The era of personal computers is already coming to an end. Their place was taken by modern laptops, which I am in no way inferior in power and PC functionality, but in operation they are much more convenient. But keeping the device on the knees during work is far from the best option. This is inconvenient, and the laptop is heated because of this is stronger. We will talk about how to not spend a lot of money and make a convenient table for a laptop with your own hands.
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In fact, people working at the computer, they take the tools in their hands quite rarely, but with this instruction you can really make a beautiful and practical folding laptop table even without any work skills.
The choice of materials
Material wood
You will need two wooden shields with medium -sized knots. Pine is excellent for the table. It is quite strong and at the same time light. The future table will be able to endure a girl or a child without any problems. Choose the sizes of the shields by the size of the future table. For a small crap table, you will have enough shield in size of 30x100 cm. You, in fact, need to make only legs and countertop, so you will not need a lot of material. Wooden shields are optional. Plywood or chipboard are quite suitable. It will cost cheaper, but the product will be less attractive visually.
Paint for the table
The choice of paint is a simple question. In the store, select the color that will harmoniously merge with the interior of your room. Keep in mind that the color of the paint itself and the final result may vary significantly. We advise you to buy it in stores where there are samples of painted surfaces. It will be more convenient to take a quick -drying paint, but it is uncritical.
We get to work. Sketch and its transfer to wood
- You will need drawings to make a laptop table with your own hands. Naturally, drawing is not the strongest side of many contemporaries, so find on the Internet the drawing of the table in size and shape. There are quite a lot of them today and you can find the best option without problems.
- Print a sketch on a large -format printer and with the help of a simple pencil to transfer to a wooden surface. You can not even print a sketch, but use the ruler to arrange the control points and connect them by hand by hand. But there is a chance to miss a little, which is why the shape of the table will be uneven.
Tip: It is better not to be too lazy and make the right pattern in any convenient way, after which the picture can already be transferred to a tree. It is also better to take the ruler more authentic in order to bother less with the rearrangements and intermediate marks. It will be easier and faster.
Drinking, coloring and varnishing
- Drinking forms is one of the most difficult parts of the work. The best option is to use an electric jigsaw. You can do manually, but so you will spend much more time and effort. And the result may be an order of magnitude worse. The main convenience of the electrician is that you can cut and unfold the shield at the same time. This allows you to make smooth bends and even corners even without special woodwork skills. Do not rush. Look if you really go along the drawn line. It is better if you go beyond the line than grab the piece more than you need. Check with the drawing. He is your insurance. Therefore, the drawing that you transferred to a tree should be identical to what is on paper. For convenience, you can fix the sheet with a drawing on a wooden shield with tape and cut it already on it. So you will be sure that the drawing is correct. During the cutting, the shield can be put on two kitchen stools, leaving a gap between them, where the jigsaw saw will walk. The workpiece, thus, can be conveniently rotated as necessary. If you do not have sufficient experience, we advise you to start with less noticeable details. Leave the countertop for later, and start with the legs. The “flaws” of sawing will not be so noticeable on them. This also applies to drawing and coloring.
- Sturrent of the surface. It is very good to have a grinder at hand. Pull the skin on rotating shafts and fix it. You need to work carefully so that the skark of the skin does not break. Otherwise, you will have to either change it, or finish it manually. It will take an order of magnitude more time. It is best to have several skins with different grains. A coarse -grained skin is suitable in order to remove the main flaws when cutting, and small - to make the surface perfectly smooth and pleasant to the touch. Such a wooden table for a laptop will not only be comfortable, but also really beautiful in appearance.
- Painting. It is best to apply paint in several layers. Many types of wood are well absorbed by moisture, which is why the paint shines through in places when dried. Most of the colors dry for a couple of hours, but it is better to leave the painted surfaces to dry overnight, so that it is better to see whether it is necessary to walk along them with a brush again. Sometimes the paint after the first drying is barely noticeable. Do not be upset. You still have to repaint. Also quite often after the first painting the tree is slightly “bristled”. You can hope that in the end the varnish will block the stubble, but we recommend that you fabble the surface again with a fine -grained skin. Do not worry, you will not have to repeat the procedure endlessly. During the second painting, the tree no longer absorbs the paint so actively.
Please note that when you work with a brush, you need to drive only along the fibers. At the same time, constantly make sure that there are no subtexts. Start with less noticeable places, and having trained, proceed to more responsible elements. It is very good if you use brushes of different sizes. One can do one, but for the ends and for surfaces it is better to use different ones.
- Opening varnish. So that the table for a laptop stand becomes even more attractive in appearance, after drying the paint we recommend opening it with varnish. A great option would be a matte colorless varnish. But you can choose anyone in the store. Gloss and semi -gloss are also popular today. It is necessary to apply varnish as itself as the paint. The varnish itself is no longer absorbed into a tree, so the varnishing process is much faster and easier. But subteces also need to beware, and you need to apply varnish along the fibers, not across.
Assembly of the table
In order not to make a mistake, always measure the ruler. Do not rush, double -check all several times. Fold and lay out the legs, bringing them to the place of fastening, but yet without fastening. Make sure they really stand symmetrically and fit evenly. When put them correctly, make notes for yourself a marker, a simple pencil or put small serifs with something sharp. Next, you can only screw the loops with screws. The main thing here is not to overdo it from a long screwed screws so that they do not get out of the countertop or legs.
If desired, you can even make a recess under the cup in the countertop, which will not be superfluous. To do this, it is easiest to drill a through hole of a suitable diameter and paste a plastic container there, and then paint over with the same paint and open with varnish. Such a table will be perfect for lovers to comfortably lie in bed with a laptop and a cup of coffee.
Tip: If you want to get a table with a slope, the front legs can be fed a little at the same level, and on the part of the countertop to you, fix the bar so that the laptop does not go.
The main advantage of the table of this design is the minimum size in a folded state and low weight. If you are thinking about making a transformer for a laptop on your own, take into account that the functionality in a more complex design is not much more, and there are a lot of fuss.
In any case, now you know how to make a laptop table in just a couple of days. Regardless of the selected sketch, the creation process is almost identical. It is usually complicated only by the amount of material used and more complexity of painting. Such a table will cost you 5-6 times cheaper than the purchased, but in terms of convenience and functionality it is in no way inferior. You can take it with you to the country or to nature and be proud that they themselves created an excellent interior item on their own.
