[TheForge] Baskets

[ductility at juno.com]

Ron,
The table (granite top) is 30" x 40"  I'm told it will weigh no more than
450 pounds.  Trying to get away without any bracing below the bottom of
the granite, although if needed I can put it in.  It (table) is actually
an island for a kitchen and they will have stools around the perimeter
for people to sit.  

Thanks,
Jeff 

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:33:02 -0500 "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com>
writes:
> Jeff, how big is that table? How much does the slab weigh? Four pcs 
> of 1/2"
> for each leg should hold 18" x 36". If you can get the customer to 
> let you
> run horizontal braces around it or at least put in scrolls as corner 
> braces
> it would be even stronger. We built a steel table to hold a 1,000 
> gal
> aquarium in a restaurant. It was a massive thing that I figured had 
> to hold
> 8,000 # of water plus the weight of the glass,( with a 4" freeboard) 
> rocks
> and gravel. I didn't think of the weight of the fish but they 
> displace the
> weight of their volume in water anyway, so I guess the water level 
> would
> rise by a grilla-greeter or so.....  
> 
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> 
> Hey All,
> I have a job where I need to make some table legs, they need to be 
> stout
> to keep a granite top from swaying.  The legs will have no cross 
> support
> other than at the top, although the bottom of the legs will be 
> anchored
> into the floor.  The client wants, maybe rope legs with a basket in 
> the
> middle.  I was thinking a basket made from at least 4 stands of 
> 5/8"
> solid round (mild steel).  The legs maybe 2-3 inch in diameter, 
> twisted
> from several strands of solid round mild steel.  No problem getting 
> the
> twisted material for the main body of the legs but I have not found 
> a
> source for a basket made from such "massive" material.  Any 
> suggestions? 
> I have a source for baskets made from 4 strands of 1/2" solid round, 
> and
> maybe after I weld and wrap to hide the welds, the legs will be 
> resistant
> to swaying?
> 
> BTW I don't have the tools or capacity to make baskets out of 5/8" 
> solid,
> or maybe I do?
> 
> nks,
> Jeff in Phoenix
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