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Jeffery Greene’s wonderful book on 18th century furniture detailed this wonderful card table design. The original is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
What makes it special is the folding mechanism. I always disliked the gate leg design for tables, they never feel fully stable when open.
This unit has the rear legs fixed to a stretcher and the apron side accordion fold for storage.
I started with the over all dimensions given, and worked out the details from there. The table is all mahogany.
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Martin Sojka
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posted 858 days ago
That special folding mechanism looks very interesting, handi. I’m curiuos whether you’ve seen the original in the museum before working on your piece or if the book was the only source of inspiration for you.
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handi
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posted 858 days ago
Martin, I had only the book to work from. I am fortunate to have 3D modeling software that allowed me to work out the details before cutting.
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Martin Sojka
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posted 857 days ago
Which 3D software are you using, handi ?
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handi
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posted 857 days ago
I have SolidWorks2003. It is really powerful. It allows for creating individual parts and combining them together, or you can draw a new part directly off an existing one. Parts can be linked then moved to check for clearance. With this model, I could actually open and closed the frame in the 3D model.
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WayneC
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posted 503 days ago
What a wonderful table. Thanks for sharing.
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posted 411 days ago
SolidWorks2003
any chance I could get a copy ? .... please …..... dan_walters@charter.net
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posted 411 days ago
That is the neatest card table I’ve ever seen.
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mot
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posted 409 days ago
That’s a great card table. I’m glad it came back around.
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Bob Babcock
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posted 376 days ago
What a great table. I love the folding mechanism. We have the gate design on our dining room table and your right, it is unstable. I’ll have to go see the original at the MFA.
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handi
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posted 375 days ago
Thanks Bob. I’d love to see the original, be able to compare it to what I did. My next project is a courting bench I measured and photographed on St. Croix.
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