I don't know why Door was suggested in the first place. Tables are usually made out of normal lumber
Because its a brilliant lesson in logic.
1.Light weight honecome construction in a hollow core doors allow spans the length the door with NO deflection, even when heavily loaded and only supported from the ends. Since this is honeycome construction, it allows CANTILEVERING in width and length.(Hollowcore is a misnomer, although be aware there ARE cheap doors made with no honeycomb. You can simply press in the middle of the door panel to feel for yourself.
2. CHEAP
3. Availability. You can find them at any home improvement type place, yard sales, thrift stores, salvage yards and relatives garages
4.Comes in many widths, including BI FOLD widths, which are 12" up, and man door widths up to 36"
5. Comes in various veneers, of which BIRCH looks great with a coat of poly, lacquer, varnish or other clear finishes with little or no sanding. Also comes paint grade, with pre applied primer. Some come as blanks with no door predrilled latch hole.
6. Easy modification with simple hand tools..even a hand saw. They will even cut them to length for you at home improvement places. Even sawing the filler off the end when cutting the door, if it is a true honeycomb, you can easily glue a strip of something on the end and finish to match. Or, suspend the door between two/three other door pieces if you are imaginative, or even a DIY novice, there are a million fastening and or detailing options. You just have to think about it.Straight and angle brackets, cleats, glueing, screws( be aware of screwing through the skin which is usually 1/8 or quarter inch thick..design for fastening with screws at the edge, where the fillers are. They are about 1 1/2" wide under the skin). You can even hang them from the wall with hinges(which some doors come with three rabits for hinges pre machined. Two of them will fit between 44". So does a door jamb. Use one side of a jamb for a cleat to mount to a wall and hang this like a hinged desk. You can even adjust an angle by legs hinged at the front edge, and angling back to the wall, like this.
Tables are usually made out of normal lumber yard wood,
So, who cares
. And actually, you are wrong. Most tables are a composite such as MDF with a veneer. Unless its old or expensive. Have you priced "real hardwoods" lately? Or worked hardwoods? How bout simply cutting a 10" wide piece of oak, maple or cherry, hmmmmmm? Imagination and inginuity are made for DIY'ers who need to save money. Thats why a composite door panel makes sense. Unless your DIY skills suck, which is pretty hard to do with a door...its already solved a lot of the problems before you begin.
not a pre-cut door for an entirely different use, am I wrong?
Thats the dumbest thing I've read in a month. You have NO imagination. Who cares if its called a "door". What law says you can't use it for anything you damn well please?
And if thats not good enough, use a solid core or any material you want..if you have the means, tools, skills, etc....hell, theres thousands of different options out there...good grief. Look in thrift store for something to cut down, or a used store fixture place..or...well, you get my drift. THINK about it. This is EASY stuff.
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