Reinforcing a sagging table with carbon strips

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Anders Deleuran Fajstrup	Anders Deleuran Fajstrup posted 3 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 4	Hi, I have a table with a span of 188 centimeters (74 inches) that is sagging 1.5 inches (so far) It is made of MDF clad in linoleum, and thus needs something to make it more sturdy I am thinking CF strips bonded to the bottom after letting it straighten by laying it on the back Does anybody have tips/tricks, and which dimensions would be necessary.
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chriscnf	c chriscnf posted 3 Years Ago HOT Post Details
c Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 2.7K	+x Anders Deleuran Fajstrup - 1/31/2021 12:09:51 PM Hi, I have a table with a span of 188 centimeters (74 inches) that is sagging 1.5 inches (so far) It is made of MDF clad in linoleum, and thus needs something to make it more sturdy I am thinking CF strips bonded to the bottom after letting it straighten by laying it on the back Does anybody have tips/tricks, and which dimensions would be necessary. For bracing like that you need the support to be vertical or 90 degrees to the table. If I were doing that I would glue MDF strips or even better some light gauge stainless angle iron screwed and glued. Then the screws would pull the table flat.
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