garden sculptures for the dacha. The products will be simple, but expressive and colorful. Initially, you will need to cut out a frame base from plywood in the shape of the figure you want to create. A good decision there will be a snowman or an owl. How simpler form(square, circle, triangle), the better the sculpture looks. Saw the boards to the size of the circle (depending on how many you chose for the body) and secure them to the long wooden beam using a screwdriver in layers, in order. Paint with colored paint and decorate with buttons. Don't forget about a secure stand to prevent the figure from falling.
Covering for beds
4 planks fixed along the perimeter of the base of the bed will help to raise the beds at the dacha and make them neat and comfortable. Use metal pegs for secure fastening. Nail old wooden hinges to the boards and connect them to the pegs in these places using a screw. The original and functional lining will be the envy of all the neighbors! It will allow you to keep boundaries in order and easily move around them.
Storage boxes
You can solve the problem of storing potatoes once and for all by putting together boxes for vegetables from old planks. Even a schoolchild can cope with the task. Creating a storage system for an apartment is a more labor-intensive task. The material will first have to be processed with a grinding wheel, sanded and varnished so that the product looks neat and cannot be injured.
You can make many functional items from boards. To create some, you will need carpentry skills, but to make the simplest accessories for the kitchen and interior decoration, you do not need specific knowledge, just a handy tool. We hope that a review of our article will help you decide how to use slats to your advantage.
Good afternoon. Today we start uploading articles on the topic of DIY wood crafts. In this first article I want to show you what simple crafts can be made from wood - both for children and adults. Many ideas will work for labor classes at school- for boys. Some ideas will work for a school competition crafts made from natural materials. Some wooden crafts can become decorating your dacha or yard. Here you will find a storehouse of inspiration and joy in anticipation of such interesting and simple work. In this article I will prove what to do beautiful crafts made of wood everyone can. Because here you will find simple and feasible tasks. Even a frail woman with a manicure can do half of the crafts in this article. So - let's fall in love with wooden creativity.
Let's start with simple magic.
Tree + sun
Crafts that glow with love.
Here are the simplest and cutest ones country crafts made of wood. For the craft, you need to cut a log (ask when you are sawing the firewood with a grinder to make several thin cuts). Or you can do it without cutting - just take a board of any size.
We drill holes in the wood so thick that a store-bought glass pebble will fit into it. Such sets of multi-colored decorative glass stones are sold - in the gift department, and in the department where there are candles, vases and everything for holiday decor.
You can simply drill such holes with glass into a board and hang it on an apple tree. You can drill such holes in the fence - if the sun shines into it at least once a day at a low angle.
It's very beautiful. Magically. Like in fairyland. Your children will be delighted with this wooden craft.
Simple wooden crafts
from log cuts.
If you have logs being cut into firewood in your yard, you are in luck. You can get priceless craft material for free. Ask the men to cut you flat cuts, both from small and large logs. Lovingly stack them away from the woodpile and start dreaming up future wood crafts. For example, let it be wooden owls. It's easy to do and looks beautiful. The saw cuts can be nailed to each other. You can put them on liquid nails (like glue).
The surface of the cuts can be rough and unsanded (as in the photo with the bunnies craft). Or you can sand it with sandpaper and even varnish such an ornamental material. Or paint it the color you want.
From large saw cuts you can make large country wood crafts. And small log houses (made of thinner branches and logs) are suitable for miniature crafts - for example, these birds. You can cut branches of this thickness yourself with a hacksaw - manually, without a chainsaw.
Log cuts can become a canvas for art installations. Such wooden crafts-pictures can be made from any natural material. Go to the river and find smooth, flat stones. They will become the source interesting crafts. The stones can be easily painted with felt-tip pens, office markers, or just gouache (after work, fix the gouache with hairspray or nail polish).
Here's another way to make beautiful AIR crafts from wooden cuts. Lacy through cutting with an electric jigsaw (photo with craft maple leaf) looks simply magical.
Here is a small master class from which you can see how the process of cutting out openwork patterns on a thick cut of wood occurs.
