How to make a table-transformer yourself?

Have you longed for a folding table? Can not find a suitable model? Do not despair. After all, it is possible to make a table-transformer yourself.

Advantages of transformer tables

The modern world is full of technical innovations. This applies not only to electronics, but also to furniture. At the height of popularity, it is furniture-transformer. Especially it concerns tables. They can be put in any room: living room, kitchen, dining room. Due to the compactness of this furniture, you have a great opportunity to save a large amount of space. In addition, it can carry several functions at once. For example, today the table-bed-transformer is in great demand. You can also do it with your own hands. During the day you can sit down with him for all your friends and have a meal, but at night this table turns into a bed on which you rest easy. It is interesting, is not it?

Particularly relevant tables are transformers for small kitchens. Their functionality depends on the mechanisms that are the most important aspect of such furniture.

Often, these tables change not only in size, but also in purpose. So, for example, a small box that can serve as a chair can easily turn into a festive dining table. Now you can organize a feast and not worry that you have nowhere to seat the guests.

What is the secret mechanism of the tables-transformers

The mechanism for the transformer table is so simple that even a child can cope with it. It works with special built-in iron parts that drive certain parts of your desk, thus turning it into a powerful and large one.

As a rule, today the shops offer a wide choice of modern folding furniture. It is strong and everyone can please with its long service life. In addition, the furniture-transformer can please with its wide choice in the color solution. Thus, you can choose the shade that suits your interior.

The only drawback is the high cost. Not every average citizen of our country can afford to purchase this element of the interior. But those who want to acquire it, we propose to make a table-transformer yourself.

How to make a table yourself: materials and tools

Before you make a dining table-transformer yourself, you must make all the calculations correctly and prepare a drawing. There are certain parameters of this product: the height is 75 cm, the width is 80 cm, the length of the tabletop is 152 cm. Therefore, you will make a table of such dimensions or deviate from them a little, but you need to start from these parameters.

For a basis of such furniture it is necessary to stop the choice on moisture-proof ЛДСП, though невлагостойкий it is also supposed. The fastener in this case is 12 pieces of butterfly loops in the size of 4.5 cm.

To attach the table top to the side parts of the table you need 4 corners. In addition, there are also needed 2 corner-limiter.

We collect a table-book

The first thing you have to do is to process the cuts with a melamine edge. To do this, use a simple iron. The material, which was superfluous, is removed with the help of an acute construction knife.

Then start the assembly from the legs. Attach the hinges using special modern screws. The mechanism for the transformer table is ready. For aesthetic appearance confirmations are closed with plugs.

Take the lower edge, which should be the bottom of the table, and the two side walls. Fasten them so that the edge is 10 cm from the floor. The edge must be between the walls. Take the second crossbar and fix it with the side parts parallel to the first. It should be about 40-45 cm from the floor. Here it is worth considering the moment that the distance from the ends of the inner edges to the lateral ends of the side walls should be approximately 3 cm less. Otherwise, the wings of the table top will not be snugly and freely adjacent to the base of the table when folded.

After that, on each side, first attach a small parallel to the inner ribs in the middle, and then two large parts of the countertop along the sides.

Reinforce the legs and twist all the mechanisms.

One table-transformer, made by hand, ready.

What is necessary for a folding table for a kitchen

Table-transformer for the kitchen - the leader in saving space. It is ideal for small rooms, since its base is attached to the wall.

In order to make such a round table-transformer with your own hands, you need to have at hand the following of its components: the supporting part, the two struts, the shelves and the rounded tabletop on one side.

First, prepare a drawing with the dimensions you need. For the material it is better to take a laminated chipboard with a thickness of at least 1.5 cm. But if you do not have one, then it can be replaced with glued plywood or planed boards. But in the latter case they must be wiped with the help of fine sandpaper. In addition, such material requires painting or varnishing.

We are assembling the kitchen folding table

The base is attached to the wall by a hanging method. To do this, experts advise the use of special anchors. And its parts are assembled with screws and piano loops. This process is less labor-intensive than the previous one, but still requires a lot of effort and attention.

So, the mechanism of the table-transformer, made by hand, in this case is enclosed only in the fastening of movable elements to the base, which already snug against the wall. After the ends are pasted with an edge, staple the back surface and fix the shelf parallel to the top of the small part of the countertop, fix it with screws. Then follow the above instructions and continue to fasten parts of the table one after another.

The choice of mechanism and design of a coffee table-transformer

Before you make a transformer log yourself, you need to determine its functionality, which fully depends on what mechanism for the transformer table you choose. After all, its appearance (with a spring or gas lift) directly affects how your table will fold and unfold.

Specialists recommend using a spring mechanism. It is less simple, easier to attach and operate.

The second stage of the assembly of folding furniture is in its design. As a rule, here it is necessary to be guided by the recommendations that are included with the mechanism itself. The design of the coffee table can be different. The simplest option is an ordinary small table, consisting of two halves of countertops, which are further apart and inserted in the middle of another part of the countertop. Thus, the journal table-transformer, with their own hands that can do almost everything, increases in size.

We are assembling a folding coffee table

After all the details are cut from the chipboard, their ends must be pasted with an edge. Then try on all the details. Make a markup with a pencil. If your product is a dark color, then it is recommended to use a sticker for these purposes. In this case, the previous marks will not be erased and will be clearly visible on the surface of the chipboard of any color.

We collect the transformer table with our own hands using a special drill to confirm. After assembling the base, proceed to securing the mechanisms. To do this, make through holes in the right places and fasten the parts with special bolts.