i love this table. your definitely not wasting your time mate. for a version 1 this is very near perfect and very well thought through. Keep the amazing space saving spaces coming.
Yeah for sure. Great idea and onto something. So many design details utilized: folding case, self-contained, gas hinges, adjustable shoulder harness, weight reduction, stability, etc. Great engineering!
This is excellent. I have an idea for you. On the backing side cut out an oval shaped hand hold with your router. That way when slinging the strap across the shoulder the hand hold will allow extra control of the load. Thanks that was cool. Look forward to seeing more videos.
Based on my limited space of my wood shop, this will be a perfect solution for an out feed table at my table saw and an assembly table. this will replace my wobbly saw horses and scrap wood that I am currently using. I will eliminate the gas shocks and locks to reduce cost. Let gravity do the work. Thanks for the ideas. Keep them coming.
The modular locking multiple tables together idea sounds cool, you could turn them into temporary outfeed tables, 2x2 or 2x3 for sheet materials, or 1x3 for narrower materials etc. Being tall, my bugbear with any Workmate or trestles is that they're always too low. The abilty to change the height or extend the legs would be good.
Love the concept mate Well done! Was really hoping the final product was exact height of your current bench in your workshop as a sort of outfeed, but I guess can be incorporated into any height in other versions. I've built my own version of the Ron Paulk style bench top (but without the holes in surface) and think part of your design is my perfect solution to a leg support system that lays flat!! Thank you Sir appreciate your design skills and knowledge
I like this table idea and want to make one like it in the near future. I need something strong and portable to use on my shed decking for working outside in the Summer. Thanks heaps for this.
This is awesome! Would be a brilliant space saving assembly and outfeed table as well. If ply wasn’t crazy expensive right now I’d definitely be having a go at that!
I absolutely love this design. I think I’m going to make something very similar for my hearse. I cut the floor in half to install a rear folding seat out of a station wagon. And if I want to have a full length floor like before, I can just simply place a folding table like this to fill in the space between the partition and the folded back seat. Thank you so much for sharing this project.
Cool idea. I believe that you can definitely lose more weight without sacrificing strength or stability. I would also cut handholds into the top for carrying that could double as clamp slots. Keep innovating.
Great project! Might I suggest using aluminium as the edging, as it's light, strong and would allow you to incorporate thread into it which could be aligned to allow multiple tables to be bolted together easily. Also by reducing the depth of the edging you could more easily use clamps on the edges of the tables. I would also look at adding a grid of holes on the top surface so that dog clamps and other similar products could be used on it. The last thing you could do is have extendable feet incase of uneven flooring. They could be long bolts with rubber on the bottom that screw out or custom made ones at 4 points to maximize stability
Agreed --- but a cheaper way of fixing tables to each other, would be threaded inserts into half the legs and their "opposites" having a hole for a fitting bold. Like Paoson woodworking does with his modular workbenches.
Great design. Totally useful, adaptable and simple. You've got mad design skills. That's what got me hooked, and keeps me intrigued with your channel. Cheers
nice table dude.the table I built just a few days ago is actually nothing to complain about.it is despite its simple construction very stable,but not foldable.but I will consider the next table in any case.
I am 75 years old and Japanese. The "Aritugi" technology of woodworking is well suited to the hot, humid, and earthquake-prone environment of Japan. The biggest advantage is that it minimizes the use of rust-prone nails and other materials, reduces damage to the wood, and dampens seismic shaking with unfastened joints. Furthermore, the entire building can be disassembled like Lego blocks, and only the damaged parts can be replaced and rebuilt as before.
Love this one!! Allot of applications for legs like that as well, got the cogs turning… could maybe put a big of pvc pipe over the rod to so it rolls rather than dragging. Could use it at craft markets and have the backing as the front with your logo etc on… anyways I like it!
Excellent design. You might consider holes on the tops of the legs into which rounded pins on the underside of the top fit into. Or the sliding pin gate hardware thing mounted on the legs that goes partly into the top. The leg stretchers could perhaps be box aluminum bridle-jointed to each end. As others have pointed out, if the aspect ratio of the top is at least 2:1 the stretchers don't need to cross. This allows the gate legs to rotate all the way to the corners, but at the cost of some of the coolness of your design. However, 1 X 2" (25 X 50 mm) box with 1/8"(3mm) thick wall might be strong enough to only need one bar at the top to serve as brace and table apron. Expensive stuff, but it might be worth using some.