First we outline the stencil with a pencil. Then we use a drill to drill holes in the key nodes of the drawing. And then we use a jigsaw to move from one holey node to another.
You can come up with a device yourself which will help you cut wood products using a conventional drill. Make your own electric jigsaw. Holding the comfortable handles with your hands, you simply move the device - following the lines of your drawing. The thinner the drill, the more small details You can cut out the drawing with it. Well thought out.
Or you can buy a jigsaw– it costs on average 100 dollars. You can find it and over 50, we don’t work on an industrial scale, so it’s not necessary to buy a very powerful, expensive tool.
Mosaic crafts
From cuts of thick branches.
If you have country yard The boring barn wall is looking right at you. Then you need to make it not boring. Let's decorate the shed using wood crafts. Let's do it mosaic applique from small wood cuts. Such cuts are obtained by cutting thick branches or thin logs with a hacksaw (or chainsaw).
The basis For such a wooden craft, we cut it out of a sheet of plywood. First, we draw the silhouette of the future craft on it. Cutting out the plywood base with a hand jigsaw or a special power tool. And we glue wooden rounds onto it - with liquid nails, with wood glue or with hot glue from a pistol.
And you can even make it at home from saw cuts decorative frame for a mirror made of wooden rounds(master class in the photo below).
- Also buy a round mirror. Place it on a sheet of plywood and trace it with a pencil.
- Around the resulting circle, retreat a few centimeters (to the width you want for the frame). And with this indentation draw a second circle.
- Cut a large circle out of plywood. And paste it over outer ring saw cuts from wood. You will get a beautiful wooden craft frame - all you have to do is glue the mirror into the middle using liquid nails.
Puff Crafts
made of wood.
This is perhaps my favorite type of wood crafts. Here the woven shields lie on top of each other creating a LAYERED VOLUME of the craft.
Here is a cow craft made from three layers of wooden shield. The first layer is the body, the second is the head, the third is the bangs and nose.
You can paint all layers of your craft the same color (like a craft polar bear made of wood) or in different colors (as a craft mouse on the moon– photo below).
Or you can leave a textured wood pattern (as in the crafts in the photo below).
Wood fox It has a two-layer design - a back layer, and the head and tail are placed on it.
Craft duck has 5 layers - a central layer with the head, and two layers on both sides (tummy + wing).
The more layers you will overlap each other, the more voluminous and convex your craft will be. Here is an example with the craft “Lions made of wood” you can see how the animal's muzzle moves forward, thanks to four layers of thick wooden boards.
If you paint your crafts. Complete the facial expressions, add small details - folds, spots, etc. You can get very realistic and expensive wood crafts. Your small hobby can become your business. Such works can be safely put up for sale.
You can come up with your own characters. Draw their layers on a sheet of paper. Enlarge the craft first in a paper template - transfer the contours to a wooden board and cut it out. Or find pictures in a children's coloring book– and redraw them in an enlarged size.
Wood craft
For school activities
At the labor lesson.
Such LAYER wood crafts can be cut NOT FROM THICK SHIELDS, but from thin plywood sheet . And then such work can be carried out in labor classes as part of the school curriculum. On the topic “sawing with a jigsaw on plywood.”
Here's an idea - how made of 3 plywood panels make a two-color puppy craft. The first very back layer of WHITE PLYWOOD shows only the tips of the ears, tail and one hind leg. We will cover the second layer with stain (so that it darkens). Eyes, nose and lines can be drawn with a marker, or burned special device for wood burning.
Using the same technique of shields with different shades of color, you can make a lot of three-dimensional crafts from wood during labor lessons at school or in a woodworking club.
Wood crafts
in the form of an APPLICATION.
Using a very similar technique, you can make an applique from wood. Here, too, wood is taken as a basis. solid wood board(that is, not a glued board, but a solid board). Because we will be sanding it, and the glued board may delaminate from sanding and the glue seams will be visible.
- On paper all future crafts are drawn. Divided into parts by lines. Each detail is numbered. And it is photographed (so that later the location of each element can be verified from the photo).
