Lesson on creating an original small bench for a child with a secret box, a detailed description of the stages of working with photos

A small bench is a very useful thingapartment. In the hallway - for putting on and taking off shoes, for playing with the child, and finally - a small bench for a small child. It is not difficult to make.

Materials and tools

Let's consider making a bench from 16 mm thick multilayer plywood. (It is possible to use waste from making a beautiful stool). You will need:

• plywood with a thickness of 16 mm;
• pencil, ruler;
• electric jigsaw;
• chisel 10 mm wide, hammer;
• sandpaper of different granularity;
• PVA glue;
• furniture dowels;
• colorless varnish, brush;
• piece of particle board;
• dermatitis, foam rubber.

Manufacturing process

The height of the finished bench is approximately 27 cm. We mark the legs on a sheet of plywood.There are four of them and they are all the same. We drill out the lugs and select them with a chisel. All the legs can be placed economically on one sheet.Next, we mark out two long crossbars and two short ones. Cut out. Glue the legs and long crossbars, making sure that the crossbars do not cover the eyes.After the glue has dried, we strengthen the legs. To do this, we drill blind holes through the legs into the crossbars and install dowels with glue.We cut off the protruding parts and clean them with sandpaper. We try on the short crossbars. If necessary, we correct them with a file. If the connection is tight, we assemble them with glue. We prepare the seat. This is a piece of chipboard measuring 190 x 290 mm. On it we mark the places for the screws (self-tapping screws) with which the seat will be attached to the base.We make holes for screws on all foursides. We use screws (self-tapping screws) with a countersunk head (head). If necessary, we align the level of the base and legs with a flat grinder or manually. We mark the places for the screws. This is in the middle along the length and in the middle along the thickness of all sides of the base. We install the seat.We clean all surfaces with sandpaper,If necessary, we putty, clean, and upon reaching the desired result, we varnish. It is possible to assemble the bench with fewer parts, but with more waste. The legs and large crossbars are cut out together. The dimensions for this option are not specified, but they areeasy to calculate yourself. Prepare the soft upholstery. For this you will need 2 cm thick foam rubber measuring 190 x 290 mm and leatherette (or leatherette, or thick fabric) measuring 310 x 410 mm. Place the foam rubber on the seat, cover with leatherette, turn everything over and nail the leatherette to the seat from below or secure with a stapler. You can simply wrap the leatherette, but it is better to sew it. In principle, the bench is ready.But it can be supplemented with a little secret. Your children will really like the secret drawer. The whole secret is a sliding door. To make it, you will need a piece of the same plywood 16 mm thick and 215 x 140 mm in size. The general appearance and dimensions of the base of the secret door are shown in the picture.In the necessary places we drill with a drill of diameter10 mm and select with a chisel. You should not drill through and preferably with a feather drill, it drills not with a cone, but with a plane. We cut out the through opening with a jigsaw. The door itself is made from 3-5 mm thick plywood.Round off the corners. Make a grip from a wooden strip, glue it, you can strengthen it with toothpicks. Drill with a small suitable drill and insert toothpicks with glue.If you don’t have a drill, you can sharpen it “under”feather" nails. We cut off the protruding toothpicks and clean them with sandpaper. We put the door back in place. The catch should protrude slightly. We cover it from above with 3 - x mm plywood of the same size as the base. We make an opening in it for access inside. If the door moves freely, remove the plywood coverglue it. If the door is stuck somewhere, clean the place, lubricate the door with soap or a candle, in extreme cases, you can put thin getinax or other thin plastic with a cutout between the door and the base. Glue the plywood cover, it can be strengthened with toothpicks, like a grip on the door. When the whole structure is ready and works, we chamfer the corners a little with sandpaper so that it fits tightly from below between the crossbars. We install a secret door with glue.You can hide small toys in the resulting box, which your children and grandchildren will like. To prevent the legs from scratching the parquet, glue felt or leather pads.That's it. The little bench with a secret is ready.

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