Diagonal leg bracing for folding worktable Featured

We have a plastic folding table that is similar to the design of yours.

The diagonal brace is folds in the middle. and attaches to the leg about half way to the distance to the floor.

These folding tables are quite common and you can probably see one to inspect at your local Church, store, or club house.

While your table will be quite sturdy, it will also be quite heavy with about 35' of 2X4 plus the fastening.

The one handle handle may not be sufficient to lift it.

With our plastic table of about the same dimensions, it is quite difficult and cumbersome to move folded table.

If you have a space problem, you could consider what my father did.

After making the collapsable table, he put an "L" shaped rail on the side of his garage. When he was finished with the table he would move it to the rail, lift it onto the rail, and fold it up against the wall.

Just so we all understand your plan...

The image you supplied shows a bench with not only a bottom shelf, but also stretchers between the legs to support the shelf, as well as stretchers on the floor.

Are you planning on eliminating both the shelf and all the stretchers?

Make the bottom shelf sitting on pins so it can be lifted off. Top of legs rounded so the legs can fold inward. Put a diagonal brace to the lower legs from the top attached with wing nuts for easy removal.

No, I will be keeping two stretchers (although not one on the *very* bottom); I'm just losing the shelf.

Jon

Thanks Knuttle, I'm not going to be using the handle it would just get in the way; this thing will be too big and heavy to walk around like a suitcase.

Jon

I actually have a set of banquet table legs I was originally going to use for this project (they have been obsoleted due to lack of strength and being too short). I did notice that they have a folding diagonal support, but I originally disregarded that design due to the complexity.

Now that I am thinking about it, it's basically just a "one strut" support with a bolt in the middle so that the two pieces can fold in on each other. That would solve my problem of length and actually be easier to assemble as well.

Thanks for the nudge.

Jon