Table leg numbering.

[Jono857280]

Hi All,

Recently inherited a Westbury BCE in a diassembled state. Looking to put it back together again and have a question on 'leg numbering'

Legs are stamped with numbers on the top and corrospond to numbers on the main supports (the 11' side beams) and on the table substructure.

My question is from the baulk end of the table, how are the legs numbers

- 1->8 from Yellow around to Green pocket?

- 1->8 Green pocket around to Yellow?

- or does numbering start at the top/Black end of the table.

or final option does it matter since the whole table is structurally symetrical ?

many thanks,
Jono.

[Geoff Large]

Hi All,

Recently inherited a Westbury BCE in a diassembled state. Looking to put it back together again and have a question on 'leg numbering'

Legs are stamped with numbers on the top and corrospond to numbers on the main supports (the 11' side beams) and on the table substructure.

My question is from the baulk end of the table, how are the legs numbers

- 1->8 from Yellow around to Green pocket?

- 1->8 Green pocket around to Yellow?

- or does numbering start at the top/Black end of the table.

or final option does it matter since the whole table is structurally symetrical ?

many thanks,
Jono.

Many differant firms have differant numbering , some in roman numerals , I have not realy studdied the numbering on a BCE but from memory I think it is clock wise from left baulk leg 1 to 8 . Green to yellow .

all legs should be jigged when made , so all bore holes would be the same , only exception is there is a left and right corner leg due to the frame bolt Hole position on a left and right side frame lenth and also the end lenths .
so you cannot swop say a 1 to 8 or 4 to 5 , but you can swop 1 to 5 and 4 to 8 , if you get what I mean .
all middle legs should be interchangable , but you should realy stick to the way a table was made , because if any of the sides where planed on assembley they where planed with the correct leg formation of say 1 to 8 , swopping them around could leave you problems on the leveling and trueness of the Frame .

Geoff

[Jono857280]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the reply. Set up table as suggested and seems fine. Table has been in storage for a while and I was please to look down both main supports to find them as straight as an arrow. The room has a nice even floor and the leg config you mention gives good level reading on a main supports.

As a side note, if a table has spent many years of its life in a given configuration, on being reassembled at a new location - is there any disadvantage to recovering with the baulk end now at what was the black end of the table.Assuming all wear+tear is accounted for (new rubbers,cloth,pockets etc). This goes back my symmetrical comment?

thanks,
Jono.

btw : Notice you are from Nottingham/Derby - I'm a Derbyshire lad myself (originally from Borrowash on the A52 there) now living in New York.

[Geoff Large]

you can put the baulk end at any end just make sure the cushions are in order as nap on 5 and 6 cushion should flow with the nap of the bed , but fitters usualy like to assemble the table in the correct order of manufacture , the slates should be numbered by drill dots on one side of the slate edge at each joint , like so ./. is joint one .. /.. is joint 2 ... / ... is joint 3 .... / .... is joint 4 , the baulk end is normaly at ./. end . and this is normaly at no 1 leg end .

I live next door to Borrawash at long Eaton right near the A52 for last 24 years , lived around the Beeston , Chilwell and Stapleford area most of my life . just a spell in Mansfield and West Bridgeford and Wollaton when my parents had newsagents shops .