Re: Extending Dining Room Table Help Needed

John,

Extension tables can be a little intimidating - The toughest part of your
project is going to be the storage for the leaves. The good news is you
already have your overall dimensions figured out, and you've already sourced
your hardware. I would outfit yourself with a few books showing dining
table design, and work backwards off of your overall dimensions. Also, try
to break the project down into smaller components - In other words, focus on
the top as one part of the design, then focus on the pedestals, then how
you're going to incorporate the leaves into the design.

I know it's not much to work on, but the details are going to be so
dependant on the style, construction methods, and hardware that you choose
to use - Hope this helps


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"John B" <jbushong65@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm preparing to embark on my first dining room table project. What I want
is a table top about 42 x 60 that can extend with 2 12" leaves out to 84".
I want it to be a double pedestal trestle type with space to store the
extra leaves between the table top and pedestals. I've found the extension
slides at Lee Valley, so all I need now is as plan. There are numerous
table plans on the internet, but I haven't found anything even close to
what I'm looking for. There are also a number of books which claim they
provide general knowledge of table building, but I can't identify any that
have data for this type of table. I would appreciate any
suggestions/places to look.


.

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