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Is my Conference table wobbly? 1

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aszx.6409

Structural
Mar 20, 2020
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Hi people,
I've designed this conference table that is 3.6m x 1.3m it has 4 inclined tapered legs which are attached to two beams, I want to know if this design is stable or it will be a wobbly conference table?
Thanks
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It won’t be so wobbly once the table top is on the floor, and the legs un-neatly folded up under the top.
 
JStructsteel - I can't decide if the perspective is screwy, if that's a tiny table, or if you have the world's largest house cat.
 
If you put something between the legs at half way down or lower you would at least stop the lags spaying apart and remove some of the bending moment at the leg frame joint. So you create something between an A frame and an H frame.

Also don't forget people need to sit at the table. The gap between the top of a big persons thighs when sitting and the top of the table is smaller than you might think and limits the depth of your frame. Check out other tables to see what is comfortable where the frame doesn't dig into your legs.

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