Here's a folding table I came up with so I could get the stove off the ground. It folds down to 2" and is held in place with two thumbscrews threaded into inserts in the top edge of the table.

Good looking table.

Weight?

Weighs in at 3 pounds.

stole you thread, ill make my own.

no, i meant my own table thread.

heres another one, made out of scrap aluminum sheet and old timberline tent poles, can be set up low or high, depending on how many poles you want to bring, 2# with low pole set up.

Very nice. Thanks!

Nice. What kind of wood did you use for the top slats? Legs?

I have a bunch of DIY collapsible tables with no legs - I just set them on 4 rocks. Someday I'll figure out how to make legs for them. But, since they don't have legs, they don't weight much.






Eventually I'll break down and buy one of those Helinox Tables, but I think they still need some small board to make the top stiff enough to hold a stove.

I used ash for the whole table. Stronger than pine and lighter than oak. The slats for the top are just over an eighth of an inch thick and an inch and a half wide. I'm going to make a pair for my sister who car camps to use as end tables. On those I plan to alternate the top slats with ash and cherry for a more Interesting look.

The helinox is a nice looking table but I'm sure it carry's a good price tag too. I'll bet you could use aluminum arrows for the legs and table supports and a block of wood for the hub and make one that's similar.

The arrow shaft idea is great. I think I will try that. If I had woodworking skill, and access to ash and cherry like that, I would try your alternating slats (I'd probably random order) idea as well.

I really like the Helinox, but I worry the top is not stiff enough for a stove and 2 liters of water. Plus it has zero style points unlike your ash table. But I am still tempted.

I think this the 24" rollup table I made last year (24" is about the height of my portage pack - at 24" the table packs nicely on the outside of the pack under the compression straps without sticking out too much). It is 1.9lbs - but I think that's pretty good given the relatively gigantic size for this kind of table. I made the end pieces of wood L-shaped using epoxy, and then made a center stiffener bar. Holds a lot of weight now without any flex. I am thinking I could make screw on legs in each of the 4 corners of the table with the arrow shafts - but I'd need some kind of aluminum reinforcement plate on each corner. I only want the table to be about a foot or so off the ground, so I don't think I need anything particularly heavy duty for bracing the legs.














EDIT: My other idea was to maybe buy one of these Lawn&Leaf Bag Chutes at the big box store, cut off the bottom foot of it, and use that bottom foot as a folding table base. It's made out of this corrugated plastic, weighs nothing, and is OK to get wet. But, zero style points.

I really like the channel aluminum you used as the support for your roll top table. I started with the roll top style also to make the whole thing break down and pack Into a bag, used wing nuts to secure all the joints but It took ten minutes to put it together. It started out 16 x 24, Thought it would be nice to set my coffee cup on The table while cooking. It was a lot bigger than it needed to be and the smaller size 12 x 16 fits the Coleman suitcase about right and made the thin slats on the top strong enough without a center support. Thread on legs would be a lot easier but I think would have some wobble. You never know until you try but you don't want to lose your lunch to a wobbly table.
Post some pics if you make a hub style table.

I purchased one of these Tables a few weeks ago from camping world for only $24. It's the perfect size and the top is very lite weight aluminum that rolls up. It weights about 5 pounds but all of the weight is in the steel legs, I'm going to try to get some aluminum poles about the same size and replace them to lighten it up some.

quote NotLight: "The arrow shaft idea is great. I think I will try that. If I had woodworking skill, and access to ash and cherry like that, I would try your alternating slats (I'd probably random order) idea as well.


I really like the Helinox, but I worry the top is not stiff enough for a stove and 2 liters of water. Plus it has zero style points unlike your ash table. But I am still tempted.


I think this the 24" rollup table I made last year (24" is about the height of my portage pack - at 24" the table packs nicely on the outside of the pack under the compression straps without sticking out too much). It is 1.9lbs - but I think that's pretty good given the relatively gigantic size for this kind of table. I made the end pieces of wood L-shaped using epoxy, and then made a center stiffener bar. Holds a lot of weight now without any flex. I am thinking I could make screw on legs in each of the 4 corners of the table with the arrow shafts - but I'd need some kind of aluminum reinforcement plate on each corner. I only want the table to be about a foot or so off the ground, so I don't think I need anything particularly heavy duty for bracing the legs.
















EDIT: My other idea was to maybe buy one of these Lawn&Leaf Bag Chutes at the big box store, cut off the bottom foot of it, and use that bottom foot as a folding table base. It's made out of this corrugated plastic, weighs nothing, and is OK to get wet. But, zero style points.

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Just look for some old political signs that is the same material as the Lawn and leaf bag chute is made out of. That way it costs you nothing.