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boymeetsrock
Nov 9, 2010, 3:12 PM
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Holy craftsmanship batman! How much to commission one of these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_qn62zny0
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camhead
Nov 9, 2010, 3:20 PM
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Yes, some people have the skills to make genius, geomtrical marvels that are both works of art and utilitarian.
Others don't even know how to put clicky links in their thread posts.
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boymeetsrock
Nov 9, 2010, 3:39 PM
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Sorry for the messed up clicky.
This one is pretty awesome too.
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boymeetsrock
Nov 10, 2010, 9:27 PM
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I'm still hoping Edge will show up and quote me a price. Mostly for the table in the OP though. That thing is truly amazing. I've never seen anything like it.
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edge
Nov 15, 2010, 5:36 PM
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Interesting, I would love to see the mechanism/engineering behind it. Anyway, I also wonder how it would hold up over time against spills, gunk getting caught on the mating surfaces, etc.
At first glance this reminds me of those fancy trout flies with glitter and flash that are meant to catch fisherman when a simple deer hair caddis would actually catch the fish.
I am quoting a veneered top sofa table now that will open up with two gate legs to seat six for dinner. At least I know that design has been in existance for 200+ years and many of the originals are still going strong.
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bill413
Nov 15, 2010, 6:29 PM
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edge wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: Edit to add: What do you mean by sofa table? Something similar to this but with a highly figured top, maybe string inlay and bellflower drops on the legs, etc. It goes behind a sofa in a room and is pulled out to bang the maid or babysitter on. [image]http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!B2yl7E!!mk~$(KGrHqIOKj!EyOSS616pBMj5dTyN0g~~_3.JPG[/image]
It gets it's name because you can go so fah with it.
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boymeetsrock
Nov 15, 2010, 6:55 PM
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edge wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: Edit to add: What do you mean by sofa table? Something similar to this but with a highly figured top, maybe string inlay and bellflower drops on the legs, etc. It goes behind a sofa in a room and is pulled out to bang the maid or babysitter on. [image]http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!B2yl7E!!mk~$(KGrHqIOKj!EyOSS616pBMj5dTyN0g~~_3.JPG[/image]
I already have 'something' to use for that purpose.
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chadnsc
Nov 15, 2010, 7:29 PM
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boymeetsrock wrote: edge wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: Edit to add: What do you mean by sofa table? Something similar to this but with a highly figured top, maybe string inlay and bellflower drops on the legs, etc. It goes behind a sofa in a room and is pulled out to bang the maid or babysitter on. [image]http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!B2yl7E!!mk~$(KGrHqIOKj!EyOSS616pBMj5dTyN0g~~_3.JPG[/image] I already have 'something' to use for that purpose.
Yup, your left hand.
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boymeetsrock
Nov 15, 2010, 8:04 PM
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chadnsc wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: edge wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: Edit to add: What do you mean by sofa table? Something similar to this but with a highly figured top, maybe string inlay and bellflower drops on the legs, etc. It goes behind a sofa in a room and is pulled out to bang the maid or babysitter on. [image]http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!B2yl7E!!mk~$(KGrHqIOKj!EyOSS616pBMj5dTyN0g~~_3.JPG[/image] I already have 'something' to use for that purpose. Yup, your left hand.
I believe the preferred tool is a stick no thicker then one's thumb.
...um... wait.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Nov 15, 2010, 10:58 PM
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I came really close to buying one like the last one you had from a danish furniture store that was going out of business. It would have been about $1,700. And that was 10 years ago.
If I recall, the mechanics were not much more than what you would use for a drawer in a cabinet.
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edge
Nov 16, 2010, 4:51 PM
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Not a bad price, really. For me to engineer the mechanism from scratch and make a one-off, I would guesstimate about $5K minimum.
Unfortunately I find the overall design butt ugly.
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airscape
Nov 18, 2010, 8:51 AM
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I have always wondered about these tables that become bigger tables.
If there is space to make the table bigger, wasn't there enough space to actually just have a non adjusting bigger table?
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bill413
Nov 18, 2010, 1:38 PM
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airscape wrote: I have always wondered about these tables that become bigger tables. If there is space to make the table bigger, wasn't there enough space to actually just have a non adjusting bigger table?
Not always - you may be shuffling other stuff around to get the bigger size; you may have the space to expand it but it then intrudes into walking areas; or you might enjoy the intimacy of a smaller table when you don't have a lot of people at it.
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traddad
Nov 18, 2010, 1:54 PM
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airscape wrote: I have always wondered about these tables that become bigger tables. If there is space to make the table bigger, wasn't there enough space to actually just have a non adjusting bigger table?
Why would you want to clog up interior space with a piece of furniture that only gets used 3 times a day at most? American furniture, like our cars, houses, egos and asses, has become way too large. I've been on a crusade to reduce the size of all our furniture while retaining real utility. We own too much shit and it's too big.
One problem I have with gate leg/drop leaf tables is that they are essentially unusable for anything other than storing clutter when the the leaf is dropped. Not a problem when you have the room for two tables but many of us do not, so one table has to do more jobs. I also think that having to remove and store the leaves on an expanding table is a grade C alternative. Being able to store the leaves easily like this table does, and being able to use it fully in both configurations, is real utility. I'm sure this could be done in a more baroque style to suit the traditional American taste for overwrought design.
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