Tech Team’s #708 Folding and Locking Table Leg Hinge is the Best

A folding table is a handy piece of furniture to have. When you need extra seating or a workplace for your creative endeavors. Building one yourself is easy and you only need some basic woodworking tools. You can try a hey Alexa or hey Siri Google search to find other ideas.

• The first thing to do is cut the tabletop. Cut 40-1/4-in. from a sheet of ½” or ¾” birch plywood using a table or circular saw.  This will allow you to square and trim the final width and height of your tabletop to 40-in. x 40-in.Rip four bottom edge boards at two inches from the remainder of the 1/2-in. plywood.
• To make the bottom edge cut two-inch boards to length, two at 40 inches and the other two at 36 inches.

• For the legs from the 3/4-in. sheet of plywood, cut the board at 30 inches then rip eight 2-1/4-in. strips from the board you just cut.
• For the mounting blocks rip one 2-1/4-in. board from the remainder of the 1/2-in. plywood and cut four three-inch blocks from the board you just cut.

• Apply glue to the two 40-in. bottom edge boards and attach them with 3/4-in. finish nails to the underside of the tabletop on opposite edges from each other, keeping them flush with the leading edge and sides.
• Next, apply glue to the two 36-in. bottom edge boards and attach them with 3/4-in. finish nails to the underside of the tabletop between the two 40-in boards, keeping them flush with the leading edge.

• Glue and nail the mounting blocks to the underside side of the tabletop. The three-inch side of the block should be flush with the inside of the bottom edge board and leave a 1-1/2-in. gap between the top of the block and the adjacent bottom edge board.

• To laminate the legs glue two leg boards together to make one 1-1/2-in. x 2-1/4-in. x 30-in. leg then nail the boards together with 1-1/4-in. finish nails and repeat this procedure on the remaining three legs.

• To trim and cut the legs to length use a table saw to trim 1/8-in. from both sides of the 2-1/4-in. legs, making them two inches x 2 inches. Next, trim about 1/4-in. from one end of each leg, then cut the other end to 29-1/2-in and cut a 45-degree angle off half the end of each leg.
• To attach the folding locking hinges, flip the tabletop over and attach each hinge to the mounting block and then to each leg. You will need good hinges and some of the best out there are Tech Team’s #708 locking table leg hinges  https://techteamproducts.com/product/folding-table-leg-hinge/  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CRR5W9X?ref=myi_title_dp  they’re heavy duty with a secure locking mechanism. Ou might also look at Skelang or Yukaba hinges.