- Next, the drawing is cut along the lines into elements. We outline each element on the board with a pencil. We cut out an element from a flat board. All elements are flat on top, rough around the edges of the cut and with sharp sawing edges.
- Now our task smooth all edges of each part, round it up. We trim off the sharp edges of the cuts with a chisel. And we grind it on a grinding machine (if you have one) or do it manually with sandpaper of varying degrees of hardness and roughness.
- After sanding all parts painted with tinted stain(sold in construction stores). Depending on how many times you wipe the part with stain, you will get a lighter or darker tone. Very light details can be simply wiped off vegetable oil. You can check in advance shades of color on scraps of wood left after sawing the craft.
You can also paint wooden craft parts in watercolor or gouache(using not a brush, but a foam sponge). After painting, so that the part does not stain your hands, you can spray it with hairspray or saturate the craft with another wood coating compound (just check the color first on scraps).
It only seems that the cow (in the photo of the wooden craft above) is behind the moon. In fact, all the parts are in the same plane. On a piece of paper. But thanks to the streamlined edges of the parts, everything looks voluminous, soft and as if pressed into each other. Nothing is actually pressed in - everything just lies next to each other.
Ideas for such flat wood applique crafts can be taken inside children's coloring books. There are just pictures with large details. You can find a children's coloring picture on Google - enlarge it and print it. Or redraw directly from the monitor screen by placing a sheet of paper on the glowing screen.
Methods for grinding parts
for wood crafts
(instructions to help).
To make it easier to sand the smooth edges of parts without rubbing calluses on your hands, I want to give some useful tips.
You can clamp the sanding belt in a special vice, also made of wood. Here's how it's done in the left photo below. Or come up with your own version of the device.
Here in the left photo - sandpaper is wrapped around a thick piece of wood with a semicircular edge. And the edges of the sandpaper are wrapped in a groove, and clamped with a bolt twisted through a round cylindrical piece of wood-clamp.
There are also grinding attachments for drills. And then you can grind the parts using the rotational force of the drill and the magical power of electricity.
Below we see grinding attachments for drill– plate and drum shape.
Eat grinding devices for a drill, where you can change sandpaper - remove the old worn-out sandpaper and fill in a new one.
By the way, on AliExpress you can buy immediately in bulk grinding drums for a drill for 3-4 dollars per batch of 100 pieces. If you search, you can find it cheaper.
And so that the drill does not spin in your hand while working, you can create a special FASTENING STRUCTURE, which will record your homemade grinding machine in one place, and all you have to do is bring the parts to the grinding drum.
The design of the mounting pallet can be different - with wooden clamp(photo above), or with a lock in the form of a metal bracket (as in the photo below).
With such an assistant, making wood crafts with your own hands is a pleasure. Quick, pleasant and immediately beautiful results. Such work can be put on stream - and a whole production of beautiful wooden (smooth and safe) toys for children and gift wooden paintings can be established.
You can become a successful master. Completely unexpected for myself. Just like that, look at this article and fall in love with the idea.
The imagination of wooden crafts is limitless. Remember the formula for success - everything can be made from wood. The main thing is to start... then continue... and finish.
For example, knocking toys. Beautiful fun for children and for decorating the garden. Such a knocker or woodpecker may knock on your door, announcing guests on the porch. Like in a fairy tale, pull the string and the door will be opened for you.
You can make decorations for your children's room with your own hands. Essentially, reincarnate and become a designer of interesting interior wood crafts. Any boy will be happy if his children's room sparkles with motifs from the Jungle.
You know... I’ll probably continue the topic of wooden crafts for design children's room in one of the following articles. I'd like to see what ideas are hidden here. And making someone fall in love with this is a good thing.
And perhaps we should create an article with wooden toys for children - self made. I also need to write. And then it will work here link.
In the meantime, let's continue...
WOOD CRAFTS
and WASTE material.
Where do future crafts live? …. Old half-decayed boards. For example, from grandma's fence. Which are usually used for firewood or removed from the yard as excess garbage. Stop. Let's not throw them away. Let's dig through this pile and create something wonderful - with our own hands from wood.
