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Expanding Table

Blog entry by toyguy posted 624 days ago 3924 reads 6 times favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I came upon these little videos and was truly amazed. The engineering and craftsmanship that went into this project is just unbelievable. I thought I would share it with the lumberjocks community where I know it could be appreciated. ENJOY !

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/


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Jimthecarver

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posted 624 days ago

Wow!....Now thats an interesting table, I would love to have plans for that. Thank you for the post.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

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FrankA

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posted 624 days ago

And for only $48.000 to $70,000 one of these could be yours.
Great design but I dont think Mr Fletcher will be giving up the plans any time soon.
Here is his site if interested.
http://www.dbfletcher.com/capstan/

-- Frank Auge---Nichols NY----"My opinion is neither copyrighted nor trademarked, but it is price competitive."

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toyguy

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posted 624 days ago

Thanks for the link to Mr Fletcher’s site…. His stuff is awsome.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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RusticElements

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posted 624 days ago

Wow! I’d love to get a hold of those plans!

-- Michael R. Harvey - Brewster, NY - RusticElementArt.com - SpaceAware.org - AnConn.com

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MrWoody

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posted 623 days ago

Well, Toyguy could buy one and take it apart. Then he could share the plans. LOL

-- If we learn from our mistakes, I'm getting a fantastic education.

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Dadoo

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posted 623 days ago

LumberJocks don’t buy $48,000.00 tables. We build our own! And for a ton of money less.

They are impressive to say the least. I’m very curious just to see the plans.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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Scott Bryan

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posted 623 days ago

The joinery on this table is exquisite. This is a table for someone who has more money than they know what to do with.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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GaryK

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posted 623 days ago

That is one awsome table.

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

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RobS

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posted 623 days ago

Very cool, but it does have an evil torture chamber look to it….”As they slowly lowered the victim into the tooth wheel of death…” bwa ha ha ha haaa! (evil laugh)

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Dan Lyke

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posted 623 days ago

Here’s an 1888 patent on a "Jupe table" leaf extension system, and here's a log with lots of pictures on building a Jupe table (although Rick Christopherson’s table doesn’t have the snazzy mechanism to raise the leaves from underneath).

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

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GaryK

9537 posts in 886 days


posted 623 days ago

Very cool links Dan, Thanks.

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

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DannyBoy

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posted 623 days ago

Apparently you just need a little mettle nob to install underneath the table. After that you just twist…

Seriously, though. That’s cool.

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

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DannyBoy

448 posts in 763 days


posted 623 days ago

Yeah, showed that to a non woodworker buddy of mine here at work and his comment is:

“In the feats of human ingenuity… there is going to the moon, and that table…”

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

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GaryK

9537 posts in 886 days


posted 623 days ago

That is one amazing table.

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

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tenontim

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posted 623 days ago

I sure if I tried making one of those, I would be doing woodworking from the “Nut House”. Great design.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

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Hawkins

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posted 623 days ago

Stunning…I don’t think I would find time to do anything but open and close it, over…and over…and over…

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cajunpen

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posted 623 days ago

That is an amazing table – the engineering on that is incredible. For all of you guys interested in the plans – I am working on making a set in SketchUp, but it may take awhile, I have to figure out how to use SketchUp before I can start on the plans :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 623 days ago

wow that is amazing. it must have taken many hours to get that design down. WOW!

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lclashley

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posted 623 days ago

Incredible design! Although Mr. Fletcher might make more money selling plans than the tables themselves. Not really.

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Catspaw

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posted 623 days ago

Anybody can have one. The mechanism that does all the trickery can be purchased. I don’t remember from who or how much.

I will say that if you want to impress a client…..that’s the way to do it.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist

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Blake

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posted 620 days ago

Thank you, thank you. Yea, I have to admit, I invented and built this a while back. It no big deal, really.

NOT!!!

WHOA, WAIT, WHAT? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!!

Thanks for the interesting post. That is so cool.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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rikkor

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posted 620 days ago

Unreal! I can only imagine how long that took to engineer. And it still looks great in either configuration.

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FuzzyDove

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posted 239 days ago

Here is our poor man’s version of a round expanding table: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/14595

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