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Making a table-top

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  • 05-11-2020 9:54pm
    #1
    hots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭


    I've had a bit of a shocker and instead of ordering a solid table top, it turns out what I've ordered comes in 3 pieces with no prescribed way of attaching.

    This is the top: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08F9ZGLKJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    and I'll be attaching to 3 prong hairpin legs...

    So I think I need to create a frame for the 3 sections of the top to sit on, and potentially to then put the legs into as well maybe? The top is split along the long edge (3 sections of 100*66 to make a 100*200 top).

    My main concern is making this rock solid, particularly as the majority of the weight will be sitting on the middle section, which doesn't have a leg supporting it.

    Any ides or suggestions appreciated.


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    #2
    Purgative
    Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Hi Hots, that's quite daunting, especially as whatever you do will be on display.


    I'd stick a post in the Woodcraft forum https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=530 - those guys really know wood.


    All the best.


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    hots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    Cheers, good shout, didn't know there was one!


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,030 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Should be pretty simple if you're OK with a painted finish for the frame. Get some planed timber. Butt joint it with glue and screws into a rectangle. Fill and sand holes and gaps. Prime and paint. Attach legs to frame, attach tabletop to frame. Job done.

    https://www.etsy.com/listing/251692478/raw-38-3-rod-hairpin-legs-beeswax


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    niallb
    Registered Users Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭niallb


    Could you hinge the three pieces and put your legs on the centre piece with extra gate legs out each side?
    That looks like it was cut to make a folding table.


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    #6
    hots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    Update to this, returning and buying a solid kitchen worktop to play with instead. Appreciate the replies!


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