2006-07-17 02:49:43 · 10 answers · asked by sllanther 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Draw an equilateral triangle on the underside of the table. Mark a single spot, and measure around the circumference of the table. Divide the resulting number by three, and mark the second hole. Do the same for the third hole, then check your work by measuring back to the first hole. If all three measurements are the same, you're ready to drill. Good luck. And remember. Measure twice, cut once. Also, use a jig. If you need to, make one. The holes all have to be identical.
2006-07-17 02:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know EXACTLY where you would place them, but the most stable structure is an equilateral triangle, so what I would do is figure out how far in from the edge of the table you want to put the legs (let's say 6 inches), pick a point where you're going to put the first leg, then draw an equilateral triangle on the bottom of the table in pencil to figure out where the other two legs go. If you use a protractor, you want to set it up so th 90-degree point is pointing to the exact opposite side of the table, so if you drew a line through the 90-degree point it would go right through the middle of the table. Once you have that in place, draw a line going straight away from 30 degrees and another going straight away from 120 degrees. That will give you two sides of the triangle, so all you have to do is take your ruler and find the place on either line that is exactly 6 inches away from the end of the table to give you the spot for the other two legs.
2006-07-17 09:58:16 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, heck, it's simple geometry. Take a compass and draw a circle as big as the table. Then, leaving the compass set to draw circles of the same size, and starting anywhere on the perimeter, draw an arc from one point of the edge to another. Set the compass' center leg at one of these crossing points and draw another such arc. Repeat four more times. You end up with a six-pointed star. The first, third, and fifth points divide the circle into three. That's where you place the legs.
2006-07-17 10:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by Dick Eney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a protractor and find the center point of your table. Draw a line to the edge, this will be the center line for the first leg. Measure a line at 120 degrees with the protractor, and draw a line from the center of the table, through this line, to the outside edge. You now have centerline for leg #2. Repeat this from the second centerline and you have the location for the 3rd leg.
2006-07-17 10:06:35 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Draw three lines 120 degrees apart begining at the centre of the circle and ending at the edge of the circle. Place each leg near the end of each line.
2006-07-17 11:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
equally spaced away from the first leg on the outside, for the most stability. (would it be a table without 4 legs?)
2006-07-17 09:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by jasonalwaysready 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Measure the diameter. Divide by pi (3.1415926). Use that measurement along the table's curved edge to make marks to place the legs.
2006-07-17 09:57:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as they are more or less equally spaced there is no need for precision.
It will still be a tripod and a tripod, when correctly loaded, is just about the most stable support known to man.
2006-07-17 15:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by dmb06851 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
under the table, center part
2006-07-17 09:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by sheikaella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
devide the circle into 3 equal parts.Then you put the legs there where each part comes together....
2006-07-17 09:55:09 · answer #10 · answered by vineto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