Flat technology: items put on flat surfaces tend to remain stable. Really? and this is new?, what's next: screw in and screw out leg ends in order to balance a...let's say: a washing machine or a dryer?. Here's an idea, if your table is not so stable, do not put fish tanks and fragile objects on it, and balance it with a match box.
A 3 leg table is the best way. 3 points define a plane, no need for added complexity adding a 4th leg. The best table design is one similar to Saarinen's tulip table base.
@hughtub What? They're the worst tables ever. Were quite popular in shopping centre food courts in the 90's in Sydney Australia. They wobbled about constantly once they'd had a slight bit of damage to them and ugly too.
@SauronsEye You can't quantify "ugly", it's an opinion. Engineering wise, the shape of the tulip table is the best, a simple I-beam rotated around the axis. The wobble could be corrected by extracting all but 3 flat radial strips 120 degrees apart. The simplest way to meet functional criteria can't be ugly. Ugly is functionless complexity, like a big mole on a face, or a table with more legs than it needs, or baggy ghetto jeans.
I fail to see how 3 stabilizing points is the most stable design when a three wheel ATV turns too sharp it rolls or flips but by adding a 4th wheel it can corner three times harder. I cant even count how many times i have seen 3 legged tables tip with too much stuff on one side.
@unclesonnyonutube I like legless tables but the cause is probably the lower center of gravity. Perhaps with 1 fewer leg the reduced weight down below causes the center of gravity to be higher. The way to correct this would just be to add weight to the 3 legs. The center of gravity problem might also apply to the 3-wheel ATV.
Who are you kidding? Three supporting points is the most stable design and using silicon or rubber gives the best friction between the item and surface.
Three points will not wobble, CORRECT, but it's functionally restrictive, becoming unstable if the centre of gravity above the three points of contact has a span greater than the three points. put simply; if the top is wider than the base, it tips easily.
Note: Rubber/Silicone has very poor abrasion resistance, polyurethane (ether based) is optimal in commercial applications.
@flattony Yes you are correct. But symmetrical odd number points are always stable, while even number points are unstable. Just try your 4 leg stool put one leg over the carpet. That's why most office stools are made with 5 legs, and of course that supports better than 3 legs, as you pointed.
Flat technology: items put on flat surfaces tend to remain stable. Really? and this is new?, what's next: screw in and screw out leg ends in order to balance a...let's say: a washing machine or a dryer?. Here's an idea, if your table is not so stable, do not put fish tanks and fragile objects on it, and balance it with a match box.
Cost: free.
jonessekid 6 months ago
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Haha, what a worthless piece of crap
Syeal7 1 year ago
You call that amazing ?
Alowne90 1 year ago
What was the guy saying? I was watching the girl
jb37usa 2 years ago 11
@jb37usa
I dunno, he was mumbling something about "being flat".
simmagnus 8 months ago 2
A 3 leg table is the best way. 3 points define a plane, no need for added complexity adding a 4th leg. The best table design is one similar to Saarinen's tulip table base.
hughtub 2 years ago
@hughtub What? They're the worst tables ever. Were quite popular in shopping centre food courts in the 90's in Sydney Australia. They wobbled about constantly once they'd had a slight bit of damage to them and ugly too.
SauronsEye 2 years ago
@SauronsEye You can't quantify "ugly", it's an opinion. Engineering wise, the shape of the tulip table is the best, a simple I-beam rotated around the axis. The wobble could be corrected by extracting all but 3 flat radial strips 120 degrees apart. The simplest way to meet functional criteria can't be ugly. Ugly is functionless complexity, like a big mole on a face, or a table with more legs than it needs, or baggy ghetto jeans.
hughtub 2 years ago
I fail to see how 3 stabilizing points is the most stable design when a three wheel ATV turns too sharp it rolls or flips but by adding a 4th wheel it can corner three times harder. I cant even count how many times i have seen 3 legged tables tip with too much stuff on one side.
unclesonnyonutube 2 years ago
@unclesonnyonutube I like legless tables but the cause is probably the lower center of gravity. Perhaps with 1 fewer leg the reduced weight down below causes the center of gravity to be higher. The way to correct this would just be to add weight to the 3 legs. The center of gravity problem might also apply to the 3-wheel ATV.
hughtub 2 years ago
@unclesonnyonutube
Thanks for trying to point out something the masters of YouTube academia seem to struggle with, nice example, Ozy Osbourne would agree I am sure.
The cut throat world of furniture manufacture has not been adding the fourth leg to 85% of cafe bases because they want to add cost to production.
flattony 1 year ago
Who are you kidding? Three supporting points is the most stable design and using silicon or rubber gives the best friction between the item and surface.
rpdigital17 2 years ago
@rpdigital17
Three points will not wobble, CORRECT, but it's functionally restrictive, becoming unstable if the centre of gravity above the three points of contact has a span greater than the three points. put simply; if the top is wider than the base, it tips easily.
Note: Rubber/Silicone has very poor abrasion resistance, polyurethane (ether based) is optimal in commercial applications.
flattony 1 year ago
@flattony Yes you are correct. But symmetrical odd number points are always stable, while even number points are unstable. Just try your 4 leg stool put one leg over the carpet. That's why most office stools are made with 5 legs, and of course that supports better than 3 legs, as you pointed.
rpdigital17 1 year ago
interesting
successconsulting 2 years ago