A wooden mop-brush, if sawed in half, turns into the mouth of an evil dog. A little imagination and work. And now the service dog is bristling and grinning at you.
A beautifully crafted piece of art. tree and waste material.
Any waste material (pieces of iron, plastic) and old pieces of wood can populate your home with fairy-tale characters. They are alive. They have a soul and their own history.
Wood crafts
Imperishable beauty.
Peeled veneer , from old furniture panels, quietly dampening in your shed - can also become a source for crafts made from wood.
From this thin wood material You can directly cut out the details of the future craft with scissors and stick it with hot glue from a gun (or with wood glue).
You can also use thin birch bark instead of veneer. And also make interesting flat crafts from wood.
Wood crafts
(logs, firewood and bark)
Ordinary firewood from your woodpile can become a source of inspiration for wooden crafts for the dacha.
If you cut a round log diagonally, you get a figurine with its face turned towards you. All that remains is to draw this face, add elements of eyes, ears, and nose to it.
You can use logs and round logs to form the body of an animal. The logs will be the legs and the logs will be the back. The head can be made from a round cut of a small log. Or chop with an ax face to the desired shape from the same log as the body of your four-legged wooden craft.
Show your imagination and don’t stop before a difficult task. A squirrel made of wood or a snail made of logs - there is nothing complicated. We turn on our head and sense of humor - it will suggest the most ridiculous, but effective ways convey the delicate image of the animal using rough wood and other natural materials.
YOU can work with a chainsaw or an ax - sawing out or beheading the face of your wood craft. You can make these cute pigs with your own hands as a fun wooden craft for your dacha.
And in the bushes you can put a beautiful, proud deer - also a simple and quick craft made from wood and branches.
Wooden crafts
from chips from a log.
It happens that when you chop firewood, large shaped chips break off from the log. This chip often has a bizarre shape - already similar to something (a bird, a panther, the profile of a face). You need to carefully put such a gift of fate aside, so that you can later return to it and complete the craft started by nature. Trim something with a knife, highlight something with paint, glue something as an additional detail. And you will end up with a do-it-yourself wooden craft - beautiful and original.
These are the ideas I managed to find for wood craftsmen.
Now you too can make beautiful crafts from wood with your own hands. Moreover, this article is only the first in a series on the topic of wooden crafts, which are clear and easy to do at home. You've probably already fallen in love with some ideas and are determined to implement them - I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you - let everything work out the best in the best possible way. And your wooden craft will appeal to your entire Family Bunch.
Do-it-yourself wooden products do not lose their relevance. A room or garden with wooden crafts looks cozy and original. Often, remnants of boards from renovation or construction are used as material, so such products not only decorate the space, but also save the budget.
Manufacturing of wood products making the right choice niche can be a very profitable endeavor. At the same time, this income has both pros and cons.
It is not difficult to create wooden products with your own hands, but in order for them to be in constant demand among buyers, it is necessary to make things modern, therefore, one cannot do without a creative approach and imagination.
Consumers are consistently showing interest in wooden toys. Among the usual cut-out toys that have been created for centuries - bears, horses on wheels, cars and blocks, modern parents more often buy educational toys. These are a variety of busy boards, puzzles, puzzles, and rides.
An equally interesting direction is the creation of souvenirs. Tourists are happy to buy ethnic crafts made with their own hands as souvenirs. Interior wood products have remained at the peak of fashion for many years. Moreover, the tree looks great even in the most modern interiors, such as loft and high-tech.
The advantage of wooden things is that they can be made from the remains of wood production, for example, furniture. This means that the cost of the material is low.
Woodworking tools
Tree soft material and relatively easy to process. In order for the work to be enjoyable, safe and performed with the best results, it is necessary to have a standard list of tools in your arsenal.
Tools:
- Axe. Needed for roughing preparatory work.
- Hacksaw. This hand tool for sawing wood in various directions.
The main attention should be paid to the size of the teeth. Small teeth allow you to make a neat cut, but it will take a long time to complete. Large teeth, on the contrary, cut quickly, but after cutting, additional processing of the edges will be required.
