Alas, but not always in the apartment is the opportunity to put all the necessary furniture. Dimensional table clutters the space, makes a small kitchenette uncomfortable, but you can not do without it, especially when you have to take a company of friends. Here also it is necessary to search in shops various transformers which can be folded and hidden in a corner if necessary. But such things are easy to make by yourself. Many of them do not require complex skills and ingenious tools in the manufacture. We offer you a simple instruction that will help make a comfortable table for your city kitchen or dacha.
How to make a folding table with your own hands?
- The following materials are suitable for work: a board (7 cm wide), a wooden shield (120x60 cm), a screwdriver, a manual circular saw, a drill, loops, screws, a pencil for marking, a tape measure, a ruler.
- The folding pieces will be 30 cm long. We make a marking and cut the workpiece with a circular saw.
- Cutting is best done at an angle of 45 °, then carefully finishing the edges with sandpaper.
- The parts of the counter are connected with metal loops.
- To prevent cracking of the holes under the fasteners, we first perform the drill.
- The length of the legs is 64 cm. We cut off the blanks for the feet of the kitchen table, which we do by our own hands. The cutting is performed at an angle of 30 °.
- After fitting, you can attach the legs to the table top.
- The main task is to mount the table so that the legs fold easily when folded.
- Preliminary in the place of fastening, we make a hole at an angle with an electric drill.
- Next, you need to make triangular stops with angles of 90 °, 60 ° and 30 °.
- We connect the legs with the cut-off pins with self-tapping screws.
- Then we screw them to the table top.
- We already have an interesting design, but it is still unstable. Therefore it is desirable to make jumpers for the legs, fixing them with screws.
- With such lintels, a folding table made of wood, assembled by one's own hands, will be much stronger.
- This is how the product looks in its unfolded form.
- If the hinges are lubricated and everything is adjusted correctly, our design will be folded effortlessly.
- The work is finished. As you can see, in the assembled state our folding wooden table made by our own hands occupies a little more space than a small stool.
Tips for making folding tables
Furniture transformer is preferably made of lightweight but durable material. If you plan to operate it on the street, then it's better to find plastic for the countertop. It does not spoil from moisture and has a small weight. If only a tree is at hand, it should first be primed and then varnished or painted. Plywood or laminated chipboard is suitable for home use. The legs can be made not only from wood, for this purpose aluminum or a thin-walled metal pipe is suitable. The shape of the table is round, oval, but more practical and universal is still a rectangular table top.
If you plan to use the product mainly on uneven surfaces (picnics, fishing, tourist trips to nature), it is better to design your own hands a folding table with adjustable and removable legs. It should be understood that in addition to the appearance of a huge role in the transformers is not only the appearance, but also the structure of the frame. For example, the cross-shaped legs are less convenient, but they will ensure a good stability of your design. It is absolutely not necessary to invent some incredible mechanisms, the main thing is the reliability and simplicity with which your table will be formed, it is such products that serve for years and do not fail their owners.