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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Cool. Did you measure how far the top shifts horizontally. I was thinking about a coffee table with legs and aprons but there might not be enough weight to prevent it from tipping when the top is up and there's a laptop or something on it.

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        Vicspa
        last edited by

        Here's one from Brookstone.


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        • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
          Jean-Franco
          last edited by

          I drew for a friend a coffee table with a similar system but all made with wood.
          Just for ideas.
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          Jean-Franco

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          • M Offline
            mrossk
            last edited by

            FYI, Rockler sells this hardware...

            https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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            • G Offline
              Gene Davis
              last edited by

              What is interesting me as regards hardware, is the price of the complete RTA unit I was seeing today at the Farm & Fleet store, an item made by Sauder, is selling for something like $100. All the Souder stuff is discounted this week.

              I cannot find the hardware anywhere online for a price close to this.

              So, buy the kit (yes it is a kit with the hardware unmounted) and throw away all but the metal. Then make a nice one.

              OTOH, the wooden one might be best. One could prototype it for little material expense, fine tune things, and then do the real thing.

              FWIW, I have attached a pic of the hardware that comes with the RTA Souder table. Pretty beefy stuff, with a nice spreader strap running side to side to minimize wobble.


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              • G Offline
                Gene Davis
                last edited by

                And it's only 99 bucks, which is a great price for the hardware PLUS a CNC-cut prototype that can be used for the hole-drill template.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  Cool idea. Are you going to buy the kit?

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    How about something like this? Move the drawer over a bit, center it or leave it out.
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                    • soloS Offline
                      solo
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                      Just saw this in my FaceBook feed.

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                      http://www.solos-art.com

                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                      • M Offline
                        mrossk
                        last edited by

                        $40.00 at Woodworkers Supply! : http://woodworker.com/coffee-table-top-lift-mechanism-lr-mssu-164-228.asp

                        or what looks to be a nicer unit at Lee Valley for $190 : http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=40573&cat=3,43586,43594&ap=1

                        https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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                        • BoxB Offline
                          Box
                          last edited by

                          I woke up with an addition to your table in my mind. Make the top from two pieces, put a couple of locking posts in the bottom layer and a track in the top layer and you can spin and slide the top to form a gaming table or whatever. Much more versatile, but you'd probably need to have some good weight in the base to counterbalance it at full extension.


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                            watkins
                            last edited by

                            The mechanism seems to be quite inexpensive

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                            Bob

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