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   john_c2 | Jan 27, 2022 03:14am | #1

   Pictures please

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   rob_ss | Jan 27, 2022 04:11am | #2

   If you own the home, it would be easier to remove the door and casing - fixing the mess that would make can be done perfectly and would be cheap and easy to do. Also a lot quicker than doing the leg thing.

   Pictures would help a lot.

   What you describe would work but it would be better to remove the top. Could you drill out the pegs holding it in place, or get a fine blade under the top and cut through them? A cut higher on the leg will show a lot less. Is there a place you could cut through an existing joint?
   Pictures tho....

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   _mj_ | Jan 27, 2022 08:06am | #3

   +1 on removing the door, all the way to the studs, and even notching those if need be. The table sounds special, the door does not. You could rebuild with a wider door if space allows.

   Alternate plan, if you have a wide window with removable sashes you could break out the anti-gravity gun and come in the other way.

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   esch5995 | Jan 27, 2022 08:24am | #4

   Your plan I think would leave you regretting having done it. Pictures are a must. I really would like to see where the legs attach to the top. My thought is a Japanese Royba saw may be able cut through the pegs with minimal damage.

   Removing the door is valid in my opinion only if you were to install a larger door, otherwise the table will be trapped in the room.

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   oldgrind | Jan 30, 2022 02:37pm | #5

   Try some geometry. Set table on side. Put legs thru doorframe (with door off hinges). Skootch table into room. Rotate till table top is perpendicular-ish to doorframe (table still on side). Slide in. Rotate again till legs are mostly perpendicular to doorframe.
   May need to sketch it out on grid paper. May need to move stuff in room around.

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   esch5995 | Jan 30, 2022 03:17pm | #7

   That trick does not usually work with trestle tables due to the stretcher.

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   bilyo | Jan 30, 2022 03:16pm | #6

   Are you sure that those are pegs and not just plugs covering screws? If you have or can borrow a metal detector, that may help you find out. Or, drill a small hole down the center of the "peg". If it stops a short distance in, you have probably hit a screw. If you do find a screw, you can run a small screw into the hole you just drilled and, as the screw advances against the larger screw, it will force the plug out (may damage it. So, be prepared to replace it or go without). Before you do anything drastic, try what OldGrind said. I've done it many times. If that doesn't work, I would agree with any of the other comments above. Most any work you do to get the top off will be unseen when repaired.

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   _mj_ | Jan 30, 2022 06:49pm | #8

   Would still like to see a photo, sounds like a sweet table.