Forum topic by king_nickizzle | posted 10-31-2018 06:41 PM | 842 views | 0 times favorited | 5 replies | ![]() |
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10-31-2018 06:41 PM |
Well, I thought this was finished, but I’m asking for that last little bit of help. This table has been constructed with wood joinery and glue, no screws. I was pretty proud of it, but unfortunately it’s not extremely sturdy. You can see in this video, when I put pressure on the table, it rocks back and forth. This is mainly noticeable when someone goes to sit down and puts pressure on the table as they’re getting in their chair. This may be due to a couple of problems. 1) For the most part, the dado I cut at the top of the legs provided a very snug fit which I glued in. In one or two of the legs, the dado was probably 1/16 of an inch too wide, so left a tiny wiggle room. Well, I should’ve paid more attention while gluing, because two of the legs aren’t perfectly square. You can see in the image where I show the short side of the table what I mean. I suppose I didn’t take the photo directly in front of the main problem leg, so the issue looks even more severe in the photo, but you can see the left leg tapers in a bit. The right leg tapers out a tiny bit. I can manually push these in place, but it seems they just slide back in to their original place over time. 2) I obviously don’t have any stretchers, as I wanted a very minimal design. Do you guys think if I put a stretcher connecting each set of legs, that would help with stability? Or would I need to do that, PLUS having a stretcher that attaches both sets of legs, running through the middle of the table, as well? I’d be happy to add the two stretchers to connect each leg set, in fact, this may help square up those two problem legs. But I’m worried if I add a middle stretcher, this narrow table won’t allow for people to scoot in without banging their legs. Thoughts? I wanted a minimal design, but I’m thinking that this might be too minimal even for more skilled woodworkers, and due to the nature of gravity, you just need more stability. |