Folding table with your own hands. Step-by-step instruction

Folding table with your own hands. Photo

Folding table for a picnic with your own hands. Step-by-step photos of

Before assembling a folding table, remember that half the success is to use quality materials. The beam and the board should have as few knots as possible, and cracks and wood stratification are not allowed. In addition to lumber, you will need fasteners, hinges, and tools to protect sawn timber from the effects of the atmosphere.

Materials needed to make the table

To make a folding table, you need to have at hand:

1. bar size 45 × 45 mm - 8 pcs.length 730 mm - for the manufacture of legs;
2. slats 45 × 20 mm: 2 x550 mm and 2 x 950 mm - to assemble the upper frame of the substructure, and 2 x 350 mm - for the swinging part;
3. plywood racks 40 × 27 mm for supports - 3 x 450 mm;
4. 18 mm plywood with dimensions: - 985 × 585 - sheet for countertops - 2 sheets of 985 × 530 for swinging parts - 1 sheet of 885 × 481 mm for the shelf;
5. rack 440 × 40 mm as a cross member;
6. 2 slats 450 × 40 mm for lateral support elements;
7. 4 hinges 60 × 34 mm for fastening table covers;
8. 4 hinges 80 × 41 mm for folding legs;
9. screws made of galvanized or stainless steel;
10. metal dowels for mounting shelves.

When cutting the workpiece, try to ensure that the corners of all parts and their ends have right angles .To do this, use a carpenter, and in its absence, you can apply a corner of the sheet material of the factory cut.

Folding table with your own hands on drawings. Photo

Assembly instruction

Before assembling the folding table with your own hands, must prepare the parts from the bar for installation. For this purpose, a groove with a width of up to 20 mm and a depth to the middle of the workpiece( 22.5 mm) is cut out on each part of the frame. From the edge to the groove measure the same distance - 30-40 mm.

Step-by-step photo how to make a folding table for a picnic

After all the grooves have been cut out, holes are drilled to connect the parts together, as well as fixing the legs.

To avoid skewing the frame when making a folding table with your own hands, cross cuts are made on each leg, which will include the corners of the frame during installation. In more detail, this process can be considered in the presented figures.

Properly prepared parts are the key to quality assembly, so it is desirable to use quality equipment - a good circular saw, drill, chisel set and other carpentry tools.

Assemble the upper frame substructures ( the usual name for the frame of the countertop).To do this, the slats are assembled in a groove and fixed with furniture fittings( self-tapping screws);

support legs are installed on the assembled frame, combining the sawn parts with frame rails.

The corners of the plywood shelf make cutouts for supports. To fix the plate at a distance of 220 mm from the edge of the legs is installed metal dowels .

Assemble the retractable support elements. To do this, the remaining bars are connected in pairs by racks installed in the grooves, fixing the junction points with confirmations.

Sanding and progruntovav table top and other details, begin to paint the footboard, racks and countertops.

Mount shelf spreader. Side jumpers attach to the table frame. The support bars are attached to the shelf, for which holes are drilled in it. Remember that this work requires special care, because even small offsets can affect the geometry of the table.

A jumper is mounted to the frame of the table, after which three additional spacers are attached.

Extension legs on hinges attach to external spacers.

The main and folding parts of the table top are screwed to the hinges.

The table top is mounted on the frame , after which the middle part is fixed to the frame with screws.

The table assembled in accordance with our instructions will have sufficient strength and reliability. The main thing to do the work in stages, in the sequence presented. Processing and coloring must be carried out before assembly. Otherwise, you will not be able to paint the individual parts neatly and the finished product will not look elegant and effective.

Transformer table with your own hands.

instruction The sliding table has a solid, stable structure, and even the beginner can master its assembly. In the folded state, the dimensions of the table top are 1200 × 700 mm. After the table cover has been opened, a special insert is installed in the opening, resulting in a length of 1670 mm. This makes it possible to additionally place two adults at the table.

Tools and materials

Before going to the construction market, write down what parts and materials are needed to assemble the table with a sliding lid:

• laminated chipboard with a thickness of 25 mm;
• PVC strip for edge pasting up to 2 mm thick;
• aluminum corners in the size 50 × 50 mm - 4 pcs.500 mm each;
• telescopic guides for drawers with a length of 500 mm - 2 pcs.;
• furniture legs with a diameter of more than 60 mm - 4 pcs.length of 710 mm;
• lock-latch for the box - 6 pcs.;
• 10 mm screws with M4 thread;
• self-tapping screws 16 × 3 mm and 20 × 4 mm.

For work it is necessary to prepare such equipment and tools:

• milling cutter;
• electric jig saw with a set of saws for plywood and chipboard( fine tooth);
• circular saw;
• electric drill and set of drills;
• screwdriver or set of screwdrivers;
• hair dryer or iron;
• knife wallpaper;
• level is bubble;
• clamps;
• measuring tool, pencil.

Before starting to cut the material, make a drawing of the table according to your size or use the design that we proposed. In this case, the dimensions of the components of the top cover are indicated in the drawings.

Transformer table. Drawings

How to make the folding table

Step 1. Make the marking sheet material, and then cut out the workpiece pieces from the chipboard - an insert size of 700 × 470 mm, as well as two halves of the table top with a size of 700 × 470 mm. You can avoid chipping on the surface of the chipboard using a jigsaw with a special nail file with a low-profile tooth. In addition to the place of the cut, you can paste a paint tape that will prevent the lining of the facing layer.

To smoothly cut the slab, it is fastened with clamps to the workbench and level the edge. The tool should be kept slowly, constantly monitoring the quality of the cut.

Stage 2. The is machined with a milling cutter to produce perfectly flat lateral surfaces. This tool also works slowly and accurately.

Stage 3. Pasting of the ends of the table top with PVC edge. The workpiece is attached with a clamp, cut off and the edge is applied to the side surface of the plate. After that, it is heated with a construction hair dryer or iron and smoothed. After the material has solidified, the projecting edge of the edge is cut with a knife.

Stage 4. Process all sharp edges and corners of aluminum corners.

Manufacture of a transformer table. Photo

Stage 5. At each corner mark the middle and measure 25 mm from each edge.

Step 6. Each side of the furniture guides is applied to the corner and marks the places of their fastening. In the planned points corners are drilled. To prevent the drill from slipping along the aluminum, the setting positions are cored. Angles and guides are connected with bolts.

Stage 7. The received guide structures lay the on a flat substrate as follows: the corners connected to the inner rails( thin) are positioned inward towards each other, and the corners to which the outer guides( fixed, thicker) are attached to the outside. After this, 4 holes are drilled in the movable and immovable aluminum parts.

Step 8. Both worktops are laid face-up on a workbench or other flat surface. From the top, at a distance of 80 mm from the sides of the panels set sliding guides( movable, thin part inside).In this case, the joint between the halves of the table top should fall on the middle of each guide.

Stage 9. The fixed half of the telescopic of the guide is attached to the left half of the table cover, and the movable one to the right side of the table. For this, self-tapping screws 20 × 4 mm are used.

Stage 10. Close to the sliding system, the latches and hinges are mounted.

Stage 11. With the latches open, both parts of the counter are moved apart and the additional panel is laid. After that, all the elements of the table cover are shifted to form an even, without gap, surface.

Step 12. Additional latch loops are installed on the middle part of the table top. The received fastening will allow to fix a table both in the opened, and in the collected condition.

Stage 13. 20 mm self-tapping screws attach the legs to the table top.

After assembling the folding table with your own hands, be sure to check the design for the strength of the in the extended and folded position. Only after testing the table can be considered usable and installed in a permanent place.