Extension table leg mounts broken

[Halmccoyii]

Has anyone seen this issue. I slid my MFT/3 with the MW 1000 extension table in my shop. The plastic pieces holding the legs up just snapped. they shattered around the legs. The plastic seems very brittle. I didn't move it very far, like 4" sideways.

I wondered if anyone had seen this and if anyone replaced them with something else. They seem very fragile, almost like they got more brittle over time.

Thanks

 

[Packard]

I don't have this table, but examining images on line, the main table legs appear to use metal castings to mount to the table.

Can those castings be adapted to the extension table? If not I see three basic options.

1. Buy a direct replacement part from Festool. Unless they have changed the design or resin used, durability will remain as before.

2. Buy a replacement like the Ebco unit. Available in steel or aluminum. (I favor this method, if it can be easily made to fit.)

:: Ebco Products Corp - Table Legs & Folding Legs ::

Ebco Products Corp. is a manufacuturer of metal products-folding sawhorses, folding table legs, banquet table legs, hand trucks, pedestal tables

www.ebcoproducts.com

3. Design a way to attach the existing legs to a good, heavy duty folding bracket. (The link below to the image seems to show counter-sink screws to mount the unit where it seems flat head is what is required. No real difference, but a strange indifference to details.)

https://zorenza-store.com/cdn/shop/files/Klappbare-Tischbein-Halterung-aus-Stahl-Zorenza-175400213.jpg?v=1760545795&width=1920

Many places sell these:

Google Search

 

[Halmccoyii]

Thanks. I’ll take a look at both. I have a lot of festool. I was surprised how weak this was.

Thanks a bunch.

Hal II

 

[Vondawg]

Keep in mind a member can just google stuff with no real-time experience from a coffee shop and sometimes doesn’t even read the whole text (they’re admission) …be patient and Im sure someone can give a MORE personal experience that might help with what you are actually seeking .Im always surprised when someone asks “ do you have experience with (?) and you get…a googled response …or uuurgg…or AI …that you can do on your own…sorry I can’t help but plastic has an ‘end of life’ and a breaking point…can this part be fabricated with something stronger? or designed ? Or was it used in a manner it wasn’t
designed for

 

[Packard]

The company I wored for did a lot of co-engineering for injection molders to integrate our metal parts with their resin parts.

Whenever I see a simple component with an outer sheath, my fist thought is that they had to strengthen the part beyond the original design because they are working at the limits of the material/process.

So that was my general impression from seeing the failed part: Either they need to upgrade to engineered resin, or they need to make the pars by another process (e.g. metal casting, metal stamping, or insert molded with a metal reinforcement.

As a rule, if you did not abuse the parts and they failed, it is an engineering deficiency that is at fault.

Companies the love injection molding, tend to make this type of error.