Mechanical furniture questions

[Jarad Medbery]

Alright so I saw this awesome thing on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5OxVgH-T1I

The cool "rails and gears" is... yes whatever the heck this stuff is I want to incorporate this into my projects. Where, what, how do you get this kind of hardware/mechanical parts for furniture. Most of the stuff I saw for cabinet rails is just the standard low grade metal ball bearing or not quite so... fancy looking. I am sure this was custom made, but does anyone know of a secret nook or cranny somewhere that has things like this?

[Evan Ryan]

http://woodgears.ca

this is not exactly what you're looking for (typical first poster), but you might like this site.
it is woodworkers who build their own woodworking machines.

[William Adams]

A great research reference for this sort of thing is the book:

507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices by Henry T. Brown --- the diagrams from this book are now available on-line in an animated form: http://507movements.com/

An online available set of plans for a similar project: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mysterious-Sliding-Tile-Secret-Compartment-Table/?ALLSTEPS

[Dave Richards]

My guess is a lot of that stuff will need to be custom made.

You might look at Grainger and McMaster-Carr for small gears and such.

[Michael Stein]

I can't even wrap my head around all that movement. Insane amount of thought in that little bench!

[Jarad Medbery]

Thanks all for the input and information.
@ Dave exactly what I was looking for Mcmasters has a brass gear and rack set that I think might just do the trick for a more simple drawer system.
@ William and Evan both sites saved! Both have some goodies I will take a look at again.