- Plane. Used to level the surface of wood.
- Chisel and chisel. Both tools are needed to make holes, holes and other recesses in the product. A chisel is used for more precise, “jewelry” work and comes in different configurations, depending on the task at hand.
- Miter box- a device that is designed to perform precise and even cuts at different angles.
- Jigsaw. Used for cutting boards up to 0.5 cm thick.
- Circular saw. A tool that cuts thick boards.
- Grinding machines. This power tool allows you to quickly and efficiently perform finishing work. wooden surface.
- Drill for drilling holes.
You also need to have a tape measure, rulers, clamps, and a screwdriver.
How to make simple wooden furniture with your own hands
It is not difficult to make wooden products for your home or garden with your own hands, but it requires desire, a diagram of the product and some tools for woodworking.
Stool
It is better to start making wooden furniture with simple stool.
To work you will need: 
- Bars with a cross section of 50 mm.
- Boards for sitting.
- Self-tapping screws.
- Metal corners.
- Wood glue.
Stages of work:
- You need to cut 4 legs 50 cm long from the timber.
- Next, you should use the boards to form a model of the future seat measuring 35*43 cm.
- From the timber you need to cut drawers (placed immediately under the seat) and legs (fasten the legs together for greater stability).
- All workpieces must be sanded with sandpaper. First, use sandpaper with medium grit No. 40-60. Finishing should be done with fine grain – 100-150.
- It is impossible to fasten the parts of the stool only with the help of self-tapping screws, since it will quickly become loose and become unusable. Tenons should be cut out at each end of the drawer and leg, and grooves for tenons on the legs.
- The size of the tenon should correspond to 30% of the width of the drawer, the length - 80% of its width.
DIY wood products: step-by-step making of a stool - Then you need to cut out the grooves taking into account the calculated sizes of the tenons. To do this, use a drill with a thin drill to make holes around the perimeter of the intended groove. After this, using a chisel, you need to make a recess in the leg. It is important to monitor the dimensions of the groove.
- Next, use a jigsaw and a rasp to cut out tenons on the sides and legs. During sawing, you need to try on the tenon to the groove, if necessary, adjusting it to right size.
- It is recommended to assemble the stool gradually, connecting the 2 legs together using drawers and a leg. Before inserting the tenon, you need to inner part Apply a drop of wood glue to the groove. The product must be assembled carefully, as it takes 24 hours for the glue to dry completely.
- The seat boards also need to be glued. To do this, you need to glue them on one side and tighten them with a clamp until the glue dries.
- Final work should be carried out after the wood glue has dried.
- The drawers and legs must be fastened with corners for stability and strength.
- The seat must be secured to the legs with self-tapping screws.
Folding table
Such a table would be appropriate on a balcony or loggia, as well as in the kitchen if it is small. The main thing in manufacturing folding table- this is to make a strong and safe fastening.
You also need to consider the conditions in which it will be used. For example, if the balcony is open, then you should take stronger and more durable materials and use special protective coatings for wood.
Stages of work:
- Making a table top. The tabletop can be of any shape and from any material.
- Preparation of fastening parts.
The stability of the structure and its durability depend on how accurately the planks are cut and connected to each other.
- All wooden parts of the table should be cleaned with fine-grain sandpaper or using a grinder.
Then treat it with an antiseptic to prevent the wood from rotting, and varnish the top.
- Table assembly.
Using self-tapping screws, vertical and horizontal strips are attached to the wall. Next, the hinges are attached to them, and then the fastening leg and the tabletop are attached directly.
Wooden home interior items
Wood is a material that can decorate any interior. Moreover, the more authentic a wooden product looks, the more modern it is.
Lamp
You can make wooden products with your own hands from the remains of boards, as in the example of this bedside lamp.
Materials:
- LED flashlight powered via USB port.
- Meter extension cable for USB.
- Plexiglas sheet.
To make a lamp you will need an LED flashlight powered via a USB port. - Wooden board.
- Epoxy glue.
Stages of work:
- Depending on the desired size of the lamp, you need to prepare 2 equal-sized bars.
