Fold-Away BBQ Bench
It takes just one Saturday afternoon to build a collapsible table
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It takes just one Saturday afternoon to build a collapsible table. Fire up the barbie, throw on the snags and set this table up in less time than it takes to open a beer. The legs of the table tuck under the top for easy storage, and a handle attached to the front makes it portable. The table is made from 90 x 19mm western red cedar boards – flat, straight and free of knots. Stain or oil the bench with an exterior finish. Making the bench out of western red cedar makes it light to carrybut you could also make it out of pine or even a hardwood frame with decking as the slats. Download PDF What you'll need
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STEP 1
Cut the parts
Use a jigsaw or handsaw and a square to cut the boards for the top and the frame (see Diagram). Assemble the frame, drilling two holes at the ends of the longer frame boards and adding a countersink hole for the screwheads to nestle into.
STEP 2
Cut the leg pieces
Clamp the leg boards together (rough side in) and cut them at the same time to ensure identical pieces. Before unclamping, drill the 10mm bolt hole in the upper end.
STEP 3
Trace the frame
Place the slats top-side up on a flat surface, leaving 2mm gaps between each. Centre the supporting frame on top, leaving a 20mm overhang on all sides. Trace the frame shape on the slats with a pencil to make it easier to drill holes.
STEP 4
Secure slats to frame
Remove the frame and drill two holes on each top board end with a countersink bit, using the traced lines as a guide. Screw the slats to the frame using a nail as a spacer between the boards. End slats should overhang by 20mm to match the side overhang.
STEP 5
Attach the outer legs
Flip the tabletop upside down and screw a pair of angled leg stop blocks in one end of the frame. Butt rounded ends of the legs against the blocks. Drill through the frame and bolt on legs with M10 x 60 cup head bolts, washers and wing nuts.
STEP 6
Attach the inner legs
Screw spacer blocks in the other end of the frame to allow the other pair of legs to nest inside the first. Drill and bolt on the leg stop blocks and the second pair of legs using the longer M10 x 90 cup head bolts.
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