Better Homes and Gardens (Australia)
EASY STEPS TO BUILD YOUR KIDS’ CAFE
Gather your supplies
• 2400 x 1200 x 15mm plywood
• 70 x 35mm x 2.4m pine
• 70 x 45mm x 2.4m dressed pine (4)
• 1200 x 405 x 18mm Hevea finger jointed panel
• 2400 x 1200 x 12mm plywood
• 2400 x 1200 x 9mm EASYREGENCY decorative MDF panel
• 30 x 30mm x 3m external corner moulding
• 42 x 11mm x 2.7m primed pine
• 900 x 600 x 6mm MDF
You’ll also need PVA glue; drill; countersinking drill bit; 50, 100, 25 and 16mm screws; adhesive felt; clear varnish; painting equipment; mitre saw; marker; circular saw; trimmer fied with a chamfer bit; Spakfilla; sandpaper; undercoat; Dulux semi-gloss paint in Vivid White, Fairy Wings Half (pink) and Karma (light blue); jigsaw; clamps; 25mm nails; hammer; construction adhesive; caulking gun; masking tape; chalkboard paint; double-sided tape
For you to note
Please read the project in full before starting work. Where the painting instructions aren’t specified within the steps, you need to undercoat and paint the components before assembly, following the blue and pink colour selections as shown in the diagram at right.
Components
ITEM
A Sides
B Front
C Front base support
D Side base supports
E Base
F Divider
G Top
H Feet
I Posts
J Raers
K Braces
L Cross rails
M Benchtop
N Roof panel
O Roof shingles
P Roof baen
Q Ridge capping
R Barge boards
S Front face panel
T Large side face panels
U Small side face panels
V Corner cover strips
W Blackboard backing panel
X Blackboard
Here’s how
STEP 1 Spread glue along 1 long edge of side (A) and bu into the front (B) flush with 1 end. Predrill through front into side using a countersinking drill bit, then
SIZE
375 x 565 x 15mm 1170 x 565 x 15mm 70 x 35 x 1140mm 70 x 35 x 325mm 1140 x 375 x 15mm 515 x 220 x 15mm 1170 x 390 x 15mm 100 x 50 x 15mm 70 x 45 x 1445mm 70 x 45 x 647mm 70 x 45 x 385mm 70 x 45 x 1170 1200 x 405 x 18mm 1330 x 665 x 12mm 1200 x 150 x 9mm 1330 x 20 x 9mm 30 x 30 x 1330mm 42 x 11 x 680mm 1170 x 565 x 9mm 280 x 565 x 9mm 40 x 565 x 9mm 30 x 30 x 565mm 580 x 305 x 15mm 540 x 265 x 6mm
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