Popular Woodworking 2002-08 № 129, страница 68Buildin Extension Tables The hardware that allows a table to expand in size intimidates some woodworkers who have never installed it. Here's how to do it right the first time. If you've served one too many turkey dinners with your aunts and uncles huddled around a card table, then it's time to build a dining table with extension leaves. By using commercially available table slides and legs, it's a project that's not much more difficult than building an end table. There are merely a few extra details that you need to watch out for as you go. The table shown here will accommodate up to 10 people when extended to its full 100" length. It's basically a Queen Anne design that uses a cabriole leg with a pad by Troy Sexton Troy Sexton designs and builds custom furniture in Sunbury, Ohio, for his company, Sexton Classic American Furniture. Troy is a contributing editor for Popular Woodworking. |