I know I have seen a folding round top that is just for what you are considering, but, I can't think of where I saw it! It is a great idea! Fold to store!

Thanks kmcg for letting me know I'm not crazy; I've seen this somewhere too. When I google "folding table top" all the portable banquet tables show up, and that's not what I want. It's something we'd use maybe once a year or so, but I'd still kind of like to know we could seat 8 outside if we wanted to. The sell 60" round folding tables at Sam's pretty inexpensively but I'd rather have just the top, especially if it could fold up.

I did find it with the table pad manufacturers; and they make a 54" or 60" round top. I'd like to seat 8, so I'm thinking 60" is the best, but wonder if that top might be a bit wobbly over the 48" base. Anyone who has tried this, I'd love to hear from you.

I don't think it would be wobbly at all. My kitchen table is 60" and we have six chairs, but there is room for eight.

We made a small round into a larger oval with plywood.

We used a piano hinge in the center to fold it up.
We used four cleats on the underside to keep it centered over the table.
We also put handles on the underside to make it easier to carry

luann, do you remember how much it cost to make? I have a capable but disinterested DH so I'd have to pay someone to do it, I think. Still, I like the way yours attaches to the table to keep it centered.

I used MDF and to keep it secure, we put a thick pad of rubber matting stuff that you use to put under rugs. Ours is really rubbery on one side and slightly tacky on the other side. You can purchase such pads at Tuesday Morning and BB+B. HTH....

"luann, do you remember how much it cost to make? "

We used a sheet of plywood and 2 handles that we had... just bought the piano hinge.