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   forestgirl | Nov 19, 2002 06:28am | #1

   This mechanism sounds like what many call a "refectory table."  Here's a link to one company that sells them:

   http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/SEARCH.exe?CTLFIND=104.

   Here's a link to my Googling that produced that link and others:

   http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=refectory+table+hardware

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   southbeech | Nov 19, 2002 02:51pm | #2

   Thanks very much!  You're right, its also called a refectory table.

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   TomMGTC | Nov 19, 2002 04:24pm | #3

   Woodsmith magazine has a plan for one of these tables in one of their early issues. All o fthe back issues are still available. It is very simple to build and works great. The leaves are completely hidden when not in use. I will try to find the exact issue #.

   Tom

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   TomMGTC | Nov 19, 2002 04:47pm | #4

   http://store.yahoo.com/backissuesstore/wsback64.html

   Isue no 64. I couldn't find a picture of the table though. I'd post a pic of mine if I had a digital cam.