ElgaKoster Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I have had this project in my head for at least 6 years, so much fun to see it finally come together. I still need to make a proper crank for the table and caster wheels. I left the end leaves loose for the video so that you can see how the sliding tables work with each other. I used mopane for the table and birch for the sliding trays. The brass part of the screw mechanism was made with a hollow tube and a short solid piece that I drilled and tapped for the 2mm threaded stainless steel rod that I bought locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeekendMiniaturist Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 This is a wonderful, skillful project Elga! Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElgaKoster Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Thank you Tamra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idske H Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Beautiful! It works just like my RL mahogany table. It also takes just as long to open as yours does and mine only has 1 inset leaf. Isn’t it great to figure out these systems that seem to work well even after more than 150 years. That is an absolute treasure! Idske 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElgaKoster Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thank you Idske, good to know it takes the same time to open. On the real tables the screw thread is much coarser, I am not sure if there are any specialist tools that could do that in scale. It seemed easiest to use standard avalaible sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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