On the first block, a rectangular recess should be made with dimensions of 16 mm by 40 mm and a depth of 9 mm. To make a groove, you first need to carefully make cuts at an angle with a saw.
After this, the block should be secured on a flat surface using clamps and a recess should be formed using a chisel and hammer. For this job, it is better to choose a wide chisel with work surface 12 mm wide.
The straighter the chisel is positioned when hollowing out a piece of wood, the easier it will be to make a recess with even sides. It is important to remove parts of the wood with a chisel as thin as possible, otherwise there is a risk of chipping on the block.
- On the second part of the lamp, you should prepare a recess that will correspond to the size of the USB connector.
The depression is formed in the same way as in the first case, but this will require a little more time and effort. It is recommended to use a 6 mm chisel.
The connector must ultimately fit tightly into the recess, so it is necessary not only to accurately replicate its shape, but also to take into account the existing height difference: at the connector itself and in the area of the cord. After the recess is ready, you need to place the connector in it and secure it with 2 self-tapping screws.
- The next step is to cut out the plexiglass for the lamp.
The height of the part will correspond to the height of the lamp. In this example it is 210 mm. Depending on your skill, you can cut the desired shape from plexiglass using a saw (band or circular) or delegate this work to professionals laser cutting.
- Next, all the parts should be glued together using epoxy resin. And secure with clamps until completely dry.
- For final preparation, it is necessary to treat the resulting lamp with sandpaper. You should use a coarser grit first and finish sanding with a fine grit. It must be remembered that the better the plexiglass is sanded, the more matte its surface will be, which will ultimately give a soft, muted light when the lamp is turned on.
- The surface of the lamp should be coated with special products to better preserve the wood, as well as to give the product a finished look. You can use wax acrylic paints, stains or varnish.
Simple wooden shelf
For flowers or books, you can make a shelf fastened with ropes.
To work you will need:
- Board of desired size. Recommended width from 25 mm.
- 4 meters of rope 8 mm thick.
- Drill.
- Hooks – 2 pcs.
- Hammer.
Stages of work:
- You should mark places on the board and use a drill to make holes for the rope.
The drill should be slightly thicker than the thickness of the rope.
- Wood needs to be treated to protect it from dust and time, as well as for beauty. To do this, the surface must be sanded with sandpaper. You can emphasize the natural grain of wood using stain and cover it with varnish or wax.
- Using a hammer drill, drill the wall and secure the hooks.
- The rope needs to be cut into 4 equal pieces. Each segment must be secured under the board using a knot.
- Using knots, you must also tie the upper parts of the ropes.
There are many variations of such shelves possible.
Crafts for the garden
Do-it-yourself wooden products can not only decorate garden plot, but also bring significant benefits.
Wooden hammock
To work you will need:
- Pallet or boards.
- Strong rope.
- Tools (chisel, drill, pliers, sandpaper, pencil, tape measure).
Stages of work:
- It is necessary to disassemble the pallet into boards using pliers and a chisel.
A hammock requires 16 boards.
- The boards need to be made as smooth as possible by treating them with sandpaper or a sander.
- On each board it is necessary to mark places for holes for the rope. The distance from the hole to the edge should be more than 2 cm.
- According to the markings, you need to make holes with a drill.
The diameter of the drill should be thicker than the diameter of the rope.
- All wooden parts must be fastened together with rope.
- In the corners of the outer boards, you should drill more holes for the rope on which the hammock will hang.
Birdhouse
How more birds on the site, the fewer insect pests. To attract bird families, it is recommended to hang birdhouses.
It is necessary to make a bird house using the following scheme:
To work you will need:
- Boards 2 cm thick.
- Hammer.
- Nails, diameter about 2 mm.
Stages of work:
- You need to cut parts from the boards according to the dimensions indicated in the drawing. It is important to remember that chicks at the beginning of their lives do not have sufficient plumage, therefore, when preparing the parts and subsequent assembly of the birdhouse, cracks should not be allowed. All sides should fit tightly together.
