Collapsible Portable Display Stands/Boxes With Built-In Storage Space

In this instructable you'll see: How I made some collapsible display stands with hidden storage space, out of melamine, as well as additional innovative mechanisms, for use in exhibitions or other alternative instances that are presented at the last step!

Step 1:

I was asked by QControl, a modern company which is in the business of the quality control equipment and services targeting the industrial sector, to make some folding stands, which can be assembled and disassembled without tools, in order to use them, for presenting their products at various exhibitions

Step 2:

After I cut all the pieces of melamine that I needed, which have the same color with the Logo of the company, I started the assembling process.

Step 3:

I made a wooden square for guidance, to be able to assemble the pieces fast and accurately.

Step 4:

I also placed PVC tape on the workbench so that the pieces I am going to assemble won’t slip against the bench.

Step 5:

After I measured and cut the spacer in the right dimensions, I started placing the one of the two parts of the mechanism, one on each side on the short pieces.

Step 6:

Which have to be at the same level with the melamine.

Step 7:

...and then I repeated the same process for another 12 pieces.

Step 8:

Now, to the other piece of melamine, after I measured and cut a different spacer, I installed the other part of the mechanism, which is going to fit with the other piece I made before.

Step 9:

...and I repeated again the same process for the remaining pieces.

Step 10:

Now for the long pieces, I repeated the same process but this time I placed two mechanisms on each side, for better stability.

Step 11:

Just needs more careful measurement and to be more precise while placing them, so that when they fit together, they are exactly at the same level.

Step 12:

After I have placed all the mechanisms on the side pieces, it’s time to make the caps.

Step 13:

For an easy assembling, I cut some slats and nailed them under the top surface of the melamine, so that they fit in quick and easily, over the side pieces, preventing this way any movement to the left and to the right.

Step 14:

Because the wooden laths are too expensive, I took some pinewood boards, divided the width of each board and cut 2 by 2cm slats.

Step 15:

Then I sanded all the pieces very well on all four sides.

Step 16:

I rounded one corner of every slat so that they slip and fit in more easily during the assembling.

Step 17:

Now, I started cutting every slat at 45 degrees, at the right distance, carefully, in order for the rounded edge to be on the outer side when the angle is formed.

Step 18:

After I subtracted the gap that the lid is going to leave and the thickness of the melamine, I cut the spacers and I started the installation.

Step 19:

The dimensions of the spacers and the slats must be calculated with the accuracy of a millimeter, otherwise, during the assembling, they will either be too loose and move to the left and to the right, or will be too tight and they will not fit as intended.