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Coffee table that folds out to a game table. (imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Wojwo@lemmy.ml to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Other than some shelves that I made for my office. This is the first piece of furniture I've ever made. Lots and lots of mistakes and do-overs. Still, I think it turned out pretty good.

Coffee table. 2 36"x36" sheets of birch ply, with 1/8" Poplar hobby boards glued/nailed to it in the design. The ply was stained with homemade Iron Acetate stain. Then epoxy was poured onto the recessed parts and in all the cracks. Then the whole thing was sanded again and covered in many coats of Lacquer... lost count.

The table uses a mechanism ordered from AliExpress that folds out to a table. It pops up, and to the left, then the top of the coffee table is rotated over the other "legs" of the mechanism, and it becomes this table. Just high enough to comfortably game from the sofa. (The plywood surface was stained with Minwax Golden Oak and coated in about ten coats of lacquer.)

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[–] Ironside@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If I'm understanding the design correctly, the coffee table is two boards folded on each other with a support mechanism hidden inside. When you lift up the table, the mechanism unfolds but the top of the table part goes entirely to one side. You then unfold the top onto the second side of the mechanism. It's not an automatic unfold.

[–] Wojwo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Well said. Yeah, I was having a hard time describing how it works.

[–] ArtificialLink@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ahhh that does make a little bit of sense now. Thanks.