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   davecohn52 | Sep 24, 2014 02:27am | #1

   love the table. Can't tell from the pictures but just how do you make the leaf slide underneath the table. I would like to do this for a dining room tabel I want to make for my house.

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   woodworkhead | Sep 24, 2014 10:41am | #2

   Hi There Dave,
   Its really quite easy. I can tell you and take a few more pictures if you like? There's just a few things you've to bear in mind to get it all sitting correctly. The first thing with the leaf and the 2 arms supporting it is to taper the the arms. The angle is not that critical but I did it by doing one out of mdf first as a template. I found this very handy. I have the end of my arms touching the back of the table when the leaf is in fully. How far the leaf rises at full extension is a function of the cut out on the front of the table. This only matters when the leaf is fully extended as it rests on this. So , it needs to be deep enough to take the depth of the arm as well as the depth of the table leaf which will be flush with the main table top.
   Feel free to ask more questions. I can send on my information. If you need my email let me know.
   Now I've to sand it a bit more!! Was going to sell this actually. Wonder what its worth?!!

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   dentalchris | Sep 24, 2014 03:22pm | #3

   Tommy Mac featured a draw leaf table on Rough Cut this past season, S04 E11 - "Draw Leaf Table." They spent some time showing how the sliding mechanism works.
   I think my local PBS station listed it as "Pub Table" or something along those lines, though. You can find the full episode online on his website.

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   krob | Oct 06, 2014 12:48pm | #4

   There is a very detailed explanation of how these tables are made in Tage Frid's woodworking books, book 3, Furniture Making. I used this to make a table for a yacht owner who wanted to have it for just two people or more when they had gusts. It worked wonderfully.