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This is a combination project that my wife designed. It was based on a photo in an sales catalog. Her addition was to make the top a folding top that swivels to double in size for having snacks on while watching TV. We located the swivel point using a CAD program and a cardboard mock up for the top. It is a 1/4 bolt with a nut inset in the bottom half of the top. There is a little space under the top that you can get to when it is rotated before it is unfolded which can be used for storage of napkins etc.
I was lucky and found a solid one piece of mahogany that was wide enough that I didn’t have to do and gluing up. I thought that it would like warp but it hasn’t. The legs are made from 5/4 of a mahogany decking wood that works up nice. I used a natural stain again, but is it a redder that we would have liked it to be. The ottoman feature is when I put a pillow on it and for resting my feet.
-- Al Holstein
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ND2ELK
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posted 574 days ago
Very nice looking table. You did a great job on it. Thanks for popsting.
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tom
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Scott Bryan
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posted 574 days ago
Al,
This is a beautiful table. Mahogany is such a gorgeous wood and you did it justice here. It is nice to see that you and your wife are working together as a team. From the design and engineering of this project you seem to compliment each other well.
Nice post. Thanks for sharing this project.
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TedM
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posted 574 days ago
Hey, a great looking table! Love the top. Kudos to your wife!
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jjohn
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posted 574 days ago
Very nicely done. Like the design. Multi. task project. Good design.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 574 days ago
Nice table. Kudos to your wife on the design, and you on the construction.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
pappyjohn
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posted 574 days ago
Al, Great looking table, the area under the top sounds great to hide the remote. I still haven’t figured out how the top looks centered when opened. Sure your not part magician (ha, ha). Keep the projects coming, love checking them out.
-- Your Brother in WoodWorking John, Pittsburgh , PA.
John Gray
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posted 574 days ago
Great idea, NICE JOB!!!!!
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alholstein
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Pappyjohn,
I can’t remember for sure how we knew what the pivot point was to be. She did a full scale print out from her CAD program and we tested it then. I just measured it again, it is pretty well centered with before it is folded out, but when it is folded out is is off from 1/4 to 1/2 inch. But it overhangs about 5 inches on each side so the differences aren’t noticeable.
-- Al Holstein
Karson
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posted 573 days ago
A great table. You wife found a great design. You created it perfectly. Looks like a great ptoject.
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