Robert,
Norm has a photo of the table in use on his web site. You should be able to
see enough of what is happening under the table to duplicate the design
without the need for purchased plans.
Go here, http://www.newyankee.com/getphoto2.cgi?0207.jpg, and see if this
helps.
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Richard A.
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"Robert Boucher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Several months ago Norm build a work table with retractable rollers. I
> didn't pay that much attention at the time, but now have a place where I
> can use such a table. Without buying the full plans, does anyone
> remember how the retractable mechanism works? (Norm got the idea from a
> PBS station.)
As I recall, casters are mounted on plywood stretchers that are
hinged-attached to the L shaped legs. A plywood block, hinged to the other
part of the L-leg locks the stretcher in place when the table is lifted just
enough to set the casters down. A cord attached to the 2 blocks, pulls the
blocks up and gravity pulls the table down onto the floor. You can kinda
sorta see it here:
http://www.newyankee.com/swcorner_large2.shtml (large image)
and here:
http://www.newyankee.com/getphoto2.cgi?0207.jpg
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Cheers!
Duke
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"Robert Boucher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Several months ago Norm build a work table with retractable rollers. I
> didn't pay that much attention at the time, but now have a place where I
> can use such a table. Without buying the full plans, does anyone
> remember how the retractable mechanism works? (Norm got the idea from a
> PBS station.)
Doesn't you local library stock the video tapes of the shows?
Len
Robert Boucher wrote:
> Several months ago Norm build a work table with retractable rollers. I
> didn't pay that much attention at the time, but now have a place where I
> can use such a table. Without buying the full plans, does anyone
> remember how the retractable mechanism works? (Norm got the idea from a
> PBS station.)
Don't know where you are, but HERE the local county library does NOT
stock nor budget for these kinds of things
John
On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:23:16 -0600, lopez <[email protected]> wrote:
>Doesn't you local library stock the video tapes of the shows?
>
>Len
>
>Robert Boucher wrote:
>> Several months ago Norm build a work table with retractable rollers. I
>> didn't pay that much attention at the time, but now have a place where I
>> can use such a table. Without buying the full plans, does anyone
>> remember how the retractable mechanism works? (Norm got the idea from a
>> PBS station.)
On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 11:59:19 -0600, John Crea <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Don't know where you are, but HERE the local county library does NOT
>stock nor budget for these kinds of things
Ask the librarian to start.
Here in CT, we have a wonderful collection that gets better all the
time, in addition to an inter-library loan system. I've found
librarians to very accommodating to user requests. They LOVE when
their libraries get used!
Barry