Build a Reclaimed Wood Dining Table

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Published on February 11, 2013
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This article originally appeared on Instructables and is reposted with permission from the author.

I recently moved into my first house and was in need of a dining room table. I saw a picture of a table that used an old section of bowling lane for its top and decided that I’d like to build something similar for myself.

 With about 30 hours of work over a few months, I was able to turn a tattered piece of wood into a beautiful, sturdy table that should never need replacement.   

To find the lane section, I did a Craigslist search for bowling lanes and happened to find a guy about 50 miles away from me who was selling lane sections that he procured during a demolition job. I paid about $300 for an 8-foot section with the arrow inlays. The section was about 2.5 inches thick and weighed about 250 pounds.

I’ve included a .dxf (AutoCAD) file of the wooden leg parts on Instructables so that anyone can build one if they’d like. But you also could easily recycle legs from another old piece of furniture to make this table, however, make sure any substitute is sturdy as the top may weigh over 250 pounds.

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