How to Extend a Teak Table

Round Table

• 1

  Stand next to the round teak table with the right foot behind the set of legs at the table rear. The rear is the backside of the tabletop that includes the frame and legs. A round teak table stores with two sets of legs folded together and the top in a vertical position on the left side. This style is identical to a folding TV tray.

• 2

  Grasp the tabletop with the left hand at the bottom and lift it up to an angle of 60 degrees. The tabletop will swivel on a pivot point as it rises from hinges on each side.

• 3

  Place the right hand on the front of the table frame underneath the tabletop and push out while slightly raising. This motion will separate each set of legs and prepare the frame on top of each set of legs. The frame is two parallel boards on top of each set of legs where the tabletop rests when extended.

• 4

  Slightly lower the tabletop to sit flat on the frame horizontally.

Square Table

• 5

  Straddle the folded table with one foot on the side of each set of legs. A square teak table has two set of legs that fold together with one half of the tabletop lying vertically on the exterior of each set of legs.

• 6

  Place the right hand on the right bottom half of the tabletop. Place the left hand on the left bottom half of the tabletop. This position is the center of each half which is vertically hinged to each set of legs on the outside right and left of the table.

• 7

  Raise both halves up simultaneously. The halves will slide up in a channel on each side.

• 8

  Pivot the tabletop sides to a horizontal position and set them on the table frame so that each half of the tabletop meets together in the center of the tabletop. The tabletop will rest on the framework, which unfolds on top of the legs for support. The legs open by sliding out when the two halves join on the table frame.