Cost and Weight smart table designs that would make MacGyver proud

[Mcunn (Michael Cunningham)]

I started out looking for what you are and I built this:

Portable Lowrider in Annapolis

So I’ve been watching you guys with your fancy tables for a while and trying to figure out how to origami a full size build into my garage and still park the cars. I didn’t trust hanging it and I didn’t have the floor space for the fold up models so I’m taking a third path and building a table that can break down and hang on the wall or get tossed in the back of the car. The design has worked well and I’m sharing my journey in case someone else has similar design constraints. Here were are m…

Before I cut the brackets though I just pocket screwed the box beams to a 2x4 and threw a piece of ply on top so I could bootstrap the build.

It wasn’t very square but it worked ok for a temp solution.