A table is a place where we eat, do homework, play board games or just spend time on a laptop. In almost every apartment we can see a folding table, which is used for its intended purpose only when a huge number of guests gather in the apartment. But what about dinner with a big friendly family, at the table at night. There are many situations when a large table is simply necessary, but on other days there is simply no place for it.
If you want to make such a table do it yourselfthen watch the video:
To make a folding table we need:
- a wooden board 70 cm wide;
- wooden shield 120 by 60 cm;
- a circular saw;
- screwdriver;
- drill;
- angular loops;
- self-tapping screws;
- a pencil;
- ruler;
- roulette.
To begin with, we will mark the folding parts of the table with a length of 30 centimeters and cut them at an angle of 45 degrees with a circular saw. If your edges are not quite even, then you can process them with sandpaper.
Now we connect the tabletop and the folding parts with loops. It is important to know that if you drive screws into the wood with a screwdriver, then it can crack. It is better to initially make a hole in the countertop with a drill, well, and then already drive the screws into it.
The whole tabletop is ready, now we need to cut out a support for it - legs for the table. The length of each leg will be exactly 64 centimeters. It’s better to measure each leg several times so that later you don’t have to file.
Now we fix the legs of the table to the countertop so that when folded they cross. So that the legs do not crack in the place of screwing, we make holes with a drill.
We make stops for legs with angles of 90, 60 and 30 degrees. We should get a kind of triangle.
We connect the legs with the stops. We need them so that the table does not tip over at the most inopportune moment.
We fix the legs to the table. We do this carefully so as not to accidentally damage the legs and not allow them to crack.
It remains to cut off the jumpers for the legs and fix them with screws. Choose self-tapping screws by size, too small will not hold, and too large will pierce the tree through.
All our table is ready, now you can invite a large number of guests and not be afraid that you will not have enough space.