We first figured out this mechanism around 1998 by more or less copying a client’s existing table … We’ve built tables with self storing leaves probably 4 or 5 times since then but this is the first with a trestle style base … A little more challenging, but the same concept once you work out the support engineering. There are bigger photos and more detailed construction descriptions on my dorset custom furniture blog. There is also a short video here showing the opening and closing process … make a mockup before you try it !!
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This looked very familiar. There was a project in Tage Frid's book series called a "Dutch Pullout", which used the same concept. I built one some years ago to be used in a yacht where they needed the extra space but also wanted to have room to manuever in the confined space. It worked great and looked great too in this beautiful yacht.
I have also built a Dutch pull out table as you call it. These are a common in New Zealand and are called drawer leaf tables. If you can find Fine Woodworking book on Tables and Desks you will find on page 34 how Tage Frid designed his lopers. These are the sloping rails.
These are great tables to have because you store the extra leaf with the table and not in some closet.
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