I was building a round table with a single pole in the middle.
I have the round table top, a base, a pole and a mount to go under the table.
The mount has a hole in the middle for the pole and then goes wider to spread out the load (it is around 25cm in diameter and has 8 screw holes to go into the wooden table top).
There are a number of suggestions online on how to find the centre of a circle. However most of these are for smaller circle and suggest using rulers and squares which is not as practical for a larger table (~1.5m diameter).
Is there a best practice for finding the centre of a larger table? How important is it that I am centre of the table?
Because it is a single pole table I am a bit nervous it may come out wobbly if off centre.
Best Answer
If you know the radius, use your tape measure from a point on the edge to draw an arc at the radius of the table.
Then choose another point 1/3 of the way round and repeat. Then the other third.
That should leave you a tiny little triangle in the middle if you got your radius right. The centre is the middle of that.
If you are not sure it is totally round, repeat in a few spots around the table and use the "middle" of where they "cross". But not too many or you will get confused.
If you want to be really accurate rather than fiddling with tape and pencil, you can jig up a tool out of a length of wood with a nail in the outer end as a pin, and a hole to fit a pencil Radius distance away from the pin.