How to build a transforming table yourself?

Dining table transformer milky color for guests

For a small apartment, furniture such as a transforming table is indispensable. It is easy to turn it from a compact coffee table into a full-fledged dining table for several people.

Coffee table in the table for guests

Coffee table easily turns into a full table for receiving guests

Read our instructions and make sure that the assembly of the transformer table is very simple.

Dining and coffee table

Dining and coffee table options with transformer size

What is necessary

Required Tools

Necessary tools for furniture assembly

To successfully build a transformer, you will need:

  • Phillips screwdriver or screwdriver with nozzles;
  • furniture hammer;
  • fasteners and accessories that come in the package.
Table detail

Detail of the frame of the table and its legs

Box with fittings

Box with fittings and fasteners

Despite the many offers on the furniture market for most manufacturers, the process consists of the following steps:

Housing assembly

We collect legs

We collect the corner legs of our table

All legs assembly

All legs for a table transormer assembly

The angular legs of the two halves are connected with screws or eccentrics. In the same way collected from the long and short corpus corpus.

Enclosure assembly scheme

Enclosure assembly scheme

Body assembly process

Detailed housing assembly process

Fasten the legs to the body

We fasten the legs to the body according to the instructions

IMPORTANT! On the legs and tsarg made special holes designed for the simultaneous installation of the lift and screed the entire structure. Check after assembly if they match.

Assembled base

Base with feet

Nail the plastic heel to the lower ends of the legs. At the upper ends of the tsar install shock absorbers, softening the impact of the tabletop when it is folded.

We nail the heel pads

We nail the heel pads

Installation of the lifting mechanism

Mechanism installation scheme

Installation scheme of the lifting mechanism

Bring the lift into position. For this:

  • hook the spring at one end of the hole inside the lift;
  • insert a pin into the groove located on the opposite side, threaded into the second end of the spring;

    Spring in the stretched state

    Spring in working condition, attached to the mechanism

  • screw the elevators to the long ones, and then to the short bars.
Spring in the table-transformer

Fixed springs for the operation of the transforming table mechanism

Mechanism inoperative

The mechanism is in a quiet, undecomposed state.

IMPORTANT! The legs of the holders designed for the folding tabletop are higher than those made for the underframe.

The mechanism of bringing the table in the dining position

The mechanism of bringing the table to the top position

Installation of tabletops and podstolya

Small table top

Mounting a smaller part of the tabletop

We establish the basis for a large part

We install the base for a large part of the tabletop

Screw the bottom flap of the worktop book and the base to the holder platforms. From the outside of the underframe, install shock absorbers to dampen the impact when unfolding the table top. Move the legs of the lift into the box with a movement from inside to inside. It closes the bottom of the tabletop.

Upper moving part

Fix the upper movable part of the tabletop

Place the second half on top so that the end holes for the hidden hinges are on one side and their center distance is minimal (about 14 mm). Carefully insert the hinges and secure with screws.

Hidden loops for fixing

Hidden hinges for fixing the table in the assembled state

The table you have assembled will last a long time.Do not forget once a year to tighten its fasteners, clean the surface with a dry soft cloth or a special polish for furniture.

Journal option

Coffee option or table folded

Transformation process

The process of transforming a table from a coffee table to a table for receiving guests

Dining option

Dining option or table unfolded

Video: Table transformer. Assembly

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Novel

Is there a slack on the edges of the tabletop ??

Peter

No, it does not sag, there are supports

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