# Brace-Free Stiff Tabletop Examples The below examples are really just a guide and will not guarantee results in all situations. They are simply a collection of things we have either tried or seen our customers complete with good results. ### Plywood - Tables * 24mm thickness will be suitable for a table up to around 2 meters in length, just under the length of an 8'x4' sheet. * 32mm thick will work up to around a 3 meter length, just under a 10'x5' sheet. ### Plywood - Benches * Without any support a standard 24mm thick sheet wont really hold any more than 1 adult without it bouncing. * A 32mm will support up to around 1.5 meters and 3 to 4 adults. * 50mm will support up to around 3 meters and 5 - 6 standard sized adults. You would however be pushing it on the weight for the hairpin legs so make sure you go for either a heavy duty 3 rod hairpin, or some of our industrial box section legs. ### Scaffold Boards - Tables * Scaffold boards are designed to hold a lot of weight. A single thickness board (38mm) will make a pretty solid table up to its full length of 3.9 meters, assuming everything is tied together well underneath! ### Scaffold Boards - Benches * Standard 38mm board will easily hold 4 adults if not 5, up to around 2 meters in length. * The thicker 56mm boards will hold quite a few more adults but this is not something we have tested. If you have - let us know! :-) ### Solid wood * Solid wood has a huge range of soft and hard woods to choose from. Its very hard to predict but as a rough guide you could treat a hard wood with the same rough guide as the plywood examples above. * For softer woods such as pine reduce these by a little and be prepared to need to add some support... read on below! ### Chipboard & Particleboard * While these kinds of woods appear strong to start with, they do have a tendency to sag over time. For anything over more than 1 meter we would suggest adding additional support bracing. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://support.thehairpinlegcompany.co.uk/table-legs/choosing-the-perfect-legs/choosing-legs-for-a-strong-and-stable-build/how-to-improve-stiffness-of-a-table-top/brace-free-stiff-tabletop-examples.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.