I'm about to make myself a proper work table and have just ordered steel legs (made for breakfast bars) that can take up to 570kg so they should be able to handle my little curtains and blinds. I need to be able to take it apart when the outlaws visit twice a year or so, so can't build anything more solid, but these legs look well up to the job and I'm itching to get them.
I'm limited with space so the table will sit with the length of it over the width of the double bed, with enough room to get round each end, although in the main I imagine I'll be standing at the foot of the bed working.
I reckon I'll manage to get 7 foot long by perhaps 5 feet wide. That's basically the limits of my space so there's no point in wishing for any more cos I won't get it.
Will MDF do the job, do you think?
I need a minimum of 20mm thickness for the leg fixings, according to the supplier, but will thicker wood increase the strength or weaken it (as the table will be much heavier)?
I'm limited with space so the table will sit with the length of it over the width of the double bed, with enough room to get round each end, although in the main I imagine I'll be standing at the foot of the bed working.
I reckon I'll manage to get 7 foot long by perhaps 5 feet wide. That's basically the limits of my space so there's no point in wishing for any more cos I won't get it.
Will MDF do the job, do you think?
I need a minimum of 20mm thickness for the leg fixings, according to the supplier, but will thicker wood increase the strength or weaken it (as the table will be much heavier)?
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