Factory Cart Coffee Table

Build the perimeter frame from the 1x8 sides and ends with 1-3/4" self-tapping screws and glue, three screws per joint.

Square the frame by measuring opposite diagonals and pushing the longer-diagonal corners together until the two measurements match. Then add the 45°-mitered corner braces to lock the square and give the industrial cart look.

Flip the frame over and add the center support under where the tabletop boards will run, giving the middle of the top something to fasten to.

Lay out the seven top boards so they overhang evenly, keeping an even gap on all four outsides — the gaps are part of the factory-cart look. Screw down with two screws per joint.

Sand and finish, then attach the four 5" caster wheels to the base with the screws that come with them — drive all of them, since the wheels carry the table's whole weight.