Ideas wanted for demountable banquet table

[Beau]

Hi all

At Easter we have the opotunity for a large family gathering in a semi converted barn. We are looking to seat 14. My basic idea is to use 12'x6"x2" boards (already milled from douglas fir) and mount them on some sort of trestles. It will have to be demountable as the barn wont normally be used for dining. It would be nice for any leg/trestle made to have other uses such as builders trestles. Not looking at anything fancy just workmanlike possibly just bare milled faces. as said the only wood I have so far is some 8 x 12' 6x2s. I can mill whatever is need for the legs just waiting for me to come up with a design.

Any thoughts?

 

[Sofa]

We have our Christmas and other large family gathering stored in the garage and it has been used for about 15 years and is easy to store. I use loft boards which just slot together and are super cheap strong and when you place a table cloth over it just looks like a regular table. In terms of support I use use three stanley trestles to rest it upon. The good thing with these boards is you can put hot dishes on it and not worry about stains and such.

 

[Jameshow]

If your using a table cloth, scaffold boards are 13' and you'll need 4 for 3' width,
One extra for strapping underneath..

But if you have DF then why not but it will be very heavy!

 

[Beau]

If your using a table cloth, scaffold boards are 13' and you'll need 4 for 3' width,
One extra for strapping underneath..

But if you have DF then why not but it will be very heavy!

I'm intending to use 8 so 4' wide. I was thinking of just screwing the boards to the under support (depending what it is) in place so only moving 1 board at a time.

 

[Beau]

We have our Christmas and other large family gathering stored in the garage and it has been used for about 15 years and is easy to store. I use loft boards which just slot together and are super cheap strong and when you place a table cloth over it just looks like a regular table. In terms of support I use use three stanley trestles to rest it upon. The good thing with these boards is you can put hot dishes on it and not worry about stains and such.

Some worksite type trestles is a great idea. Cant see any Stanley ones the right hight but this looks suitable https://www.toolchimp.co.uk/vaunt-heavy-duty-adjustable-height-saw-horse-twin-pack

I'm doing a major renovation of a house anyway and some solid trestles wouldn't go amiss