I design this table with leather top and storage unit.
A single unit on each own can be a small bed table or desk top stand.
It can also be used vertically as a magazine rack.
Or use in this direction with possibility to hold a table top.
Process
I start with by making a 1:3 scale model.
I cut the slots using band saw. Because I designed the angle to be bent at 135 degree so the two legs can meet at a right angle, therefore made the slots easier to cut.
I do like the shape a lot but I didn’t think the angle is suitable. They are too spread out.
In use:
After reviewing the model and making some revision, I went on making the full size table.
Cutting 8 layers of 1/8 plywood on table saw.CNC the jig out of the blue foam for bent lamination in the vacuum forming jig.
The little one is for clamping later.
The new angle is 70 degree. I left each form in the vacuum bag for exact 5 hours so the they came out almost the same angles.
Trimming the edges off on table saw using the jig I made.
Since the table saw blade could only bend less than 90 degree, I could only cut two slots. So it left the other two slots for Japanese saw.
Lots of sanding afterward.
I decided to sand down the top and put a piece of leather on top so the surface its non-slippery, wipe clean, heat resistance and nice to write on/eat on.
Finished!