Plans for folding desk, by Dean Wight

Links to plans for folding desks are at the end of this post.

Update January 31, 2021: Someone asked for photos of desks, so I'm posting a few here. 

Modified Desk, folded

Modified Desk, partially open

Modified Desk, open position

Update January 16, 2021: Plans for the modified folding desk are at the end of this post, together with the original plans. Feel free to add comments and suggestions.

Update January 11, 2021: I have made modifications to the folding desk, and I will revise the plans shortly. In brief, the changes are (a) switched to non-mortising hinges because they are lighter and fold slightly flatter than door hinges; (b) removed plywood cross-braces and replaced them with 2 by 2 braces mounted in-between, rather than on top of, the legs, reducing weight and allowing legs to fold flatter; (c) removed about 3 pounds of material using cutouts in the back panel.

Non-mortising hinges

Back panel with cutouts

This link leads to a PDF of plans for the modified folding desk:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1McVcGjI1rEaR4GnTgM2t0dBIYqUrl1q6/view?usp=sharing

This link leads to a PDF of plans, drawings and photos of the folding desk developed for Desks by Dads in Gaithersburg MD.

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/15WAL9oG1CaBKSEEipo8VNOVb0UVCp1A6/view?usp=sharing