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Drop leaf table holdouts

Project by DaytonB posted 688 days ago 908 views 6 times favorited 17 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Someone asked me, back when I first posted this table, for pictures of the holdouts but I’m just now getting around to posting them. I was going to post these as a comment on the original Project but I’m not smart enough. So here they are, I tried to mold them in to the bottom of the table as much as possible.


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baredog

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posted 688 days ago

i keep looking at this table i thinks way cool and love the design of the base im in the process of makind a table now

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Hibernicvs

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posted 688 days ago

I can’t thank you enough for posting this. I realize that sounds crazy, but (trust me) I am going crazy. Just take a look at all the projects I have piled up in the living room, and you’ll see what I mean. I had already made a resolution to work on my design for a drop leaf dining table … last night, so I watched TV. I swore on waking up and driving into work that I would, without fail, cut out the pieces tonight, come what may … and then found out that there is a new episode of “Numb3rs” on tonight, you know, the show that stars a craftsman house, with some dumb plot or other hung on to it. So, I figured a visit to Lumberjocks would provide the necessary incentive … and the first thing I see is this incredible drop leaf table. Obviously, God wants me to get back to work and stop watching television.

-- Hibernicvs

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MsDebbieP

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posted 688 days ago

H- make the table!!!!

how awesome, Dayton.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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rikkor

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posted 688 days ago

That is some fine workmanship. Great job.

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Steamdonkey

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posted 688 days ago

OMG. Amazing piece, I’m going to add it to my favs. thanks for sharing.

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GaryK

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posted 688 days ago

Fantastic peice! Great flowing design.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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FritzM

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posted 688 days ago

Spectacular, I love the engineered wood mechanisms you’ve crafted to make the table function. The hinge adds a subtle substantial detail that really increases to the overall uniqueness of your design! The chair, the table and, I guess, specific to this post, the leaf locking! ALL AWESOME! We so very rarely get to see the underside or inner workings of pieces and I must say, there doesn’t appear to be any compromise in quality when you flip yours over!

-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)

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TreeBones

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posted 688 days ago

Very cool, nice work, by far more than I put into my tables.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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Grumpy

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posted 688 days ago

Beautiful work Dayton.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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mot

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posted 687 days ago

This table still blows my doors off. Really beautiful. Thanks for the further detail.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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miles125

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posted 687 days ago

What a wonderful table!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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Jiri Parkman

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posted 687 days ago

Nice piece.

-- Jiri

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Marge

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posted 686 days ago

Stunning – too nice to actually use.

-- Marge, Colorado

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design_in_wood

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posted 619 days ago

Very nice work. Pieces I’m sure Maloof himself would be proud of. Love the sliding mechanism for supporting the drop leaf, was that a Maloof design as well?

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DaytonB

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posted 619 days ago

Thanks buddy, I get the impression that Sam is flattered that so many of usemulate or mimic his style but he is also a little frustrated by it.

Nope, I’m not sure what his hold-outs look like. I haven’t seen any pictures and I didn’t think to look at them when we were touring his house. I had to sleep on them for several days to come up with something that would work well and fit the design of the table.

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rareddy

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posted 6 days ago

That one holdout is strong enough to hold the leaf up as well as any weight applied to it? Is this a functional table, or for decoration only?

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DaytonB

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posted 6 days ago

Rareddy, that kind of an odd question, what makes you think that it is not? I’d estimate the leaf weighs about 5 to 7lbs so it wouldn’t take much to hold it alone, but the only issue you would have with this table is setting something so heavy on the leaf that it caused the table to tip.

It is very fictional, it’s currently in a clients Dinning room being used daily for the past 2 1/2 years
not sure about you but I don’t get many calls for non-fuctional funiture.

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