How to Make a Folding Desk - With No Hinges!

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In today's video I will be showing you how I created a folding desk for my son's bedroom a couple of years ago.
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I had recently finished renovating my son's bedroom, and with limited space for a desk I started to think about how we could fit a desk in his room.
A quick Google didn't really come up with any suitable folding desk options, so I realised I was going to have to make my own desk. So I started browsing the internet - Pinterest was a good source, but every option required a pair of hinges or a piano hinge, and larger hinge stays at the side of the desk, and these ranged from £6 for a pair from Ironmongery Direct to just under £60 per pair from Perceptive Fittings (which I can't find a link to anymore).
So I decided to design a desk that had NO HINGES WHATSOEVER - and this is how I did it!
Today's Toolkit
- MDF - 25mm
- 8mm metal pin - salvaged from a 1970s towel drier swing arm
If you decide you want to make a desk with hinges, then here are a couple of links you might find these useful:
- Folding desk stay £5.82 goo.gl/4ik2Db
- Piano hinge from £3.12 goo.gl/FNquUc
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@vaniacosta2657 5 месяцев назад

Found you video and it’s exactly what I’m after !

@Clairez1981 3 года назад

I just finished making a desk like this based on your design! It was perfect for my daughters room. Thank you for a fantastic idea.

@SK-iv4ml 6 лет назад

Very clever, I thought it was a bit dodgy before you revealed the metal pins, but that had me sold, really nice work.

@MsIsetan 6 лет назад

Hmmm, interesting. This video has me rethinking how to construct the desk I need for the living room. I don’t consider myself a DIY’er but your videos have given me a lot of confidence to tackle some of my own projects. There are a lot of great woodworking channels on RU-vid but very few aimed at the limited tool and non workshop owning audience. In addition, the imperial measures used in many of the American videos are a barrier. Cheers and keep the videos coming.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

You're welcome and massive thanks for taking the time to comment!

@blackroseCHEPE17 5 лет назад

I thought the exact same thing. Also, imperial measuring is soo confusing, glad I found this video.

@ahhh4117 4 года назад

I'm an american and I need a conversion table with me when I make diagrams so yeah the rest of the world wins in that department

@LaoZi2023 3 года назад

I really like it. The pin idea was great, a simple solution for a clean look

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Thanks Douglas 👍🏻

@Vestskogen 3 года назад

This is a great design! I think I'm going to try the your hinge system to turn my bookcase into a bookcase/desk to save space in my living area.

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Thanks. Good luck with that 👍🏻

@kenn1936 3 года назад

OMG would you believe it - I have wanted make one of these for ages, they are approx £100 plus for one of these. I will be making one soon!! Thanks for all the tips!!!

@ivangreat133 6 лет назад

I've been looking at folding desks too and I'm so glad you shared your hinge system, it looks perfect. Another great video 👍

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Cheers mate. Really appreciate that 👍👍😏

@serialskeptic 6 лет назад

OMG ! That " hinge " is sheer genius !

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@Dorngrunder 5 лет назад

Genius! Just bought my first house and obviously I have to start fixin things myself, I am really happy that I found your channel 🙂

@CharlieDIYte 5 лет назад

Thanks so much and good luck with the DIY!!💪👍

@-_AjB_- 6 лет назад

Great solution Charlie. That's what I love about making our own stuff. Creative problem solving. Also really enjoyed the video format. Retrospective storytelling and informative with the sometimes laboured format of every detail we often see elsewhere. Have a great week.

@NomenNescio99 6 лет назад

I'm was just looking for some kind of folding table solution and look what just popped up in my subscription feed! Since I don't need the shelves I was thinking more in the line of a hinged tabletop that could be raised up from a hanging down position with a support leg made of some sheet material that could be swung out until it was perpendicular to the wall, right under the tabletop the support leg would probably be as long as the tabletop extended out from the wall when it was raised and much more narrow at the floor. But this hinge-less design is simply just a lot more elegant solution to the problem and the shelves are just an added bonus. The thickest mdf board I've got at home is about 15 mm and that is probably a little to flimsy to use for a folding table, and since a trip to the hardware store is needed anyway I'll probably try to use 18 mm birch ply instead of mdf. Thank you for the inspiration and the good ideas!

