How To Make Tailgate Bench
Slide the 1 8 pipe through all three pieces like so.
How to make tailgate bench. This is a christmas present for my wife. I bought the tailgate tailgate band and a chevy grill off of craisglist for 30. I stumbled upon and old chevy while exploring our land with my young sons and so the project began. To attach the tailgate to the bench i used 2 lag bolts at the top of the tailgate and 1 1 2 corner braces.
I told nick of my plans to build a simple bench and how i wasn t planning to blog about it. I know it wasn t ideal to have to drill holes into the bottom of the tailgate but i couldn t find any other way to attach it. So then it sat propped up against the side of the garage for months. What better way to display it than to make an awesome sitting bench out of it.
Once both ends are drilled lay tailgate and angles out flat on table or floor like so to make assembly easy. Learn how to build a rustic tailgate bench with this simple to follow tutorial including the detailed build instructions. How to make a tailgate bench. A tailgate bench is an instant conversation starter and a fun furniture project to build.
She pinned this sometime back and has forgotten about it. She stumbled upon it last summer and thought it would make a great bench. The frame is made from 2 x2 x14 gauge tubing 1 x1 x1 8 angle and 1 x6 pine boards. Hopefully all of the classic car truck enthusiasts can forgive me.
And i said i can totttttaly make it a bench with my mad skills. Find and save ideas about tailgate bench on pinterest. Place flat washer on one end of pipe and drill a hole through your pipe with a 1 8 drill bit. This video shows the steps i took to construct mine.
After finding an old beat up tailgate sitting in a junk pile i decided it needed to be made into something cool.