How to Fix a Round Table Top to a Base

A round table facilitates conversations for social gatherings, making it suitable for the living room or the dining room. A round table top also adds curves to the room and lets the foot traffic flow better. Using a pedestal base rather than legs for your round table top allows more space for legs and lets you include more people at the table. If you already have a round table top, make it functional by attaching it to a base.

Table base
Table top
Drop cloth
Drill
Screws

Instructions

- 1
  Choose a base for your round table top. You could use prefabricated table bases from lumberyards or home improvement stores. For a green alternative, you may reuse any stable item, such as salvaged cable reels.
- 2
  Place the table top upside down on a smooth work surface. You could lay a drop cloth underneath, for example, to prevent the floor from scratching the table top.
- 3
  Place the base of the table upside down on the table top, centering its position carefully. If your table top has a pattern, adjust the position of the base to complement the pattern. For example, you could align the table base and the pattern on the table top if they are similarly shaped.
- 4
  Drill pilot holes through the table base and into the table top, making sure that you don't drill past the top surface of the table top. If you buy a prefabricated table base, it may already have pre-drilled screw holes, so just align the pilot holes with the pre-drilled screw holes. At the very least, you need to drill at least four pilot holes with equal distance between them.
- 5
  Drive 1 1/2-inch or 2-inch screws through the table base and into the table top to fasten the two together.

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