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A rolling cabinet that unfolds into a 6-foot-plus cutting table — hinged leaves on both sides, folding legs, and the whole thing from one sheet of plywood.
| Part | Qty | T × W × L | Material | ✓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet tops/bottoms | 2 | 3/4" × 20" × 32" | Plywood | ☐ |
| Leaves | 2 | 3/4" × 26 3/4" × 32" | Plywood | ☐ |
| Cabinet shelf | 1 | 3/4" × 15 1/2" × 32" | Plywood | ☐ |
| Cabinet sides | 2 | 3/4" × 12" × 32" | Plywood | ☐ |
| Folding legs NOMINAL — measure your assembled cabinet, leaf underside to floor, and cut to that. | 4 | 3/4" × 2 1/2" × 29 1/4" | 1x3 | ☐ |
| Item | Qty | ✓ |
|---|---|---|
| Plywood, 3/4" sanded, 4x8 sheet The entire cabinet and both leaves. | 1 each | ☐ |
| 1x3, 8 ft The four folding legs. | 2 each | ☐ |
| Caster wheels, 2" ~2-1/2" installed height, with 3/4" pan-head screws. | 4 each | ☐ |
| Hinges, 2-1/2" to 3" Five sets: leaves to cabinet, legs to leaves. | 10 each | ☐ |
| Self-tapping wood screws, #8 x 2" Trim screws work — smaller heads on visible plywood. | 40 each | ☐ |
Overall cost: $$. Lumber varies by region, species, and season, so we give a band rather than a figure.
Tools: Circular Saw, Pencil, Speed Square, Tape Measure. Materials: Plywood, 3/4" sanded, 4x8 sheet
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.
Tools: Drill / Driver, Drill Bit Set, Speed Square. Materials: Plywood, 3/4" sanded, 4x8 sheet, Self-tapping wood screws, #8 x 2"
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.
Tools: Drill / Driver. Materials: Plywood, 3/4" sanded, 4x8 sheet, Caster wheels, 2"
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.
Tools: Drill / Driver, Drill Bit Set. Materials: Plywood, 3/4" sanded, 4x8 sheet, Hinges, 2-1/2" to 3"
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.
Tools: Circular Saw, Drill / Driver, Tape Measure. Materials: 1x3, 8 ft, Hinges, 2-1/2" to 3"
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.
Tools: Circular Saw, Random Orbit Sander. Materials: 1x3, 8 ft
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.