"SpazMaTaz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > I'm building a triangle shaped small table. Width at back is 11 inches.
> > It has a bottom shelf. It will be on casters. The problem is it has no
> > stability.
> > It has 3 dowels connecting top to bottom. When I touch the table it
leans.
> > How can I stabilize it?
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> By "unstable, do you mean that it rocks? If it has three legs, this
> is not possible...three non-linear points in space determine a plane
> which is why it cannot rock. Now, if the bottom shelf is on the floor
> and the legs do not extend below this, then you could have this
> problem. Adding casters would probably solve this at it would be very
> similar to extending the legs below the bottom shelf. This of course
> does not mean the shelf or top would be level, it just won't rock.
Sounds like it's swaying to me (sorry, missed the original message)
due to insufficient stiffness in the legs.
Lots of ways to stiffen things up: heavier legs, diagonal bracing...
I can't really recommend a particular approach with out knowing more.
Of course it could just be the legs are fitted to losely.
"Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I'm building a triangle shaped small table. Width at back is 11 inches.
> It has a bottom shelf. It will be on casters. The problem is it has no
> stability.
> It has 3 dowels connecting top to bottom. When I touch the table it leans.
> How can I stabilize it?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
By "unstable, do you mean that it rocks? If it has three legs, this
is not possible...three non-linear points in space determine a plane
which is why it cannot rock. Now, if the bottom shelf is on the floor
and the legs do not extend below this, then you could have this
problem. Adding casters would probably solve this at it would be very
similar to extending the legs below the bottom shelf. This of course
does not mean the shelf or top would be level, it just won't rock.
Spaz
A few of questions:
How tall is the table?
What is the distance between legs (I am assuming three legs on corners of an equilateral triangle)?
How big is the table top?
--
Al Reid
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know
for sure that just ain't so." --- Mark Twain
"Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I'm building a triangle shaped small table. Width at back is 11 inches.
> It has a bottom shelf. It will be on casters. The problem is it has no
> stability.
> It has 3 dowels connecting top to bottom. When I touch the table it leans.
> How can I stabilize it?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
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