- The construction of a birdhouse should begin with assembling the front wall with round hole and 2 side ones, located at right angles to the front.
- It is enough to drive 3-4 nails along each connection line.
- The next step is to insert the bottom between the 3 sides and nail it. Then you need to nail the 4th wall of the birdhouse to the side walls and bottom.
- To make a visor, you must first connect 2 parts (small square and rectangular). The canopy should protrude above the birdhouse at a distance of 5 to 10 cm. The longer this protruding part, the less chance the cats will get to the hole of the birdhouse.
If after nailing 2 parts there are still protruding ends of the nails, they must be bent with a hammer.
- The roof should tightly cover the birdhouse. If it doesn’t fit well or doesn’t fit completely, then you can adjust the workpiece with a chisel. Then nail it to the walls.
Wooden toys for children
Do-it-yourself wooden products for children have many advantages. They look modern, are environmentally friendly, and tactilely pleasant.
African animals
To work you will need:
- scraps of thick plywood boards,
- jigsaw,
- sandpaper.
Stages of work:
- It is necessary to make paper parts of future animals and glue them to plywood.
- Next, you should cut out the workpiece along the contour with a jigsaw.
- Using sandpaper, you need to sand each workpiece.
- To draw details (eyes, ears), you can use a burning device or paint animal faces with paints.
- To make toys last a long time, it is recommended to varnish them on top.
Domino
Dominoes are a popular game among adults and children who already know how to count.
To work you will need:
- plywood 0.5 cm thick,
- jigsaw,
- sandpaper.
- ruler,
- pencil,
- decorative outline,
- varnish (optional).
Stages of work:
- You need to cut 29 rectangles of size 4 cm * 2 cm from plywood.
- Each part must be sanded well with fine-grain sandpaper so that the wood is smooth.
- Use a pencil to mark the locations of the points.
- Using a decorative outline, you need to draw a line in the middle of the rectangle and make dots. It is recommended that before applying the outline to the part, you practice making dots in a different place in order to learn how to squeeze out the same amount of paint. Complete drying of the contour usually occurs after 12 hours.
- The top of each domino piece must be coated with varnish for wooden surfaces.
For kids, you can make an option that does not require counting skills. To do this, you need to use pictures instead of dots. For such a domino, you need to reproduce the necessary pictures on a printer and glue them. It is recommended to glue as follows.
Cover the piece of wood with PVA glue using a brush. When dry, the white glue will become transparent and act as a primer. Next, you need to place the desired picture on a piece of wood and coat it with glue on top.
The paper will get wet, so you need to move the brush carefully so as not to tear the picture. After drying, it is recommended to coat the entire wooden part PVA. The surface will become glossy and smooth, pleasant to the touch.
To make a piece of furniture out of wood with your own hands, you don’t have to be a woodworker. Having studied the basics of carpentry, you can choose simple model for beginners, and instead of a professional electric tool, use a manual one.
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DIY wood products:
Every season, designers come up with new interior design options. Some suggest using ultra-modern materials, others insist on the good old classics, and still others use used wood as decorative elements. If you look closely, the third option looks quite impressive.
1. Floor design
A creative design covering consisting of many pieces of small wooden blocks with their unique patterns - brilliant idea for decorating the floor in the hallway or covered patio in a country area.
2. Parquet on the walls
Parquet has long ceased to be a material used exclusively for flooring. Walls decorated parquet boards, folded into an original ornament, look much more impressive, making the room amazing and completely different from others.
3. Cabinet
The easiest and most practical way to use unwanted wood is to make a small cabinet out of it. The finished product can be painted and decorated to your liking, each time getting a unique item made according to a template.
4. Narrow shelves
Thick pieces of rough wood can be used to create original narrow shelves designed to accommodate dishes and decorative items.
5. Clock
An extraordinary clock in a rustic style that can be made from small pieces of wood.
6. Coffee table
From wooden blocks of different sizes you can make a completely unique coffee table that no one you know will definitely have.
7. Stairs
An interesting, unusual loft-style staircase, built from dark wooden planks, will become an amazing detail in a modern home.
