After a night out in Reading a friend (Kat @geekonaleash) noticed a table in the bar we were in in the shape of a shirt badge and immediately began pining for it.
With a birthday coming soon i said i'd make one for her (foolishly) not having a full plan of how to do it.
First job, design and template. The design is fairly easy to copy and scale up with some subtle teaks to make it a bit more useful as a table.
Next a hardboard template for the router to follow.
Next (and i forgot to take a picture of the first part of this) cut a rough shape from two pieces of 18mm MDF which were glued together to make a substantial chunky top and clamp. You can never have enough clamps.
Once its dry, add the template and route it.
Success! One neatly trimmed table top! The next step was to route the edge over to make it slightly less sharp with a 45 degree chamfer.
Add legs and varnish, and done!
Fairly successful and reasonably sized table. I would have liked to have angled legs, but this would have posed two problems. One, the legs would be a pain to mount in a secure way and two, if someone were to inadvertently sit on it, the legs would splay out and rip them off. So no.
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