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

You're very welcome Niklas - good to hear from you and thanks for taking the time to tell me about your project. Yes that 18mm sounds like a good option. You just need to make sure that your pins are proportionate in diameter to the thickness of the desk, and therefore strong enough - not that they have to be too strong as they're only guides after all.

@AccountantDoesDIY Год назад

Brilliant. I was trying to figure out how it wasn’t falling off the front. And then you delivered the pin reveal. I know your philosophy is DIY without all the complicated kit and huge workshops, but I would say that if a DIYer wants to treat themselves to a more complicated power tool (beyond combi drill and impact driver that most of us have now) I’d go with Router. So useful on so many levels.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

I agree. Must do a DIY game changer vid about that. 👊

@umbassam123 9 месяцев назад

I like what you did there I was thinking of the same thing But not for desk, but for slide in doors for pull-out bed ❤

@DeanneMariaCreates 6 лет назад

Whilst building my wardrobe, I too insert wood glue into my screw holes/joints when building with mdf. It is a great tip. Charlie, I just love your channel, yours was my 1st go to when I was inspired to build my wardrobe. Thanks a 🌷🌷🌷

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Hi Deanne - great to hear from you again! Aw, thanks for that. Can't tell you how much I appreciate comments like that!! I must say, from all your comments it sounds like you're a pretty accomplished DIYer these days! Ha, yes I decided to upgrade my outfit with something new and branded. Got a few polo shirts as well! Not for sale as yet as I can't imagine anyone would want to buy one 🙂 Thanks again!

@DeanneMariaCreates 6 лет назад

@@CharlieDIYte My hubby keeps on praising me, so I must be doing something right. I will send to you pictures of my wardrobe build and I thank you for inspiring me to actually do it. I started out with the mere basics of tools and used Homebase (great advise from you) and B&Q to rip the long sheets to size for the main carcass build. I plan to make a video when all is finished to give praise to you Charlie, Peter Millard (10 minute Workshop) and Andy (Gosforth Andyman)... supporting the best (imo) of British in showing the everyday man and woman how to do good DIY. I thank you Charlie, my wardrobe was my biggest project and now I own Router, Bosch Saw with Guide Rail, jig saw, multi-tool and Ryobi Double bevel mitre saw. Channelling out rebates, like you said in your wardrobe video made it all so much easier to get the job done more accurately and I can now make drawers, which a year ago, I thought to be impossible. ♥️🐣🐥😀

@alejandrolopez5070 4 года назад

very good idea, no need for hinges, piano or book, very good job a greeting from Mexico congratulations.

@actiongirl5 6 лет назад

Great design and who cares if it isn't immaculately finished, it is for a child who know doubt do not always look after things. However the design behind the desk is what is genius and it can be applied to other desks that people can spend more time on and finish to a higher standard should they wish. Great job!

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks - I really appreciate that. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

@LeiBog69 Год назад

thx. i love the ideea. i was looking for a folding desk with closing mechanism like yours.

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

It's simple but effective. All you need to find is some thick pins like those I used.

@videoediting3742 5 лет назад

Hi Charlie, just seen your videos this morning. Good idea for space saving desk. A thought came to me while watching. The two strips of wood that you slot the desk under to keep it down while using the desk - why not put a long piece of MDF plank across them to make in effect another shelf?! I saw you take the lamp from the shelf above to put down onto the desking, but with the plank going across the unit on top of those two strips of wood on either side the lamp or pens etc can stay down there

@sora-chi90 7 месяцев назад

You, Sir, just solved one of my problems in doing my own fold down hingeless table! Been wrecking my brain to make it cost less than the initial plan (cuz those lil thing really costing alot once you total it ups😅)

