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Foldable Outdoor table

  • 30-03-2022 12:24pm
    #1
    ellejay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭


    Hi there

    I'm looking for ideas on how to secure legs to a table top so I can fold it away in the winter.

    I plan on using 4 x 4 for the legs and a hinge to fold the legs lengthways but how could I secure the legs when in place?

    Would some kind of a bolt through the legs, into the frame of the tabletop work?

    Or is there some kind of a click clack fitting I could get that the legs would slot into.

    Any thoughts appreciated!



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  • #2
    policarp
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    4 x 4 seems very chunky for a foldable table.

    Do you have any dimensions for the table?



  • #3
    ellejay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭ellejay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118859231#Comment_118859231

    Thanks for replying policarp.

    No I've no plans as such.

    I was going to use 3 x 3 but local builders supplier only does 4 x 4.

    I want an outdoor large dining table that will fit 8

    So thought I'd just make a rectangle frame, screw boards (2 x 4?) across the top of the frame and attach the legs underneath.

    Because it's so big, I need to be able to take it down to store it.



  • #4
    Lumen
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    Hinged legs splayed out, gravity will stabilize?



  • #5
    Mo Ghile Mear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭Mo Ghile Mear


    https://www.homestoreandmore.ie/garden-furniture-sets/white-folding-table-1.8m/071989.html


    I got one of these in Homestore and More, and it's ideal .... sturdy and neat and folds flat. It fits 8 easily.

    (In case you decide to take an easy way out 😊.)

    I got a nice oil-cloth tablecloth for it so it looks good too.



  • #6
    awec
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    If you're only going to take it down once a year then presumably just making it easy to take the legs off is also an option?



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  • #7
    ellejay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭ellejay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118863442#Comment_118863442

    I thought of that, but how would I stabilise the legs?

    A couple of metal brackets screwed in and just remove when taking down?



  • #8
    awec
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    I’d do something like that yea. Be easier to stabilise than hinges, unless you have a locking mechanism the table could collapse if bumped into which could be dangerous.



  • #9
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    Or two smaller tables you hook together, like do you need the big table all the time or some of the time



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