Epic "pop Out" Bed Side Table

Here is how I made a floating bedside table with and open front and a frame/skeleton that "pops out"

Tools:

Miter saw

Bandsaw

Table saw

Drill

Orbital sander and sanding disks from 120 to 240

Stain, oil or wax of your choice for finishing

Clamps

This table is 800mm high and 600mm by 600mm square,

Cut list:

you will be building around a square piece of wood because if you put the square piece of wood in after you built the frame there would be no way of holding the bottom piece in place(unless you use a flat bracket or something like that,

For the bottom block you will need a square,

It is 520mm by 520mm square by 40mm high, this will match up your frame perfectly around the bottom piece,

The uprights for the frame, you will need,

40mm by 40mm square by 800mm high, four of these, and you will need to cut small dado groves in each one of these uprights for the panels to slot into, that is why there is the random measurement of 544mm for the length of the panel, and also you will need to cut two 45 degree angles into one end of the block and do this for all four pieces,

For the top and bottom square of the frame you will need

40mm by 40mm square by 600mmm high, eight of these, four of these blocks need 45 degree miters on both ends to fit into the top of the 40mm by 40mm square by 800mm high block which also have miters in them,

Panels for the side, you will need,

Panels that are 544mm long by 720mm high, three of these

The top piece will be a square of your choice wood that is,

600mm by 600mm square and 30mm high

The "floater" block is,

400mm by 400mm square by 45mm high

and that completes the cut list.....

I couldn't build around the bottom block in on cad but, I will in real life,

So, you get your bottom block and and grab four of the eight 40mm by 40mm square by 600mm high blocks and then you will need to one by one put them around the bottom piece, the join is up to you, but if you chose a dowel joint or anything like that it has to be pretty perfect, so in my opinion just use glue and biscuit join but its entirely up to you what you want to use to joint it together, after attaching the four bocks to the bottom piece you will have something with four corners with right angles in them and these are the places to put your four 40mm by 400mm square by 800mm high blocks upright with the dado joins (you can see those in the first photo) facing towards the center of the frame, also before you put these in you want to have mate 45 degree miters on the two sides of the top of the upright 400mm by 40mm square by 800mm high, to create and aesthetically pleasing join for the top of the frame, and again the joins are entirely up to you and these are quite hard again but you can always use butt joins anyway, once these are secured in place with a join of your choice you should have a frame in place with the bottom piece attached to four 400mm by 40mm by 600mm blocks and then four dado slotted miter topped 40mm by 40mm square by 800mm high blocks, and finally 4 more double mitered on both ends, 40mm by 40mm square by 600mm high block to slot horizontally at the top into the 40mm by 40mm square by 800mm high blocks uprights with miters on them, after all this it should look like the frame in the pictures....

This step is simple, just slot your side panels into the dado grooves on the inside with a little bit of wood glue and tack them in place do this for all sides apart from the one side you want open, you finished panels should look like the picture, panels finished!

Another easy part, just get you 600mm by 600mm top and glue it on top, I will be using dowel joints because it will be more solid but these are very hard and glue will work just fine, your top and table should look just like the picture...

The final step before the oil, stain or wax finishing, basically just get the 400mm by 400mm square by 45mm high block and attach using a joint of your choice or glue will be fine, I made the floater with no middle because I could hide emergency or precious items in the bottom if needed, After this step just apply a wax, stain or oil of your choice, and there is you finished bedside table!!! hope my instructions were clear, the joins match up and everything measured correctly, if not correct me ASAP, I will upload proper photos soon so stay tuned for that, Thanks legends and see you in the next project!!!