@marksb2010mb 2 года назад

Thankyou, I've been trying to figure out something like this. Everything I came up with was going to be overly complicated.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Glad to hear it. Yes it worked really well. 👍

@sashavaynberg6633 2 года назад

It's an amazing way to make the desk flush with the rest of the bookcase: I picture a wall of inbuilt bookcases with a desk like that, and instead of two side rails the desk slides into a "pocket" created by a very low-sitting shelf that would hold monitors and a desk lamp. It'd be a fantastic solution for a home office in an apartment (or anywhere where space is tight): when you finish for the day the workstation just disappears.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks Sasha. Yes that would be a great option. 👍

@womaninwood9177 Год назад

Sounds like a "DropTop" desk.

@susanwoods174 4 года назад

That desk top is magic!!

@cygnus108 6 лет назад

Brilliant idea for a limited spaced room..

@Lyndalewinder 6 лет назад

Great design Charlie - I think I'll make one of these for the grandkids

@CharlieDIYte 4 года назад

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@shelleynobleart 3 года назад

GENIUS! I'm so doing my desk extension like this!

@checkmate545 5 лет назад

Charlie, you said it's not perfect, oh you jest Sir...it's bloody fantastic 👍👌👏🎊🎊😄👍

@davidjohn0505 6 лет назад

Great clever design. I just love your videos because you make DIY interesting and informative. Keep making these videos

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks so much Harry - it's comments like yours that keeps me making these vids!

@DeanneMariaCreates 6 лет назад

Love the 'T-shirt', do you sell those? Desk is amazing, that would work well in my flat. Thanks a bunch for sharing this. Well done for achieving 33K followers. Simple DIY at its best!

@ondrejroberto2896 3 года назад

nice build. old fashion system also used for - folding up and sliding in - doors for cabinets it has 2 hinges though

@valborchardt3596 6 лет назад

Greetings from South Africa. Lovely idea Charlie, thanks for the tips, stay well

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Hey, great to hear from you Val - and very humbled that my funny little channel has reached so far! Thanks for the message - you too!

@ATREIDESDUNCAN88 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so easy. Across the old in Indiana. I need this

@highdough2712 4 года назад

I’ve been trying to find the solution I’ve been looking for and this is finally it. Thank you so much.

@mathiashusmann8061 2 года назад

Thank you very much for the great inspiration for my Murphy desk. Finished it a little while ago. Used your table locking construction with a few optimisations. Great job 👍

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Hey that's great news. Its awesome isn't it. What did you use for the pins? That's where I'd most struggle if I were making this again. Thanks for the comment 👍

@hendysiswanto7338 6 лет назад

very interesting cleaver problem solver ! thanks for sharing

@danielbrooke141 5 лет назад

Charlie you are a very clever dicky, The ideas you come up with are amazing. Your videos breed confidence, and your workmanship is excellent. Keep producing these great videos

@midpackrider 3 года назад

Great idea mate, just working out some ideas for my sons bedroom, I don't have the depth to do this in a timber clad wall (concealed) but Iv bought from Ironmongery before so may try them.. eitherway enjoyed watching, thanks

@jahayrac8636 4 года назад

So clever and loving the space saving feature. Very much needed in a kid's room that needs to grow with them for a while ^_^

@ahmedghaith1282 4 года назад

Nice work charlie...... Very simple and practical..... Thanks for sharing this work

@MoroccanAnwar 3 года назад

GREAT VIDEO, really cool idea with the pin

@5e34nut 6 лет назад

Looks fabulous and great work sir

@elokjerside8680 3 года назад

Very clever idea

@CharlieDIYte 3 года назад

Thanks. I can't recall the width and height (we sold it unfortunately).

@ig7002 3 года назад

Wonderful! Exactly what I needed!

@SandiRose2008 6 лет назад

Ingenious. I love it. Couldn't you just make it wider and taller and even add depth to it? Or does your son just want something totally different? It's really good of you to give it away. Thanks for the video.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks! He wanted something totally different. He's now got a stand alone desk, which has reduced the space by his bed, but that's what he wanted.

