tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65646777853332567092024-03-05T16:56:58.388-08:00Pandora's Box of DIYAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085230813681425650noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564677785333256709.post-31397639788573668182014-04-07T23:11:00.001-07:002014-04-07T23:11:26.769-07:00Portable Drafting Table<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These instructions are for a <i>Portable Drafting Table</i>, I made this for my boyfriend for the days he works from my house. My house is pretty small so buying a full size drafting table isn't an appropriate option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I purchased all of the wood at Home Depot and had them cut it to size there since I don't have my own large saw, since they don't always cut perfectly I trim the pieces at home to fit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Tools:</b></u></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Drill</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b> </b></u>Square head (Robertson) drill bit and screw driver size 1</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Star head (Phillips) drill bit and screw driver size 2</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measuring Tape</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Handsaw or small circular saw </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Supplies:</b></u></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">16 pc 6x2 wood screws $2.97</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">100 pc 5x1/2 wood/metal screws $3.97</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Left hand curved lid support $5.98</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Right hand curved lid support $5.98</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heavy duty anti-skid pads $2.51</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 pc corner braces 2" $2.98</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2pc narrow hinges 2"$4.48</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 2x2x96 cut into 2ft lengths $2.25</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 24x24 piece of flat wood $5-15</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got lucky with my top piece, there was a mis-cut from a previous customer that I found and they gave it to me for $1. I don't recommend MDF (splits easily), I'd look at the smaller pieces of plywood type material with a nice smooth surface.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Instructions:</b></u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take your top piece and figure out which side is smoother and mark the rougher side "back".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creating the frame:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measure each piece of wood that was cut, if you're lucky they'll all be the same length. Trim two pieces to exactly 24" and the other 2 pieces to exactly 20". The longer two will form the bottom and top of the frame, these are where you will attach the hinges.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Square them off, with the shorter two pieces between the longer two pieces, and mount the angle bracket supports. Use the screws that they provide in the package, or the 5x1/2s totally up to you.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKU0UmaA9pdq3ObnXpDeqLgPUHD558TfRID8mpnTQnebz7cCLDRzpWr3FEAtvbzfTtWSnj0qlyma649kNuB6QRQ-0PAE0YFnZ-u8izsmWU8fO5zNquAAJrZQwEV0ejP1Darp2ZbT-KeWX/s1600/20140408_024955292_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKU0UmaA9pdq3ObnXpDeqLgPUHD558TfRID8mpnTQnebz7cCLDRzpWr3FEAtvbzfTtWSnj0qlyma649kNuB6QRQ-0PAE0YFnZ-u8izsmWU8fO5zNquAAJrZQwEV0ejP1Darp2ZbT-KeWX/s1600/20140408_024955292_iOS.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After I had each angle squared and the angle support in I used a 6x2 screw through the top and bottom pieces into the middle piece on each corner.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKiRIjphDNtSjJFfHZJ4LrvJNPlHdHBnux9BNtU0nyCwZBwsEz0b7Zv4XSMypumO0Rbf7MxblbV52NST-KlQ8G7QFQvvaWIeHLxQNbVYDUXSMzEQkrmLKR3Ei_kl0f-UFPh_EYng7l8C1/s1600/20140408_052009773_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKiRIjphDNtSjJFfHZJ4LrvJNPlHdHBnux9BNtU0nyCwZBwsEz0b7Zv4XSMypumO0Rbf7MxblbV52NST-KlQ8G7QFQvvaWIeHLxQNbVYDUXSMzEQkrmLKR3Ei_kl0f-UFPh_EYng7l8C1/s1600/20140408_052009773_iOS.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Attaching the narrow hinges:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laying the smooth side of the table top down on the table I measured 3/4" up from the bottom of it and drew a line on each side and 1/2" in from the side and drew another small line</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Taking the frame, I laid it flat on the table top making sure it was squared to it and that the bottom of the frame was 3/4" from the bottom of the table top and that the top of the frame was flush with the top of the table top.