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31st January 2021, 08:15 PM #1New Members
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3 Legged Dinning Table
I'm going to make a 4 person kitchen table and had the idea to only use 3 legs.
The reason being, to make it easier to clean under. I have two young children so a lot little bits of food ends up on the floor around table legs, which makes it frustrating to clean up. Plus, it would be easier for them to get on and off their seats without the table leg in the way.
Dimensions would be roughly, 1300mm x 800mm with two seats on either side and one end of the table hard up against the wall.
Has anyone ever made or seen a table like this? How unstable are they?
I could add a fourth leg in the very centre, but I’m not sure if that would help much. I’d rather not attach it to the wall, but if that is the only way to stop it falling over, I would consider it.
See the pic as reference. I believe this designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, but I think it is coffee table rather than a dining.
It doesn't matter if I don't make the table, but if it is possible I'd like to try. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
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31st January 2021, 09:05 PM #2Taking a break
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Stability aside, you're gonna want to make those protruding corners very round.
Little kids aren't always good at knowing where their body ends and, with no legs to provide a kid-level guide to where the table ends, I can see them running straight into it and potentially doing some serious head/eye damage.
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Welcome G-Dubya!
I one word: don't...A weight on either corner of the one-legged side will bring the table down!!!
Cheers,
Yvan
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1st February 2021, 07:31 AM #4
An option to add stability would be to put a foot on the leg for the single leg side, sort of like trestle table designs, but then you may as well just do a full trestle table?
trestle-table-2011-done.jpgFranklin
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1st February 2021, 08:28 AM #5
I would also go back to the original reason for this design - that you want something easy to clean under, and I would propose that there's still a leg in the way. 4 legged tables usually allow a vacuum cleaner head to pass in between the two closest-spaced legs, which might defeat the purpose of having 3 legs to begin with?
Additionally, is it expected that the 4th person around this table will sit with a leg coming down between their legs? If so, what is that person is female, and wearing a dress?
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1st February 2021, 08:55 AM #6
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1st February 2021, 12:43 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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I dont think the benefits of a slightly easier vacuum really outweigh the potential toppling.
Is the two leg end going against a wall or anything or totally free standing. If against the wall you could discretely attach it to the wall so it doesnt tip
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1st February 2021, 12:58 PM #9New Members
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Thanks for your replay. I guess only weight greater than opposite side of the pivot point.
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1st February 2021, 01:01 PM #10New Members
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Thanks. Yes, rounded, padded, maybe.
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1st February 2021, 01:06 PM #11New Members
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Or a male wearing a dress Thanks. We hardly ever have more then just the four of us. A fifth person can sit at the other end, just pull the table out.
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1st February 2021, 01:45 PM #12New Members
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Thanks. Slightly simpler clean up. Fewer number of steps in the process the more likely is to occur. Yes, an option would be to attach to the wall.
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1st February 2021, 03:00 PM #13
Friend had a similar problem many, many years ago and decided to rtake your idea further and make a zero legged table. We removed the legs from a "Thursday auction" table, fastenned a batton to the wall and screwed the table to the batton. Then threaded both ends of a piece of 12.7mm reo, drilled a hole through a ceiling joist and another through the table and suspended the end of the table from the ceiling. Sort of like this:
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It really was easy to sweep under the table, and the table was very stable. But that suspension rod was an absolute PIA:
- Pouring wine, bump the rod and spill the wine,
- Passing plates around, ditto,
- Clearing plates, even worse,
- Pouring beer, bump the rod and spill the beer,
- etc.
And as the night progressed, that rod got even more intrusive.
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1st February 2021, 03:01 PM #14
The Reliant Robin of dining tables? It would want to be easy to clean under with all the extra food that's going to end up on the floor you'd reckon.
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