Rayan Turner

Easy DIY Wire + Wood Side Table


This post brought to you by Elmer’s ProBond Advanced. All opinions are 100% mine.

Once upon a time, I stumbled upon the most adorable wire accent table in the most fabulous shade of mint. But alas, that super cool table was only truly able to be used for drumming and the occasional furniture moving fun for my toddler, since the top was also wire by design and not a flat surface.

Of course, a tray would potentially solve the problem of items falling through, but I loved this table and wanted it to have a greater purpose in life and play a more important role in my decor. So when the time came to learn how to use my scroll saw, I decided to practice by cutting a circle from a bit of gorgeous plywood I have had for a while and that it would look amazing as a top for my pretty little mint of a table.

ProBond Advanced would allow me to secure the top to the table without having to drill through the metal of the table itself and without having to get creative with washers and screws. Neither of which seemed ideal so the prospect of a glue product that could bond the two different materials without sacrificing my table or my gorgeous plywood surface was just perfect! This glue is for projects that need to do precisely that. It will bond wood to metal or concrete or glass, any two various materials listed on the back, when using a screw or a nail isn't possible, or ideal. Just think of all of the applications. This Mixed Materials inspiration board is filled with possibilities.

I have to admit, I was a tad skeptical though because of the rounded edges of my table top wires and the minimal surface area to secure the plywood to. I just wasn't entirely sure it would have enough surface to stick to, so to speak.

I sanded my not so perfectly circular top (it takes a bit of practice learning how to steer with my saw) and got it prepped for attaching using 150 grit sandpaper followed by 180 grit paper, after I used my belt sander with 80 grit paper around the edges to perfect the actual shape of it. You can use a jig saw to cut out a circle as well, but by using a band saw or a scroll saw you will find that you really only need to sand to fix your misguided steering, which should get better with practice, and to smooth the edges. It's quite spectacular really. For those of you who prefer not to cut anything at all, not to worry... you can purchase table top rounds that are ready made and can be used right off the shelf. That would make this quite literally a 1 step project.

Once my shape looked something like a circle and was sanded to a buttery soft finish, I turned the table upside down to place it and traced the outline for gluing.

I mentioned this table being tricky, and with one larger wire around the perimeter and a small circle in the center as the two main sections for gluing, there isn't much in the way of square footage for securing it. I would be relying quite a bit on the glue itself so I wasn't expecting miracles to happen.

I figured at the least it would give this product a truly good run for it's money, so to speak. I mean, that amount of glue is less than I would use on a paper project for my kindergartner. I thought it might help to weigh it down a bit so I grabbed a heavy glass vessel I was attempting to drill through earlier in the day (a funny story for another day) and set it inside the table.

I let the glue cure for 24 hours and forgot about it actually, but when I remembered to check on it the next day I was pleasantly surprised that when I tried to carefully turn the table over and pick it up by the wire base, it didn't break apart. I gave it a tiny bit of a tug, and still no breaking. Of course at this point I was in shock and did what any normal human would do and tried wholeheartedly to pull it apart, thinking that if I was successful I could just redo it and would simply not torture the table the second time around. I would at least know it's breaking point then, right? But the crazy thing did not budge. No breaking, no cracking of the plywood around the edges, it's completely bonded.

I guess only time will tell, but I have to say, the ease of applying this product in a simple bottle that is similar to any other bottle of glue or wood glue, and the extreme bonding power it's had so far, gives me so many ideas for other projects that were hard to execute because of the attachment issue. I'm excited to give them a try!

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