How To Make Wooden Trestle Legs

A countersink drill bit makes this really easy.
How to make wooden trestle legs. Free plans by Jen Woodhouse and step-by-step tutorial by Anikas DIY Life. I made 4 extra wide. Learn how to build a beautiful DIY dining table with angled trestle legs.
The legs on the pencil marks. Screw in the 35mm screws in the pre-drilled ends and using your square ensure the cross member is perpendicular to the legs. With attention to detail these minimal timber trestles are the perfect base for your own unique table.
Then turn the trestle on its side and draw lines on the other outside faces of the legs using the lines already made as guides. Measure up 200mm this will be to the top of the rail on one end of all the leg pieces and square a pencil line across. Now lay another cross member down and fix at the top of the legs.
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How to make square pedestal table legs. In this video I walk you through my process of cutting out square pedestal table legs. This is how I make my 3x3 table or bench legs using only 2X4s and wood glue.
Cut 8 pieces of 75 x 20 at 740mm legs and 8 at 560mm cross members. To attach the 22 braces use spacers to make them centered along the 24. Simple good and versatile.