8. Coffee table
Original coffee table, which you can make with your own hands from thin wooden planks and a glass tabletop. The finished product will fit into any space, regardless of its purpose and design style.
9. Rack
A completely unique shelving unit that is not difficult to make from a piece of rough wood and several narrow glass shelves.
10. Organizer
A desk organizer made from a thin piece of wood with space for a phone and a few pens will be a small but meaningful and stylish detail on your desk.
11. Frame
A massive frame made of rough boards will help transform an ordinary mirror. It’s not difficult to make such a frame yourself or buy a ready-made copy.
12. Tray
A decorative tray made from rough wood can become an eye-catching piece of home decor and a stylish base for various compositions.
13. Accent wall
Accent wall covered wooden planks, will help create coziness and bring notes of wildlife into the interior.
Wood crafts can be amazing. For example, what is a wooden mouse worth, with a full set of functions, like its well-known analogue. Only a wooden craft will always attract the attention of other people and cause admiration. This mouse was developed by Actbrise Electronics. The design of the wooden mouse is more reminiscent of Jupiter. Chinese white ash was used in production.
Or here's another option wooden crafts, which will cause delight and admiration among passersby - an MP3 player, which is made in the shape of a small camera. Made in Korea and by hand. Plays several music formats.
A wooden scooter is another designer craft that is made of wood. Has extraordinary design and rounded lines.
For those who do not welcome the use of plastic in production, the young designer offers a computer made of wood. This computer, the mouse and monitor are made of wood. The wooden keyboard is built into the tabletop.
Laptop cases made of wood are considered exquisite and status items. The covers are lined inside soft cloth to avoid scratching laptops.
DIY wood crafts
However, one should not think that wooden products will require some special skills or tools. At home, you can make exclusive things yourself that will arouse the admiration of your friends and relatives.
Wooden LED clock
This watch was originally made by Kouji Iwasaki. On the wooden panel we can see not only the time, but also the date. They have a built-in alarm clock. The four-digit version can be made independently at home.
Step-by-step instructions for producing wooden LED clocks.
- For the window you will need a thin piece of balsa. This is necessary so that the light from the clock can pass through this window unhindered.
- For the box itself you will need four plywood walls. For precise cutting, you can use a laser. In order to assemble all the walls without any problems, you can use superglue or hot glue. Remember to leave the back and front open. This is necessary in order to insert the watch there without any problems.
- Watch. After you have assembled the box, you can insert the clock into it. Using glue, fix it in the box. Make sure everything is securely fastened.
- If there is a button to turn off the alarm clock, you must make a small piece of wood for it. You need to insert this button into a specially made hole and glue it to the hour button.
- You can close the box with glue.
Your product is ready. All that remains is to connect them to the network and enjoy their work.
Magic amulet
In order to make a talisman that will protect you from evil spirits, you will need small bamboo skewers (you can use toothpicks if you want to make an amulet small size). To do this, you must first tie the sticks together, and then carefully wind the threads around them. The color of the threads can be any, depending on your preferences and tastes.
Wooden furniture
A more complex production option is wooden furniture. Unfortunately, here you need to have professional tools, as well as knowledge of carpentry.
The easiest style that a beginner can handle is the rustic style. He will be able to emphasize natural beauty rough material. Small knots and cracks are welcome here.
Wood crafts can also be made for schoolchildren. Together with your parents you can learn how to do doll furniture from twigs, tree roots. To produce a fairy gazebo you will need a small plastic cup, pebbles, twigs small size, cardboard, hot glue. Cut the cup approximately in half.
Cover it with pebbles and insert a cardboard circle on top to fit the hole. Next, you can glue small branches in a circle to create a fence. Longer branches will serve as supports for the roof, which must also be glued.
DIY wood crafts are a great opportunity to maintain your health. It is known that working with natural material helps strengthen the psychological health of the master. Each master, when making his product, puts his soul and love into it.
IN modern world There is even a Woodcarving movement that works with wood. They manage to create real works of art. After looking at their work, you may be inspired to repeat several of their works yourself or with the help of a qualified master working with natural materials.