We got a set of those folding legs used on the standard, 8-foot cafeteria tables. They’re cheap at your local hardware store and they make for a nicely portable table. Shim the support arm so the legs open up beyond 90 degrees. That gives more stability to the table. Use a good grade of 3/4″ plywood and laminate it to a 1.5″ thickness, using wood screws, which stay in afterwards, as clamps while glueing the sheets together. Jigsaw, finish, done.
Four legs in theory can give you a table that rocks if it’s not on a flat surface, but in practice a little jiggling into the dirt and it’s rock solid. Never been an issue for us. On concrete though you’re probably better off with three legs, and/or some built-in adjustability.
February 11th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
We got a set of those folding legs used on the standard, 8-foot cafeteria tables. They’re cheap at your local hardware store and they make for a nicely portable table. Shim the support arm so the legs open up beyond 90 degrees. That gives more stability to the table. Use a good grade of 3/4″ plywood and laminate it to a 1.5″ thickness, using wood screws, which stay in afterwards, as clamps while glueing the sheets together. Jigsaw, finish, done.
Four legs in theory can give you a table that rocks if it’s not on a flat surface, but in practice a little jiggling into the dirt and it’s rock solid. Never been an issue for us. On concrete though you’re probably better off with three legs, and/or some built-in adjustability.