I wanted to display the nice side of the Bench and decided that by mounting it on the longer side and using hardware to fold down, instead of fold up, i can achieve it.
Another design consideration was most of the ready made folding ironing tables are too narrow and are on tubular frame, which i did not like it, as it occupies floor space and too narrow to iron full length and breath of pants and shirts and other dresses.
So, i got a 220 lb capacity fold down wall bracket of heavy steel (one pair) and Moisture Resistance plywood of 3/4" thickness and a Felt backed ironing mat of 48"x 24" with a silicon pad for resting iron.
I cut the desired size plywood and sanded nicely and edges slightly rounded by sanding and mounting the mat with 23x13 staples using manual staple gun.
i HAVE used Ebco Wall Bracker WB-40 (400mm) and 100 kg capacity Rs.600/-
felt backed ironing mat of 48"x24" from Pepperfry Rs.500/-
MR grade 19mm plywood Rs.650/-
Kangaro Miles Hand Staples Gun Model No.TS2313A (this gun takes 23/6 to 23/13mm staples and also 18 gauge brad nails upto 13mm length. Rs.1100/- (purchased online from Offimart)
wall bracket mounted with wall anchors and 3" long deck screws tightened with my Impact driver. I used 13mm staple pins for fixing the mat to the plywood, I folded back the mat as my bench is 18" wide and the mat was 24" wide, so the staples go to the back and main advantage of the fold down bracket is NICE SIDE OF IRONING BENCH IS VISIBLE ALWAYS AND NOT THE ugly back side of it, as it could happen if it was a foldup bracket.
