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 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:

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