Laptop table with own hands

The era of personal computers is already coming to an end. Their place was occupied by modern laptops, which are in no way inferior in power and functionality of PC, but in operation they are much more convenient. But keeping the device on your lap while you work is not the best option. It's inconvenient, and the laptop is warming up because of this more. About how not to spend a lot of money and make a comfortable table for the laptop with your own hand, we'll talk further.

In fact, people working at a computer, tools in their hands are rarely taken, but with this instruction you can really make a beautiful and practical folding table for a laptop even withoutany skills in working with wood.

Material selection

Material wood

You will need two wooden boards with medium sized knots. Excellent for a table suitable pine. It is strong enough and light. Future table can easily carry a girl or child. The size of the shields should be chosen according to the size of the future table. For a small bedside table, you will need a shield with dimensions of 30x100 cm. You, in fact, need to make only the legs and countertop, so a lot of material will not be needed. Wooden shields are optional. Plywood or chipboard is quite suitable. It will cost less, but the product will be less attractive visually.

Paint for a table

Paint choice is a simple matter. In the store, choose the color that will harmoniously merge with the interior of your room. Please note that the color of the paint itself and the final result can vary significantly. We advise you to buy it in shops where there are samples of painted surfaces. It will be more convenient to take a quick-drying paint, but this is uncritical.

Let's get to work. Sketch and its transfer to a tree

• To make a table for a laptop with your own hands, you will need drawings. Naturally, drawing is not the strongest side of many contemporaries, so find on the Internet a drawing of the table in size and shape. Today they are many and without any problems you can find the best option.
• Print out the sketch on a large-format printer and transfer it to a wooden surface with a simple pencil. You can even skip the sketch, and use the ruler to arrange control points and connect them by hand. But there is a chance to miss a bit, because of what the shape of the table will be uneven.

Advice: it's better not to be lazy and make the right pattern in any convenient way, after which the drawing can already be transferred to a tree. It is also better to take the lineup more authentic, in order to less bother with permutations and intermediate marks. So it will be easier and faster.

Sawing, painting and varnishing

• Sawing shapes is one of the most difficult parts of the job. The best option is to use an electric jig saw. You can do it manually, but you will spend much more time and effort. And the result may be an order of magnitude worse. The main convenience of the jigsaw is that you can saw and unfold the shield at the same time. This allows you to make smooth curves and even angles, even without special skills in woodworking. Do not hurry. Look, do you really go along the line drawn. It's better if you go beyond the line, than grab a piece larger than necessary. Check with the drawing. He is your insurance. Therefore, the drawing that you transferred to the tree must be identical to what is on the paper. For convenience, you can fix a sheet with a drawing on a wooden shield with adhesive tape and cut it already along it. So you will be sure that the drawing is correct. During sawing, the shield can be placed on two kitchen stools, leaving a gap between them where the saw-blade will go. The workpiece can thus be conveniently rotated as needed. If you do not have enough experience, we recommend starting with less noticeable details. The worktop leave for later, and start with the legs. On them not so will be noticeable "flaws" of sawing. This also applies to drawing and painting.

• Sanding of the surface. It is very good to have a machine-tool at hand. Pull the skin on the rotating shafts and secure it. Work carefully, so that the cloth does not tear. Otherwise, you have to either change it, or manually doskurize. This will take an order of magnitude more time. It is best to have several skins with different grains. Coarse-grained skin is suitable for removing basic flaws when cutting, and fine - to make the surface perfectly smooth and pleasant to the touch. Such a wooden table for the laptop will be not only convenient, but also really beautiful in appearance.
• Painting. It is best to apply the paint in several layers. Many types of wood absorb the moisture well, because of which the paint dries up when it dries up in places. Most paints dry for a couple of hours, but it's best to leave the painted surfaces dry for the night, so that it's better to see if you need to brush them again. Sometimes the paint after the first drying is barely noticeable. Do not be upset. I still have to repaint it. Also, quite often after the first painting, the tree slightly "bristles".It is possible to hope that as a result the varnish will block the bristles, but we recommend once again to sand the surface with a fine-grained sandpaper. Do not worry, you will not have to repeat the procedure indefinitely. During the second painting the tree no longer absorbs the paint so actively.

Please note that when working with a brush, you need to drive only along the fibers. At the same time, make sure that there is no staining. Begin with less visible places, and after training, proceed to more responsible elements. Very good, if you use brushes of different sizes. One can do without, but for the ends and surfaces it is better to use different ones.

• Lacquering. To make the table stand for a laptop even more attractive in appearance, after drying the paint, we recommend to open it with a varnish. An excellent option will be a matte colorless varnish. But you can choose any in the store. Today, gloss and semi-gloss are also popular. Apply the varnish as much as the paint itself. The lacquer itself is not absorbed into the wood, so the lacquering process is much faster and easier. But smudges also need to beware, and varnish must also be applied along the fibers, rather than across.

Assembly table

In order not to be mistaken, always make measurements with a ruler. Do not rush, double-check everything. Fold and spread the legs, bringing them to the attachment point, but not yet screwing. Make sure that they really stand symmetrically and fit exactly. When you put them correctly, make notes for yourself with a marker, a simple pencil or place small serifs with something sharp. Then you just need to screw the hinges with screws. The main thing here is not to go too far with the long screwed screws, so that they do not get out of the table top or legs.

At desire it is possible even to make in a table-top a deepening under a cup that will not be superfluous. To do this, it is simplest to drill a through hole of a suitable diameter and paste a plastic container there, then paint over with the same paint and open with a varnish. Such a table would be ideal for fans to lie comfortably in bed with a laptop and a cup of coffee.

Tip: if you want to get a table with a slope, the front legs can be slightly podpilit at one level, and on the part of the countertop close to you to fix the bar so that the laptop does not move.

The main advantage of a table of this design is minimum dimensions when folded and low weight. If you are thinking about making a transformer for a laptop yourself, take into account that the functional in a more complex design is not much bigger, and there is a lot of fuss.

Anyway, now you know how to make a table for a laptop in just a couple of days. Regardless of the selected sketch, the creation process is almost identical. Usually it is complicated only by the amount of material used and the greater complexity of painting. Such a table will cost you 5-6 times cheaper than the purchased one, but in terms of convenience and functionality nothing is inferior. You can take it with you to the country or to nature and be proud that you yourself created an excellent piece of the interior yourself.