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Old 10-05-2017, 09:24 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
This table can stand with four legs, it may even stand with three
off topic point of order: it will definitely stand with three unless they are in a straight line, or the table is extremely top heavy and they are all towards one side.... And it won't wobble. You need three points to define a plane. If you introduce a 4th leg, chances are it won't be exactly on the same plane, and so the table will have a wobble. This is true for any piece of furniture, pot, ornament.... that you (create and) wish to stand on a flat surface. Of course, chances of that surface being truly flat are minimal.....

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