| Project by schroeder | posted 08-27-2014 12:34 AM | 1882 views | 2 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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One of my oldest friends asked me to build this table (and a set of bar stools) for her and her husband to pass on to their children. A Barista – Dutch Extension Table – The leaves slide under the top from the ends via a shop made “slide”. The dimensions were given by the client (~35 ½”). I designed the table with Sketchup (well, most of it, my skills on Sketchup aren’t good enough to draw the complex curves of the slide mechanism). I used clear vertical grain and used standard wizardry to show a good face on all sides of each leg. The accents are Ebony. The top is ~1 ½” thick and I would guess the thing weighs about 275 pounds. Stained and finished with 6 coats of semi-gloss poly.
This kind of table with moving parts was the most challenging table I’ve built.
Schroeder (....and new shop helper “Karma”)
-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe
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Douglas Bordner
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#1 posted 08-27-2014 12:56 AM
Looking great as usual. Fine looking assistant too.
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#2 posted 08-27-2014 01:45 AM
wow. that is fantastic!
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Lboy
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#3 posted 08-27-2014 02:03 AM
Nice Job! I’ve been wanting to build one of these. Did you have a design to work from or just come up with it on your own?
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#4 posted 08-27-2014 02:31 AM
Great looking table.
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schroeder
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#5 posted 08-27-2014 11:54 AM
Thanks all! – Lboy – used the obligatory “Tage Frid” book and FWW article for reference, but had to design the mechanics from scratch – it was fun, but a definite challenge!
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Vincent Nocito
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#6 posted 08-27-2014 12:52 PM
Very nice table. Could you post a picture of the leaf support mechanism?
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#7 posted 08-28-2014 07:46 PM
Sweet design, I love it, the puppy is kewl tooooo
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