@BeingForeverBroken Год назад

Great video and creation!

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

Thanks 👍

@GroovyVideo2 5 лет назад

Thanks - Great desk design and video - I made it for use in RV/van - works great

@raedwulf61 6 лет назад

Very nice desk idea. I could use it but I am in the US! Subscribed!

@peterfido8735 6 лет назад

Fantastic design , well done 👌

@ranger_who 6 лет назад

The hingeless design is ingenius. Great work!

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks - you're too kind!!

@myhoneyshandmade1077 2 месяца назад

Nice idea. Just built one for a client. The hardware is a pain.

@maurolimaok Год назад

Nice. Very nice!

@CharlieDIYte Год назад

Thanks 👊

@antypanag1 2 года назад

brilliant idea !!!!

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks 👍

@phililpb 5 лет назад

great project. I would maybe have used an epoxy glue for the metal pins but I guess there is no real pressure on the glue joint as it only stops the pin from sliding out

@CharlieDIYte 5 лет назад

Fair point. What sort of epoxy would you recommend?

@phililpb 5 лет назад

araldite or something similar. Just the stuff they have in diy shops.

@xylonguitars 6 лет назад

very clever! thank you for sharing!

@carabi1612 2 года назад

Awesome and simple

@redlinethin 9 месяцев назад

Great idea but the paint will wear off on the door where it sliding in and out. Will will have to repaint it all the time. Maybe a hard wearing vinyl would fix this issue?!

@joebrey7052 2 года назад

Brilliant! I need this very thing.

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Glad you found it useful 👍

@MinhNguyen-iz1pj 2 года назад

Nice thank you 😊

@JonathanSmith-qz8ok 2 года назад

Genius!

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

Thanks 😉👍

@jongoff2815 Год назад

*Quality*

@b0043 4 года назад

Hi Charlie, Do you remember the approximate dimensions of the desk? I wanted to make something similar for my daughter's room. I realise it's a while since you made this, so no issues if you don't recall. Great channel. Cheers

@hunbold1 6 лет назад

Thanks Charlie.

@ravasyachannel3155 6 месяцев назад

Very good

@CharlieDIYte 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 👍

@TracyCul 2 года назад

This is amazing, thank you!

@CharlieDIYte 2 года назад

You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment. 👍

@nezarnielsen6605 4 года назад

I must try to do this! Wonder if something can be managed without a router for the pin rails.

@CharlieDIYte 4 года назад

I'm not sure how you'd do it - maybe with a sharp chisel 🤔

@paulross7204 6 лет назад

Nice house there Charlie you’ve worked hard on it. What projects do you have coming up?

@SOFISINTOWN 5 лет назад

Don't worry about the crayons and sharpies. They all come off with rubbing alcohol, or the gel hand sanitizer (also alcohol)

@CharlieDIYte 5 лет назад

If anyone is interested in buying this desk then please let me know. I'm looking for £50 for it as I've promised the money to my son 🤞

@CJBruce 4 года назад

Dammit, I missed out on this by 11 months! 🤣

@KimOlarte 3 года назад

If you ever make another one I would so buy it!

@deanfeltham9216 3 года назад

Hi Charlie, do u still have the desk? I'd be interested? Long shot I know

@noelia7361 Год назад

hi, can i ask how did you hang it on the wall? i can't figure it out

@robinwheatley7789 6 лет назад

Hi Charlie, great video as always, thanks. I am wondering what the boxes with holes in them in the underfloor space are?

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Thanks Robin - really appreciate that and thanks also for generally watching my vids! The boxes with holes in them have the kitchen ceiling down lights in them. It's not so much a heat thing as the LEDs emit almost no heat compared to the CFLS I originally had, but as I was filling between the joists with a Knauff acoustic roll insulation I wanted to keep the down lights away from the insulation and give them a little air circulation. My attempts to insulate the ceiling from sound were pathetic as the Knauff does very little. I should have used Rockwool, followed by an acoustic floor board and not screwed it down. 🙄

@robinwheatley7789 6 лет назад

Thanks Charlie, I should have realised! Very sensible of you.

