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   GEide | Sep 17, 2007 04:51pm | #1

   Hi Shawn,

    

   It sounds like you’re not too interested in the butterfly-type. But just in case, we recently got a Paul Schurch article online from Fine Woodworking #94.

    

   Here’s another Knots discussion where they talk about expanding tables in case their discussion/photos help at all.

    

   I’ll also try passing this question on to Gary Rogowski to see if he has any input.

    

   Thanks,

    

   Gina
   FWW.com

   
   

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   Edited 9/17/2007 9:52 am ET by GEide

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   Sfox7076 | Sep 17, 2007 08:38pm | #2

   Thanks for the response. The butterfly table in interesting, but I am worried about the sticking mechanism or the table warping and not being able to get the butterfly leaf out. Those posting there seem to be interested in the dutch pull out table, and that is not quite what I am looking for. The tables I have seen that do this place the leaves inside on a sort of platform that stays in place in the interior. I have heard of numerous tables with these leaves, but cannot find a plan that shows how to do this. Thanks for the help, and I look forward to hearing from you further.Shawn

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   user-148830 | Sep 17, 2007 10:17pm | #3

   Hi Shawn,
   Draw leaf tables store their leaves under the main table top. The best drawings I have seen of them are in Ernest Joyce' book The Encyclopedia of Furniture Making. Both the leaves and main top need to be of the same thickness with the leaves pulling out on tapered runners. There is also an article by Tage Frid, issue #9 of FWW. You can get to it on the FWW site. Do a search for Tage Frid articles and it will appear. I hope this helps some. Gary

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   Sfox7076 | Sep 18, 2007 12:10am | #4

   Again, not quite what I am looking for, but thank you. I just think it is odd that no one has plans for this. Really, all it is is an ability to keep the leaves in the space between the slides inside the table. If an interior box frame can be made, with stationary sides that attach to the slides, a platform, theoretically, should be able to be built to hold the leaves when they are not in the table. I just am not 100% sure how to accomplish this. Well, as they say, I guess this is back to the drawing board.Shawn

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   saschafer | Sep 18, 2007 01:49am | #5

   If I'm interpreting your descriptions correctly, these are what are used to operate that kind of table: http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=1&p=40139&cat=3,43586.View Image

   On all of the tables of this sort that I've ever seen, the leaves are stored separately. I suppose you could rig up some sort of a rack beneath the table top where you could store the leaves when they're not in use.

   -Steve