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jim sauterer
11-26-2010, 8:09 PM
planning to build a dining room table for my daughter.need info on slide mechanism for 3 12 inch leafs.anyone with experience on a good quality slide would appreciate your source and thoughts.thanks jim.
jim sauterer
11-27-2010, 6:40 AM
no one at all.wood or steel.thanks
David Thompson 27577
11-27-2010, 7:34 AM
Check at Rockler.com
I know that their catalog has some mechanisms.
Keith Westfall
11-27-2010, 8:04 PM
Lee Valley??
Mike Konobeck
11-27-2010, 8:15 PM
Never used this but thought it would be interesting to try:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=46841&cat=3,43586,43594,46849
Otherwise you could use something like this:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=66506&cat=3,43586,43594&ap=1
Of course you could always try to build one using sliding dovetail joints. Much cheaper. I am sure you could find the hardware cheaper than Lee Valley if you didn't want to build something.
Jaze Derr
11-27-2010, 8:21 PM
hey, that "pop out from under" leaf mechanism looks pretty cool! would save on having to store the leaves, too.
Mike Konobeck
11-27-2010, 8:26 PM
Another idea that I liked would be to build slides into the ends of the table and you just pull out the slides on the end to set each leaf onto. Only gives you 2 but I like the fact that you don't have to cut a table in half that you worked so hard to get nice and flat. I got the idea from a plan in a book titled "In the Craftsman Style" from Tauton Press. The chapter/project was title "Wenge Trestle Table". I have some 12/4 wenge that I planned to use for the legs. Just have to finish up another table before I start another.
Shawn Christ
11-27-2010, 9:40 PM
Never used them but saw these advertised in this month's Wood magazine:
http://www.osbornewood.com/table-slides.cfm
I have an equalizer wood slide on my Amish-made dining table. Those slides are beefy and rock solid.
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