Hey! I have a question on my mind that I've tried to solve myself but it hasn't worked out so well. I bought an oak dining table. The table is quite tall and pretty wobbly. I tried screwing in an L-shaped metal piece to stabilize it but it didn't go so well! Do you have any tips on what I can do to make it work? Thanks!!!!
In what way is it wobbly? Are the parts not together? Are the legs different lengths? Does it tip over easily?
Where did you put the metal part?
I put the metal part in the corner of all 4 legs... doesn't work. The table doesn't tip over but it is incredibly wobbly when you, for example, try to cut something on your plate.
Try using 2 REINFORCED L-brackets on each leg. The reinforced L-brackets have a "bulge" before the corner angle, makes a big difference
Something like this:
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That is quite a useless construction. Buy some wood (oak) and put a crossbar between the legs on the short sides, quite high up, then put one lengthwise between the crossbars. This way you avoid ugly metal fittings.
That's a pretty useless construction. Buy some wood (oak) and put a crossbar between the legs on the short sides, quite high up, then place one lengthwise between the crossbars. That way you'll avoid ugly metal fittings.
You can probably "hide" the metal fittings with some suitable color in "oak tone". Much more discreet than adding a bunch of extra boards crisscross. Additionally, the one lengthwise becomes quite annoying when sitting at the table, it doesn't seem to be such an extremely wide table ...
Those small metal brackets don't seem to serve any purpose at all, do they? I would glue and screw strong triangular pieces of oak in the corners between the tabletop and legs. Like this: Preferably two inches thick, and ideally both against the long and short sides. And the table seems so high that it won't interfere with regular seating. Is it a bar table?
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