It's basically a gateleg table. The intersecting legs are interesting and might give it a bit of added strength and the trim and carrying strap are a nice touch.
I think this is genius! You could easily use this design to make a 4x8 work table/station for a garage without having to commit to have one that’s stationary. I personally built an all in one table, based of yours and I love it! I’m lucky to have a large enough garage to have it and my cars fit but as mentioned before, a large scale version would be perfect for those who would like to have a large sturdy work table but be able to store it in the corner when not in use.
I like this design, looks very strong and very stable. If you make the table top a little deeper and adjust the hinge placement, you can add trim to the back edge, and the legs and side panel will all fit inside the four pieces of trim on the top. That would also allow the top to rest on the back panel as well as the legs, increasing strength and stability.
Absolutely brilliant - yes please carry on on how to make this a modular locking table set. It did look a little short, but I guess using larger sections to start with would sort that Looking forward to the next iteration and plans
I think it’s overkill but not a waste of time your time. I also don’t think it’s a waste of the viewers time. I look forward to seeing what upgrades you come up with.
I think your design for the folding table is great to use as a portable work surface. Not to sure about a stage with multiple tables. Can't wait for version 2.
I really like it I think it's a great idea the only concern I have is it's probably a little bit or low so maybe some extendable legs or some kind because if you were working at the bench for a long period of time you will get a sore lower back
Excellent design and execution as ever. I really enjoy your ideas. Consideration: make the "feet" overhang the edge slightly on fold up; his way you don't have 5 points of ground contact (backing board off the ground). For foot covering edging you can either segment (feet fill the gap on closing - which would also give clamp clearance on opening) or just route out 3/8" for a 3/8" foot overhang if you want a cleaner looking edging. As to increasing height, perhaps adding 2 slots per "foot" with knob and insert in the extension pieces.
This is an awesome idea and great Version 1. As rock solid as this already is, following versions are going to make this table amazing! Great work as always.
Dude! You are awesome. I think the idea of interlocking multiple isn't a bad idea. But to the point of a "stage" would be excessive. I'd say maybe 2 max
Dude, very cool, well thought out design. I liked it. It seems it maybe a little low for a workbench, I couldn’t tell but most of mine are around 30 inches. Sorry, US, we speak imperial, LOL. Anyway, adding dog holes on the top making it MFT style would be cool, helpful for clamping, jigs etc and reduce weight. Great build!
Nice work. Thanks for sharing. I would flip the toggle latches so that there are hooks on the table top. You have it sticking out above the table top and will get in the way.
try drilling holes in the legs and side panel to reduce the weight . the stresses on the table are vertically up and down so shouldn't make much difference to the load capacity of the table. the catches to keep it close turn them around so they don't protrude the top of the table
I like the basic concept. The overall configuration can actually go in several different directions from here. If you sanded and finished/painted it as-is, it would make a nice little portable desk and/or dining table to set up at a remote job-site (or your rural viewing platform on that hillside in the desert). On the other hand, if you wanted to use this as a job-site collapsible workbench, you could tinker around and see if you could use larger components to give the workbench greater overall height. You could also use the PARF Guide system to perforate the table-top with bench-dog-holes at regular intervals. You could also experiment with the bottoms of the legs to give the table epoxy "feet" to make it more skid-proof and more durable in a variety of indoor and outdoor work environments.
As always very well thought out and executed, keep up the greta work!! As mentioned below a good working height is a must for me along with rock solid stability.
Great design as a stand up table. My only critique might be about leg room under the table if you wanted to sit around it on chairs. I do a bit of sound engineering and it could be suitable for that where there would generally only be me sitting at it. Keep it up!!
If it needs to work outdoors you will want rubber touching the ground for the feet to avoid water soaking into the wood. So you might want to apply that to the design. It seems good otherwise. I have seen other portable tables which are tortion boxes with collapsable saw horses but this is a nice idea utilising the 90 degree rotation to make the legs work the way you did. The only other design I could think of would be a case which opens up 180 degrees by hinges to create the work surface (locking in place) and inside are cut outs that you can use to slot together as a torsion base like a # design that slots into the underside of the work surface securly. Maybe bolted to fix in place.
I am quite certain you hear this from women all the time, and I don't want to sound like a creep, but I absolutely love you accent and find listening to you talk rather soothing. The explanations you provide are refreshing and enlightening, it's great to understand WHY you do things, not just how! Oh, and great job on this re-design, I can't wait to see what's next.
