Folding Sewing Table

Support the plywood on scrap 1x boards or foam, mark it every 32" across the width, set the saw just past the plywood's thickness, and cut three equal 32" x 48" pieces. Then cut each down per the list.

The good face goes DOWN for circular saw cuts — tear-out lands on the underside where nobody sews.

Screw the cabinet together per the diagram — top, bottom, sides, and the interior shelf — with the 2" screws, pilot-drilled. The shelf is fabric-stash storage and, structurally, the box's mid-span stiffener.

Screw the four casters to the cabinet base with their pan-head screws. Locking casters are worth the dollar upgrade — a cutting table that creeps while you cut is a special kind of maddening.

Lay the cabinet FACE DOWN on the floor with a leaf positioned against each side, and attach the hinges across the undersides. Working face-down like this self-aligns the top surfaces — hinged upright, you'd be shimming and cursing.

Measure from the underside of a raised leaf to the bottom of the wheels — THAT is your leg length; cut the four 1x3s to it. Hinge each leg to the underside of its leaf.

The list's 29-1/4" is a placeholder for a cabinet with these exact casters. Yours is whatever the tape says.

Flip the table upright, raise the leaves, and swing the legs into place. They should open slightly PAST 90°, splayed in opposite directions — past-center means downward pressure seats them tighter instead of folding them. Trim leg length if a leaf sits proud.

Lean on it, roll it, fold it, unfold it. Then sand the entire top until fabric glides, and go cut something out.