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> On the frame I measured 1/2" in from the side on the long outside bottom edge and used the screws that came with the narrow hinges to attach each one to the frame making sure it was lining up flat with the table top it was sitting on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz84V3OxOM-LqqCCCsIfD8vVHeYHWW9rfVMV7n389EzG3B9ge2V_wg-_zVIdgJecJn_ruiFrsmMs1rY3hnp6AZStzZUgW-WwteP_ejWWvKUtTMZNh0NBmeYWIDQXW96069unrpKNWo6ErF/s1600/20140408_041735472_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz84V3OxOM-LqqCCCsIfD8vVHeYHWW9rfVMV7n389EzG3B9ge2V_wg-_zVIdgJecJn_ruiFrsmMs1rY3hnp6AZStzZUgW-WwteP_ejWWvKUtTMZNh0NBmeYWIDQXW96069unrpKNWo6ErF/s1600/20140408_041735472_iOS.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_Cryqupz3xA02iDExz3oM_VqkA0JJg9kpoLrOhs8nCuRkbnZSeP4elwVUZ2hLAFBDeRgZieZo9UFhYSWcoO0uQxnBvbOlsBpiQ7sRjnSmsEWB76G1E_TyOlNeSURrj8lEpbo8oJZcGk6/s1600/20140408_041730602_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_Cryqupz3xA02iDExz3oM_VqkA0JJg9kpoLrOhs8nCuRkbnZSeP4elwVUZ2hLAFBDeRgZieZo9UFhYSWcoO0uQxnBvbOlsBpiQ7sRjnSmsEWB76G1E_TyOlNeSURrj8lEpbo8oJZcGk6/s1600/20140408_041730602_iOS.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I slid it down and aligned the frame with the lines that I had drawn on the table top 3/4" up and attached the bottom portion of the hinge to the table top using the 5x1/2.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yaO4d9I1uJvHr67MHffwWW_wzXmRcZOiSZSn3N1MLQ3HlExBFk8kYcdT6VveVnNDPsUyoCsC_v7wW_JLnb6ZG0rghGtVzXHTntm2wOz2di7mcmKKogsX2YiMQCJEi8lAWRFBfzHMJElT/s1600/20140408_042345145_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yaO4d9I1uJvHr67MHffwWW_wzXmRcZOiSZSn3N1MLQ3HlExBFk8kYcdT6VveVnNDPsUyoCsC_v7wW_JLnb6ZG0rghGtVzXHTntm2wOz2di7mcmKKogsX2YiMQCJEi8lAWRFBfzHMJElT/s1600/20140408_042345145_iOS.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8d99rCFIxqslDhxSiBk3ZCfzbgTwGvfz77Mfo1JdQm5s0QIdXn0uHXDtTF_PzuZo6RB535kl5ERchGmfQbXX08j2V0pQGbKI5_AtzOjzBNhcNPBEoDh31crprGIosjFde6_S7Wr3mTkmS/s1600/20140408_042349536_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8d99rCFIxqslDhxSiBk3ZCfzbgTwGvfz77Mfo1JdQm5s0QIdXn0uHXDtTF_PzuZo6RB535kl5ERchGmfQbXX08j2V0pQGbKI5_AtzOjzBNhcNPBEoDh31crprGIosjFde6_S7Wr3mTkmS/s1600/20140408_042349536_iOS.jpg" height="240" width="320" /><br /></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I flipped it over and opened it a few times to make sure they were all attached properly. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiilWZwxUf9Y3Rv1w2GaPGM9nKJyG1n6bnFXYhDDIUs4G_e4k51TaAJF358izqgW0H43mtR5zx9QdMm7g-3ylEJsowxliFOm7I-olnPM840OePv2mO5vqdUvT3UBW78qboP_RflJy9ym8v/s1600/20140408_042422577_iOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiilWZwxUf9Y3Rv1w2GaPGM9nKJyG1n6bnFXYhDDIUs4G_e4k51TaAJF358izqgW0H43mtR5zx9QdMm7g-3ylEJsowxliFOm7I-olnPM840OePv2mO5vqdUvT3UBW78qboP_RflJy9ym8v/s1600/20140408_042422577_iOS.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4XKGiRc1boEu-1xgbSB7Gx8GiEIJ_WrrTdhlOKMGjcWiC43d4xtYSxWJDkj9PLN5ndivrqRc2nxc1qtdghN-9wI3ScAHR3DDiHWfx7kerTIvck7v4mmxSysGahBmfO7XXkw50TUgAaJv/s1600/20140408_042411515_iOS+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4XKGiRc1boEu-1xgbSB7Gx8GiEIJ_WrrTdhlOKMGjcWiC43d4xtYSxWJDkj9PLN5ndivrqRc2nxc1qtdghN-9wI3ScAHR3DDiHWfx7kerTIvck7v4mmxSysGahBmfO7XXkw50TUgAaJv/s1600/20140408_042411515_iOS+1.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attaching the curved lid supports:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't really have instructions for this part as it was really hit and miss, we had to sit down at the table and decide on the height he wanted his table to sit at most of the time and went from there. I cheaped out on this part because it cost me around $12 for both hinges, if you aren't cheap you can purchase something like a lift-up ratchet support/hinged drafting table support to avoid the awkward metal jutting out piece when it's taken down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the box and table part were finished I flipped it over and attached the no-skid rubber feet to help keep it steady on our wooden kitchen table.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It took me less than an hour to build this and under $30, it's a cheap alternative and a killer space saver if I do say so myself! Plan is to sand it down lightly and coat it later-on. The top piece I found was </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">11Mmx24X48 G1S Poplar Hp and costs $13.42, I got my piece for 1$ because whoever cut it off-cut it by 1/4 an inch so it wasn't exactly 24" by 24" and was sitting in the junk pile.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085230813681425650noreply@blogger.com1