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  1. 17th February 2007, 09:41 PM #1
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    I guess that this is one for the pros on the board.

    When you attatch your table tops, and assuming you use buttons, what spacing do you use?

    The reason I ask is that lately I've been looking at some professionally produced tables (mainly so I can rip off some design ideas )aand I've noticed that they tend to use the clips every 150-200 mm.

    In the tables I've made, I've not used anything like that spacing. Mind you, the pieces are all still good. It's not like the tops are loose or anything.

    So I was wondering what the rule of thumb is for button spacing and why?
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  3. 18th February 2007, 07:59 AM #2
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    george ellis writing in 1907, just said "at intervals" he didnt say what intervals or give a rule of thumb


    his use of buttoning was for table tops and (fielded) panels in VERY wide door linings
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    I use a different version of buttons but it does the same job, they only have to hold the top down after all.

    I use large washers in larger holes with the screw in the middle, that gives the table top room to move by about 10mm in either direction.

    Youll get the idea from the pics, even if the pics are of the baton to help hold it all together.


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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb View Post
    When you attatch your table tops, and assuming you use buttons, what spacing do you use?
    For fixing to aproned legs, I simply put a couple in each corner and one in the middle of each side, then add buttons in-between until it "looks right." At a guess I'd say my average'd be around 300-400mm... 150mm would look too cluttered to me and I don't see any real benefit. Unless the table will be picked up by the top a lot?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post
    Unless the table will be picked up by the top a lot?
    Exactly the point of putting more buttons closer together. How do you know if people will always pick the table up by the top or the rails?

    Better to be safe than sorry (buttons 150mm- 200mm apart), unless you like playing with boomerangs. Plus, they're so easy and quick with a domino.
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  7. 18th February 2007, 11:16 AM #6
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    Hi Craig,

    You must have double-posted the enquiry. Here's the answer I stuck onto the other one.

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    Hi Craig

    My initial thought when I saw the heading was 8-12" What I've always done and seen.

    Better too many table buttons/clips and no recall than too few and an irate customer. Might be a reason.

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    Yeah I was having problems with FF last night.

    I've deleted the duplicate.

    Sorry about that.
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    I always put one at the end of each rail as close as possible to the legs then from 200 to 300mm apart.

    The spacing across the table (end grain) is usually closer than down the length of the table, but too many is always better than not enough.
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