TimW wrote in :

On 09/09/2019 14:28, Harold Davis wrote:
I am planning to make a dining table, dimensions 2000mm x 960mm x
40mm, in either beech or oak.

The company selling me the timber suggests this would need 9 legs,
which is ridiculous. (I don't think I've ever seen a table with 9
legs before.) It's a crucial part of the plan that the table have
only 4 legs. But I like this company's tabletops.

What are my options? Bolt two lengths of steel tube to the underside?
Or would I need a rectangle? Would it be possible to use timber? I
realise it would have to be bulkier. What would people recommend?

Thanks in advance!

Harry

I would suggest 3 short lengths of timber screwed to the underside.
The screws should be in slots to allow the table top to move and have
washers under their heads to allow you to tighten them. The timber
braces should be as thick as the table top.

9 legs is bonkers. You will find table leg brackets quite good if you
don't want to do any joinery.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CORNER-brac...ackets/dp/B00M
D0WZNU TW


Hi Tim,

Thanks for this. When you say short, do you mean across the width?
Mightn't that allow sag in the middle of the length?

Those brackets look like just my kind of thing :-) They assume side
boards (sorry, I don't the technical name),which I'd forgotten about but
I should probably use some. I was also wondering about the steel option
so as to get more leg room under the table and be able to slide the arms
of an office chair under there. Recently I stayed somewhere where a
kingsize bed platform, at least twice the size of my desired table, was
sitting on a square of square-sectioned steel tube with support only in
two sides.

Thanks again,

Harry