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J. Clarke

On 3/19/2010 12:12 PM, wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:45 am, "J. wrote:

There's a design called a "draw-leaf table" in which the leaves pull
out. She had one of those in her kitchen--it worked fine. Here's a
discussion with some pictures of the mechanism
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=24617.

I've encountered this design under the name "dutch extension table".

The appeal of the design with a fixed table and separate folding end
table is that I could buy a main table. This is something that I
think would be to large for me to make in my small shop. And then I
could make the folding end tables which would be of a more manageable
size. I vaguely recall that the tables in the article were quite
small, like the size of one leaf, and the author actually made two,
one for each end. But it seems like the extra legs might make this
setup less practical, so I was curious to see the details.

Ah. I misunderstood the problem you were trying to solve.