Dining room table extension

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I have been tasked with making our round dining table seat 8 people for Christmas, up from 4 (6 at a push).

It currently has a diameter of 1000mm and we need it to be roughly 1500. My thinking is that it would be best to keep it round for stability. I can just imagine the MIL standing up from the table and putting her full weight on it

The standard size for sheet material seems to go up to 1220mm x 2440mm so I was thinking of getting two, cutting them into semicircles with a jigsaw and joining them together with metal jointing plates/nail plates/connector plates.

I just occurred to me, I suppose another idea would be to use just one piece of timber, keep it rectangular, and build a simple stand/legs for the far end. That would have the added bonus of giving me something to attach the top to.

I quite like that idea actually, thanks ocuk

Any better ideas? Any opinions of which sheet material? It doesn't matter what it looks like but I'd want to store it in the garage for future gatherings. OSB?

 

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Thank you

We did also discuss an oval and that's probably the cheapest and simplest idea, as it would only need one sheet of material and a couple of batons for a leg at each end. I'll run that by her again.

Going back to the circle idea, what if I bought 3 sheets of 6mm thick mdf 1220x2440 and made two circles, then stick them together with the joins at 180 degrees to each other

That should give me the something reasonably solid without having to use batons or anything like that.

Whatever option I go for I'm think MDF is a good bet, I can treat it or paint to protect from moisture and store for future use. It won't be prone to twisting or warping like plywood.

 

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In the end I went with two tables and a big board on top. I realised that our outdoor table is exactly the same height, so we'll clean it up and put a bit sheet of MDF on top.

The MDF will come in handy nest year for a workbench build

Thanks all