@rivergate 6 лет назад

Nicely done :)

@korpodruciarz 6 лет назад

well done bro

@garvielloken3929 5 лет назад

Woah! You live in the Midlands!! Interesting

@martinharrison1504 5 лет назад

Great video, good design and as always executed brilliantly. I'm making a bed soon for a customer (in a box room in a semi) it's going up on the wall across the width of the room and because the room is so small it will impede over the window opening. There's currently a single bed in there I've been told I can dismantle and 'use bits of'!! Any advice?!? A little aside here too Charlie.. has anyone mentioned a passing resemblance you have to Gordon Ramsay ?(much better looking than him I hasten to add).

@CharlieDIYte 5 лет назад

Thanks Martin - you're not the first one to mention the Gordon Ramsay resemblance 😂 The bed is a tricky one. When you say it's going up on the wall, what do you mean? I probably need to see a picture to comment properly - feel free to email one to me at charliediyte@gmail.com

@vitran7581 3 года назад

Curious how to hang this desk on the wall?

@Vyker 6 лет назад

Where in the Midlands? It'll be great for my boy...

@uBmaniac 6 лет назад

I hope you get it :)

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

Email me at Charliediyte@gmail.com. I'm just checking that my little sis doesn't want it (which is unlikely), and then it's yours!

@kiranshahzadi4634 3 года назад

I need to design a jewelry n cosmetics almirah pls guide

@gordonLP 6 лет назад

Hi Charlie, what are all those mouse box/traps doing under floor😾, down lights, ventilators ?

@RS-Amsterdam 6 лет назад

Great and smart idea for the folding desk but you could pay a bit more attention to the finishing (head sides finishing and painting)

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

I agree. It only had one top coat and we rushed it a bit towards the end. But I did acknowledge it wasn't perfect.

@racketman2u 6 лет назад

little bits of hindsight like the tip of lacquer/varnish for the surface are always useful, though, thanks!

@serialskeptic 6 лет назад

You are pulling his leg ? I cried tears of blood seeing the crayon-art on the white table. I'm about to tell Charlie : What were you thinking ! Why paint kids' furniture ? Leave it unfinished ! Till they grow up & fix it.

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

@@serialskeptic Ha! I have to say I agree with you!!

@kevsterman 6 лет назад

Is there a way of doing this without a router? This design is exactly what I need but I don't have a router. Maybe a good excuse to buy one? :)

@CharlieDIYte 6 лет назад

I don't think so. I meant to talk about the router more in the video. When I bought my De Walt router I was a bit overwhelmed with it at first but it is an invaluable tool now. I use it for everything from rebating locks, putting an ogee edge on skirting boards and of course this. If you're buying one do a bit of research because you could buy a 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch shank router. The 1/4 inch is lighter and easier to use but the 1/2 inch shank is sturdier more powerful and produces more accurate cuts.

@racketman2u 6 лет назад

It's a good question though, that was the first thing that struck me too; I don't have a router, but I do have a lathe, so I thought I could do the same using some aluminium or steel channel and machine some rollers to fit; sounds expensive of time, and it is, but my time costs me nothing! It's always fun to use what you have .

@kevsterman 6 лет назад

Thanks Charlie. I think I'm definitely going to get one as I'm moving to a new flat soon and there is so much I want to do that a router will really come in handy.

@elokjerside8680 3 года назад

width and height?

@dv8075 3 года назад

Мысль

@NavinBetamax 5 лет назад

7:48 ............Why Bonfire ?......... Dismantle the pieces and reuse to make something else . ....or....pass the whole damm thing through the Jointer....flush the fine dust ....... and no one will know a thing about a missing Gift ?!!