I like it, but think it comes down to whether you want to build it or buy it. Right now, in the US, a sheet of construction grade plywood is $70 and with the rod, hinges, and other components, project total could easily be $100 or more. A nice folding workbench like the Keter can be found for about $120 to $130. I will say, this is a much better design than many tables I've seen. Strong, solid and folds up nicely.
i love this table. your definitely not wasting your time mate. for a version 1 this is very near perfect and very well thought through. Keep the amazing space saving spaces coming.
That's excellent! And, I can't wait to see how you secrete a mitre saw, planer, and table saw inside it.
It's just.......so........elegantly simple. Awesome stuff, as always!
Yeah for sure. Great idea and onto something. So many design details utilized: folding case, self-contained, gas hinges, adjustable shoulder harness, weight reduction, stability, etc. Great engineering!
Proudly South African, and a Capetonian. Well done Jean, you did it again. Excellent job. Well thought out
You are a wicked scientist in all your designs. Extremely impressive, clean work!
This is excellent.
I have an idea for you.
On the backing side cut out an oval shaped hand hold with your router.
That way when slinging the strap across the shoulder the hand hold will allow extra control of the load.
Thanks that was cool.
Look forward to seeing more videos.
Yet another very clever project. I'm definitely coming to your picnic if you need a tale that strong to support the food!
I think this is fantastic and can’t wait to see version 2. I hope you have plans available when you finalize the design!
Best portable table I've seen
Based on my limited space of my wood shop, this will be a perfect solution for an out feed table at my table saw and an assembly table. this will replace my wobbly saw horses and scrap wood that I am currently using. I will eliminate the gas shocks and locks to reduce cost. Let gravity do the work. Thanks for the ideas. Keep them coming.
The modular locking multiple tables together idea sounds cool, you could turn them into temporary outfeed tables, 2x2 or 2x3 for sheet materials, or 1x3 for narrower materials etc. Being tall, my bugbear with any Workmate or trestles is that they're always too low. The abilty to change the height or extend the legs would be good.
I am a Tiler and that kind of table (in a smaller size) kinda looks handy... NICE job Again!
As always our genius woodworker shows us things that is really good. Thank you kind Sir.
Love the concept mate Well done! Was really hoping the final product was exact height of your current bench in your workshop as a sort of outfeed, but I guess can be incorporated into any height in other versions.
I've built my own version of the Ron Paulk style bench top (but without the holes in surface) and think part of your design is my perfect solution to a leg support system that lays flat!! Thank you Sir appreciate your design skills and knowledge
Doing a hobby you love and are good at is never a waste if your time.
I like this table idea and want to make one like it in the near future. I need something strong and portable to use on my shed decking for working outside in the Summer. Thanks heaps for this.
This is awesome! Would be a brilliant space saving assembly and outfeed table as well.
If ply wasn’t crazy expensive right now I’d definitely be having a go at that!
What a great idea. Small and compact.
This looks surprisingly sturdy. Great idea. I am looking forward to version 2.
I absolutely love this design. I think I’m going to make something very similar for my hearse. I cut the floor in half to install a rear folding seat out of a station wagon. And if I want to have a full length floor like before, I can just simply place a folding table like this to fill in the space between the partition and the folded back seat. Thank you so much for sharing this project.
Brilliant design, I'm going to try and make one to use as a pop up garden table when we have a bbq.
Absolutely Genius!!!
Cool idea. I believe that you can definitely lose more weight without sacrificing strength or stability. I would also cut handholds into the top for carrying that could double as clamp slots. Keep innovating.
This guy just throws together a table out of ply thats better than anything on the market for like 1/10th the cost. amazing
Beautiful! I'm copying this one for a camping table!
Great project!
Might I suggest using aluminium as the edging, as it's light, strong and would allow you to incorporate thread into it which could be aligned to allow multiple tables to be bolted together easily. Also by reducing the depth of the edging you could more easily use clamps on the edges of the tables.
I would also look at adding a grid of holes on the top surface so that dog clamps and other similar products could be used on it.
The last thing you could do is have extendable feet incase of uneven flooring. They could be long bolts with rubber on the bottom that screw out or custom made ones at 4 points to maximize stability
Agreed --- but a cheaper way of fixing tables to each other, would be threaded inserts into half the legs and their "opposites" having a hole for a fitting bold. Like Paoson woodworking does with his modular workbenches.
