• Kids
• Play table
• Maple
• Birch plywood
• Storage
• Bins

Maple building-brick table with bins

A child-height building table with six baseplates set inside a raised maple rim, so bricks stay on the table instead of underfoot, and eight colour-coded bins that slide out on maple runners from both long sides - sort by colour, tip a bin onto the top, slide it back. A plywood shelf below takes the big boxes and the half-built models.

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At a glance

Overall W x D x H

1000 x 620 x 522 mm39 3/8" x 24 7/16" x 20 9/16"

Parts to cut

59

Build steps

30

Boards

5

Sheets

3

Solid wood

5.3 bd ft

Weight

32.1 kg71 lb

Materials

• Birch plywood
• Hard maple

Finish

• Finishing oil - Hardwax oil, matt, toy-safe, satin
• Clear finish - Water-based clear lacquer, matt, toy-saf, matte
• Paint - mustard, toy-safe, satin
• Paint - tomato red, toy-safe, satin
• Paint - deep teal, toy-safe, satin
• Paint - sky blue, toy-safe, satin

Tools

• Saw
• Square
• Tape
• Chisel
• Clamps
• Drill
• Dowel jig
• Router
• Table saw
• Sandpaper
• Brush

Hardware and fittings

• 6 x Building-brick baseplate, 32 x 32 studs, 255mm square, sage grey

Cut list

The first 3 of 27 lines, in millimetres (inches below), finished size including joint allowances.

The 3D model

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