Folding Work Table and Storage Bracket

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1 Design

This is the start of a blog series on my Folding Work Table and Storage Bracket project.   I’ll preface this section by repeating that, for the mos...

2 I-beams

The heart of the table is a support structure for the thin plywood top, and the heart of the support structure is a lattice of I-beams. Each I-beam...

3 Support Structure

 [01.06 Folding Work Table - Top and Support Structure.jpg]   Before I started assembling the support structure, I cut 10-degree bevels on the bott...

4 Tabletop

  [01.06 Folding Work Table - Top and Support Structure.jpg]   The tabletop is just a 1/4" plywood panel with a 2” wide sassafras frame. The frame ...

5 Legs

 [01.07 Folding Work Table - Leg.jpg]   The legs are frame-and-panel assemblies. They were a bit of work to build because of the tapers and X-brace...

6 Finishing and Final Assembly

Because the tables will reside in an unheated garage, I decided to finish all surfaces with three coats of water-based poly (General Finishes High ...

7 Storage Bracket

[01.09 Folding Work Table Mounting Bracket.jpg]    A section of the wall on the front side of the garage was just the right size for the tables. I ...

8 Leg Locks

As soon as I assembled the tables, I encountered a problem. Once the tables were on the ground, they were stable. Getting them there was like what ...