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Reply to "Minimum table witdth for different curves."

There's also the equipment factor. A Big Boy has pretty large boiler swing out on sharp (36" Radius/O-72) curves. That decreases as curves get larger. Anything next to the bench work on the outside of the curve could get clipped when a Big Boy comes around. I usually design for 4" between the center of a larger curve and the edge of the bench work. If I was building a simple 16' x 8' oval, I'd use nothing larger than 44" radius/O-88.

Citing Tom Tee's post above, if you build "around the walls" you can use narrower bench work and use curves limited only by the size of the room. You might have to put in gussets for some curves depending on size and placement relative to the depth of the bench work.

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