Art Tables: Attaching the Tops

      Attaching the MDF tops was easy.  I had already cut the MDF to size, rounded over the edges with the router, and put multiple layers of polyurethane coating on both the top and underside.

     I moved the upside down tops onto 6 stools each and hoisted the frames onto them.  Centering, drilling and screwing down the frames went quickly.  Unfortunately I did it late Sunday afternoon.  There were many hours still left to assemble the tables completely.  I had hoped to have the tables ready for class monday morning, but as it turned out, we used them without the lower shelves for the first few days.
     The school drills lacked power, so the "high torque" made it possible to actually drive the screw with a pilot hole.