Wooden Lazy Susan From Scrap Wood
9 Materials
$15
2 Hours
Easy
My workshop always has a steady supply of scrap wood, so I decided to build something with it. I came up with this Wooden Lazy Susan. This is a simple build and only requires a couple of tools. Here is how I did it!
The first thing to do is cut out your circle. I took a piece of twine and attached a pen to the end of it. Once I found the center of the circle, I drove a screw into the wood and placed the twine around it. Use the pen to mark the circle while holding the twine taught.
Using a jigsaw, I cut out the circle. Using clamps at this step really helps to keep the board steady. You can move the wood and clamps around in different positions depending where you are at in cutting the circle.
Once the circle was cut, I sanded the entire piece, making sure to get the edge. This will be front and center when the project is done, so it needs to be pretty! Sander I used is here.
Now on to the finishing. I used Danish oil for this project in natural. I wanted something to keep the wood it's natural color, but something to protect it at the same time. I used two coats total giving about 15 minutes between coats to soak into the wood.
After the second coat was dry to the touch, I added the Lazy Susan hardware. The hardware I used can be found here. This is meant to have another piece of wood placed on the bottom, but I placed rubber bumpers on mine instead to protect the table. If you want to add another piece of wood to the bottom of the bracket, this will need to be done before attaching the top piece.
That's all there is to making a wooden Lazy Susan. This is a quick weekend project and a great way to use up some of that scrap wood in the workshop. Enjoy building!
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IKEA - $10. It's been on my dining room table for about 12 years.
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Ikea does make some good stuff, but I build because I enjoy it!
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I really like this. The wood is beautiful! I want to try this.
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Thanks Glenda, and go for it!
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