To quote a 'wascally wabbit,' "....mmmm, could be": BOM (Bill Of Materials): 4ft x 3ft x 15mm MDF sheet; Qty 2 40mm x 20mm Pine stock; cut to various lengths 12mm dowel rod; cut to length as required Adhesive (wood glue or gel cyanoacrylate)
Refinement to the plan: I put the dowels too close to the ends of the locking block. It will resist rotating better if an oaf were to push down hard on the narrow end if the pins were less close to the ends of the block. If the locking block was 30cm long, placing the pins about 10cm apart with another 10cm to each end would be more secure. Further Refinement to the plan: 15mm thick plywood might be a good alternative material to the MDF sheets for the surface.
Oh god don't show @NIGHTBRINGER he has too many projects keeping him from painting models, does he really need another excuse!
It is an awesome design. Unfortunately for me, I'm only a small scale woodworker. I only have a limited number of tools (or skills ) and have no experience with larger projects such as furniture. It is a very great drawing though. Love it! At the moment there is only one project... Horizon: Zero Dawn!!
Nice technical drawing! Did you do that freehand? I am stuck at the technical drawing board when doing anything like that. The locking block is a good idea and will keep them together, and ease storage. The only issue as I can see it, is that this will require another table/structure for it to lie on. If it is to have its own feets, the locking block would most probably become the weak point. In this case, a structure similar to how the tables have for the "extended piece" would work to keep the structure of the table. I.e. another set of 1x2" on each side beside the current ones (on the inside), then if any leftovers of the mdf, put that across several parts of the channel, or just use a sheet of metal. Then have two 1x2" pieces that slides into the channels when it is in use, which will contain the structure of the table when it have weight put upon it.
I did that freehand. On graph paper. But first I did it in my head..?..and only drew it in the paper when I could see all the parts. If that makes sense? Contemplation FTW. This is intended to sit on an existing dining room table. (That's why that one call out says "width of dining table" ) It was a proposed engineering solution to this set of problems posed by @Canas : Girlfriend likes to dine on dining room table Small apartment; limited storage No place for 2nd table Girlfriend prefers no scratches on dining table Need 4x6 foot gaming area Need simple construction due to lack of high-end carpentry tools / woodshop Needs to break-down or reassemble without tools or fasteners
Slightly off topic, but I just noticed and read though this thread. Right now, most of my Warhammer stuff is relegated to storage, and when I actually get a chance to set it out or paint it is confined to my office desk, the bookshelf next to it, or the floor. THAT BEING SAID, someday I hope to have a game room with a legit table. A folding table would be a good stop-gap measure in the meantime, but a full on wargame/boardgame/fun room would be amazing. Plenty of shelves around the walls of the room, maybe with some glass cabinets to show stuff off. A wood shelf running around the top of the entire room to store terrain. Hopefully a paint station. Right now all I have for storage is tool-containers, repurposed for my Warhammer minis. Spoiler: storage containers BUT in the future I am hoping to create a table, something similar to this that I found on pinterest: Spoiler: more examples of gaming tables a WIP table. Beyond my woodworking skills... for now There are TONS of examples for awesome game rooms out there (in fact I made a folder for it on my pinterest). As much as it might be a far away dream, I got plenty of time to dream/plan/scheme about this project and hopefully bring it to fruition. Some good examples: someday
I'm adopting the box room in the new house as my office/games room/hobby space... It's not big enough for a gaming table, but can definitely get myself a decent paint setup going in there.
I've got a man loft over the garage, it's big enough for 2 small painting desks and shelving, it needs a tidy but it's a great space.