| Project by Alejandro Galo Moreno | posted 400 days ago | 806 views | 4 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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This table has been an interesting challenge: although its aspect is quite conventionall, the problem lies inside of it. It is an auxiliar table and the question was to find a way to transform it in a confortable eating-table. It should be used in front of the TV for a four members family. The plane translation is a common solution, but in this case the space inside the table structure was not enough to buid long enough simple extending arms. So I had to build compound extending arms. Also the place were those arms are fixed is different. You can see it with a certain detail in one of the pictures. Sketchup and a 1:1 moc were very useful to get the rigth measures to get every table in it correct end position and inclination.
Esta mesa ha sido un reto interesante. Aunque su aspecto es convencional, esta mesa auxiliar debe servir como mesa para comer. Así que el problema se halla bajo el sobre: había que conseguir un desplazamiento de los planos a una posición cómoda en altura y distancia para apoyarse en ella para comer. Como el espacio dentro de la estructura era escaso para construir brazos sencillos de extensión suficiente, tuve que articularlos para conseguir más longitud, tuve que cambiar la posición del anclaje de los brazos y diseñarlos para que las mesas terminaran en la posición e inclinación correcta. Varias maquetas 1:1 y Sketchup me resultaron de mucha utilidad para conseguirlo.
-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS
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woodworm
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posted 399 days ago
Wow that is great creation with carefully designed mechanical extendimg arms’ hardware to open and close perfectly aligned 4 independent table tops. Great project.
This project reminds me this a round table that works almost the same way, but can be folded small diameter or open wider.
Can any LJs member paste a link? So sorry, I just couldn’t recall the address…
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 399 days ago
A unique design, & a great job of engineering the mechanical part of it.
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lew
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posted 399 days ago
Beautiful!!
John Gray
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posted 399 days ago
Great job and idea, thanks.
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Napaman
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posted 399 days ago
cool!!!!!!
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WoodMosaics
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posted 399 days ago
That is real neat; you do a wonderful job with wood yourself.
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Alejandro Galo Moreno
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posted 399 days ago
Thank you everybody for your very nice comments.
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brianinpa
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posted 399 days ago
I could have used one of these several times. Terrific idea and execution.
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woodgrain411
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posted 399 days ago
awesome just awesome
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Dusty56
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posted 399 days ago
Fantastic !!! I love Bubinga but have never seen it put to such a good use !!!
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Icemizer
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posted 398 days ago
Great design although I cannot for the life of me figure out how four people can use it and still watch tv at the same time. Terrific engineering on the lifts as well.
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Alejandro Galo Moreno
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Robb
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posted 397 days ago
Genius! It never would have made it past the concept stage for me :). Good work!
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Artesano
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Spectacular… Innovative and beautiful…
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