How To Build Collapsible Table Legs

Folding Workbench 25 Garage Counter from a door.
How to build collapsible table legs. One leg actually holds the table up just fine although two is obviously better. Folding laptop writing table. Wall art on quiet evenings and extra seating and side tables on nights when friends roll in to bring down the house.
The legs MUST be tight in these but they also MUST be able to slide out if youre making it collapsible. Suggested materials include dimensional lumber reclaimed barn wood pallet wood plywood MDF board chain rope PVC piping plumbers pipes and fittings. Skip a stationary base though and screw on spun legs with gate hinges so that you can fold them up after your function.
This project offers dual functionality. This has the advantage of not having to fit hinges but the disadvantage that the table isnt a single unit which stays connected with the possibility of losing one or more legs somewhere down the line. Cut two of these with a 45 on both.
You can then put a wing nut on the inside or outside of the leg. Good thing there hardware. So the legs are not subject to any movement initiated at the table top say from a person bumping into it.
Its worth noting that a swift kick from the outside of either leg would indeed hinge it inward but for the table to collapse this would have to happen simultaneously to both legs which is not probable. The idea of this project is to build a table with foldable legs which can be transformed to a low Japanese like tableSuch table can be used as a regular wor. Cut the pieces for the top and aprons.
Easy Cheap Folding Workbench. These go in the corner of the apron right under where the top will be. Drill countersunk holes in the ends of the longer aprons and assemble the aprons in a square using glue and 2 screws.