You actually only need one adjustable leg. If you are only concerned with stability and rocking and not ultimate levelness
@@EitriBrokkr Not if you intend to join multiple together. That would set up too many points so you then need adjustable legs.
That true
Great design. Totally useful, adaptable and simple. You've got mad design skills. That's what got me hooked, and keeps me intrigued with your channel. Cheers
Great work Boet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice. I could use something like this as a temporary outfeed table to a portable table saw
A great idea for a great idea. Me too!
That would make an awesome craft fair table! Must put it on my make list!
wondering if any design changes would allow more legroom underneath to pull a chair up to it
nice table dude.the table I built just a few days ago is actually nothing to complain about.it is despite its simple construction very stable,but not foldable.but I will consider the next table in any case.
Many applications for this type of table and design ...great job👍
I really like this design, along with the others I've seen!
What a practical way to save space
I am 75 years old and Japanese.
The "Aritugi" technology of woodworking is well suited to the hot, humid, and earthquake-prone environment of Japan.
The biggest advantage is that it minimizes the use of rust-prone nails and other materials, reduces damage to the wood, and dampens seismic shaking with unfastened joints.
Furthermore, the entire building can be disassembled like Lego blocks, and only the damaged parts can be replaced and rebuilt as before.
Love this one!! Allot of applications for legs like that as well, got the cogs turning… could maybe put a big of pvc pipe over the rod to so it rolls rather than dragging. Could use it at craft markets and have the backing as the front with your logo etc on… anyways I like it!
Excellent design. You might consider holes on the tops of the legs into which rounded pins on the underside of the top fit into. Or the sliding pin gate hardware thing mounted on the legs that goes partly into the top. The leg stretchers could perhaps be box aluminum bridle-jointed to each end. As others have pointed out, if the aspect ratio of the top is at least 2:1 the stretchers don't need to cross. This allows the gate legs to rotate all the way to the corners, but at the cost of some of the coolness of your design. However, 1 X 2" (25 X 50 mm) box with 1/8"(3mm) thick wall might be strong enough to only need one bar at the top to serve as brace and table apron. Expensive stuff, but it might be worth using some.
It's basically a gateleg table. The intersecting legs are interesting and might give it a bit of added strength and the trim and carrying strap are a nice touch.
That's brilliant looking forward to the ver 2
I think this is genius! You could easily use this design to make a 4x8 work table/station for a garage without having to commit to have one that’s stationary. I personally built an all in one table, based of yours and I love it! I’m lucky to have a large enough garage to have it and my cars fit but as mentioned before, a large scale version would be perfect for those who would like to have a large sturdy work table but be able to store it in the corner when not in use.
Hey Jean, great design and very well executed. Your industrial design skills are impressive.
I like this design, looks very strong and very stable.
If you make the table top a little deeper and adjust the hinge placement, you can add trim to the back edge, and the legs and side panel will all fit inside the four pieces of trim on the top. That would also allow the top to rest on the back panel as well as the legs, increasing strength and stability.
Genius once again!! Looking forward to plans
Absolutely brilliant - yes please carry on on how to make this a modular locking table set. It did look a little short, but I guess using larger sections to start with would sort that Looking forward to the next iteration and plans
This guy could design freaking anything
Very cool concept! 🤔👍🏻😃
The idea of making them lock together is also a good idea!
I can only guess you are a mechanical engineer from what you show us…. Keep them coming, great job!
Very, very clever. Great job.
absolutely brilliant.
I think it’s overkill but not a waste of time your time. I also don’t think it’s a waste of the viewers time. I look forward to seeing what upgrades you come up with.
I think your design for the folding table is great to use as a portable work surface. Not to sure about a stage with multiple tables. Can't wait for version 2.
Another unique design and build, nice work!
Fantastic design! I wonder how it would translate to a smaller scale like a collapsible apple box or stool.
I really like it I think it's a great idea the only concern I have is it's probably a little bit or low so maybe some extendable legs or some kind because if you were working at the bench for a long period of time you will get a sore lower back
Been thinking of making a portable table for somewhat distanced DnD and this seems perfect!
Very good idea, certainly do the next
Excellent design and execution as ever. I really enjoy your ideas. Consideration: make the "feet" overhang the edge slightly on fold up; his way you don't have 5 points of ground contact (backing board off the ground). For foot covering edging you can either segment (feet fill the gap on closing - which would also give clamp clearance on opening) or just route out 3/8" for a 3/8" foot overhang if you want a cleaner looking edging. As to increasing height, perhaps adding 2 slots per "foot" with knob and insert in the extension pieces.
