Expanding Table

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.

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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

That is one awsome table.

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

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

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

Very cool links Dan, Thanks.

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

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/

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/

That is one amazing table.

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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.

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

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