This is an awesome idea and great Version 1. As rock solid as this already is, following versions are going to make this table amazing! Great work as always.
An elongated version of this might also work as a folding step stool. Very interesting concept.
Excellent design. You should try to get a patient for it then see if you can get a company interested in producing it. Great job.
Dude! You are awesome. I think the idea of interlocking multiple isn't a bad idea. But to the point of a "stage" would be excessive. I'd say maybe 2 max
love the design. locking several together, maybe at different heights could be great display/customer tables at festivals.
Dude, very cool, well thought out design. I liked it. It seems it maybe a little low for a workbench, I couldn’t tell but most of mine are around 30 inches. Sorry, US, we speak imperial, LOL. Anyway, adding dog holes on the top making it MFT style would be cool, helpful for clamping, jigs etc and reduce weight. Great build!
Great idea. Well done.
very cool original design! as usual! well done
Looks and works great
Do you have the plans for this and your other projects for sale
I love this idea
The idea of adding multiple tables together if needed, is a good idea and it is not difficult to do it.
Nice work. Thanks for sharing. I would flip the toggle latches so that there are hooks on the table top. You have it sticking out above the table top and will get in the way.
Fantastic. Love it. Really well made.
try drilling holes in the legs and side panel to reduce the weight . the stresses on the table are vertically up and down so shouldn't make much difference to the load capacity of the table. the catches to keep it close turn them around so they don't protrude the top of the table
I like the basic concept. The overall configuration can actually go in several different directions from here. If you sanded and finished/painted it as-is, it would make a nice little portable desk and/or dining table to set up at a remote job-site (or your rural viewing platform on that hillside in the desert). On the other hand, if you wanted to use this as a job-site collapsible workbench, you could tinker around and see if you could use larger components to give the workbench greater overall height. You could also use the PARF Guide system to perforate the table-top with bench-dog-holes at regular intervals. You could also experiment with the bottoms of the legs to give the table epoxy "feet" to make it more skid-proof and more durable in a variety of indoor and outdoor work environments.
Ingenious, mate.
Well, that's awesome and going in my shop!
Definitely on to something. Cool cool
Well done.
Completely awesome, brother! I'd love to be able to get some plans for this table. -Rick, USMC
Need some plans
great design!
Baie slim! Trots op jou.
As always very well thought out and executed, keep up the greta work!! As mentioned below a good working height is a must for me along with rock solid stability.
Great design as a stand up table. My only critique might be about leg room under the table if you wanted to sit around it on chairs. I do a bit of sound engineering and it could be suitable for that where there would generally only be me sitting at it. Keep it up!!
Love this idea, would buy plans if you made them available or did a version 2.
Another great idea. Good job!
Great job buddy I love it 👍🏻
Very good design. I don't know if there is much you can improve it. But would be nice to see your other ideas in developing this concept. Thank you.
If it needs to work outdoors you will want rubber touching the ground for the feet to avoid water soaking into the wood. So you might want to apply that to the design. It seems good otherwise. I have seen other portable tables which are tortion boxes with collapsable saw horses but this is a nice idea utilising the 90 degree rotation to make the legs work the way you did.
The only other design I could think of would be a case which opens up 180 degrees by hinges to create the work surface (locking in place) and inside are cut outs that you can use to slot together as a torsion base like a # design that slots into the underside of the work surface securly. Maybe bolted to fix in place.
Very impressive, nice design
Great idea. Thank you for sharing.
I am quite certain you hear this from women all the time, and I don't want to sound like a creep, but I absolutely love you accent and find listening to you talk rather soothing. The explanations you provide are refreshing and enlightening, it's great to understand WHY you do things, not just how! Oh, and great job on this re-design, I can't wait to see what's next.
Can you start a separate channel called The Plywood Junkie? I’d subscribe instantly. I like your ideas and the prolific use of plywood.
I like it, but think it comes down to whether you want to build it or buy it. Right now, in the US, a sheet of construction grade plywood is $70 and with the rod, hinges, and other components, project total could easily be $100 or more. A nice folding workbench like the Keter can be found for about $120 to $130. I will say, this is a much better design than many tables I've seen. Strong, solid and folds up nicely.
Good job!
Well done!!
Amazing. Great content as always.
Awesome design !
I built a Ron Paulk workbench, but hate the sawhorse design for the legs, I think I am going to make a version of this for the legs
That is awesome and you are on to something trust me