Redesigned Expanding Table

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DIY Expanding Table redesigned and improved for 2024
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[@samk8005]

All I can say is wow. That's super impressive, bravo.

[@ScottRumschlag]

Thanks, it was a lot of work!

[@jonathancarreiro4333]

​@ScottRumschlag what an impressive piece of engineering. One of the coolest tables I've ever seen.

[@justavian]

Holy cow - it's been ten years? Where does the time go? I was a subscriber even then, and have always loved your work. Thanks for sharing this.

[@jackbaiatul9351]

Mee too. I love this project! It’s time for the next project with 6 leafs❤😊

[@JasenCooke]

From a woodworker of 45 years and a remodel carpenter for 37 years let me just say, Well done sir.

[@rafaeliglesias5437]

The interior mechanism is mesmerizing, you should think about a transparent top.

[@sambeard4428]

Make it with plexiglass and score the surface with a cnc to refract the light and get a rainbow underneath

[@njall7515]

Well done Scott! This is an amazing achievement! And great video

[@robertanderson2424]

That first 30 seconds you can see a smile beaming from ear to ear. That's one of the best feelings when your flow mind finally gets where it wants to go

[@skaeggo]

As a practical table for everyday use this surely has some shortcomings, but as a piece of art and engineering it's absolutely stunning.

[@ShrpBld78]

What problems do you see for everyday us?

[@JakobVarming]

@@ShrpBld78 An incoming court case when your kid gets his/her hand crushed...

[@deeziebaby]

I'm super confused about why you think this isn't practical? Have you ever had to swap a table leaf before? Smh

[@ShrpBld78]

The only thing I can imagine would be if something was spilled but that could be solved with a table cloth

[@skaeggo]

Practical disadvantages: I would guess it's fairly heavy and that you can't lift it by the top, so moving it looks like it would be an ordeal. It also looks like you'll hit your knees on the rim under the table in the expanded position. And the small base means it will probably tip over if someone leans on it. I'm by no means dissing this table - as I said it's stunning.

[@velociraptor5962]

I love this. I remember seeing this year's ago. Amazing feat of "simple" engineering, yet so complex. ❤

[@TheJestersDoor]

I can imagine someone scaling this up for a concert stage or theater!! Amazing effort here sir!

[@Snowmirage6453]

That is ... and here's something I never thought I'd say... The most impressive table I've ever seen.

[@bluemamba5317]

What about the Periodic Table of Elements? It fits pretty much the entire universe... 🤓

[@lftr_react]

Beautiful work. Thank you for keeping the art form of engineering alive!

[@ScottRumschlag]

@@lftr_react thank you!

[@VirgilAllenMoore]

This is beautifully complicated and streamlined. Well done! Honestly, this is amazing!

[@voradorhylden3410]

Finally someone showed how these work! Thank you!

[@ozfunghi]

Randomly stumbled on your video. Amazing work. Very clever mechanism underneath with the ramps.

[@tomdenny8507]

This has been such a fascinating journey. Thank you for sharing it with us. Personally I am blown away by your determination and engineering skills. Congratulations on completing this marvelous table build.

[@ScottRumschlag]

Thank you, journey is definitely the right word

[@Bjørn_The_Blacksmith]

Oh man, I remember seeing the first version years ago and it's lived in my mind ever since! Definitely going to try making this at some point!

[@tarassu]

Awesome. Most beautiful part is the metal curved arm that pushes out and then brings back a little in the end. One part, two complicated motions.

[@paulhugo1623]

Great work… I’m equal parts motivated and intimidated

[@Preceptor-lf1ht]

Absolutely amazing Scott.

[@mpmfr]

🤯 this is awesome!!

[@owenwilson25]

Impressive. Never seen your channel before, but if this is one of your end results. I absolutely grieve at the lose of real woods and carpentry as my grandfather began practising in the 1920s, the abundance of particle board and disposable furniture is tragic. Yours is an interesting design worthy of craftsmanship and some authentic woods.

[@PoeticJusticeSC]

That's amazing. Fantastic craftsmanship!

[@johnwayne2103]

WOW!, This is amazing! It's mesmerizing to look at everything work in real time. I think the time it took for you just to render this in CAD was enormous!

[@deldridg]

Incredible concept, workmanship and finished product! A red wine spill = death!! Love your work - cheers from Sydney, David

[@chrishuebner2547]

Speechless!!!! So amazing

[@philipB31]

So good - thank you for sharing.

[@mitchfrazer]

Awesome. Great Work.

[@TricksterJ97]

Very impressive build! I completely appreciate the joy in designing and building this. A lovely solution to a problem I don’t have.

[@fabioluis8273]

Congratulations Scott, I get inspired by you for my projects. Hugs from Brazil.

[@rpals5412]

Absolutely NUTS! I suddenly have a really strong urge to own this table.... One improvement I think I would love to see is a tapered cut on the bottom piece to give the illusion that the table is thinner than it really is, just like how laptops achieve looking thin as a coin, while they are actually close to 20mm. I can't figure out whether this would even be possible - but it would be really sweet! Nonetheless, this is a absolutely fantastic result as is! Big time congrats on getting past the finish line on this project

[@GroovyVideo2]

Great Work - Thanks for showing

[@kevinbooth2063]

Scott super sweet I remember your original design. My wife wanted one then and if I show this video to her now. I see another project on my plate.

[@Vlachynahasbeenhacked]

Wow!!! Congrats! Ferfect craftsmanship!!

[@JamesTalvy]

That is simply brilliant.

[@mergrew0110]

Ten years! I remember seeing this all that time ago. That’s a lot of computer time and experimentation. You deserve to do well with this. Good luck! Just think of the journey that wool spinning went through, from hand spinning to the modern factory process. It takes several attempts to achieve this high level of efficiency.

[@griptopia]

EPIC! Tis a thing of beauty!

[@kaden56]

This is extremely impressive!!

[@proteus371]

WOW !! That is AWESOME ! You are a Genius, thanks for sharing. 😎👍

[@creeps3289]

Very nicely done that's the way to do it improving and making it superb.

[@simplicity6564]

Beautiful!

[@sambeard4428]

Beautiful design

[@keesvrins8410]

DIY sure sure. Nice work!

[@geoffbox4455]

well done! I love it

[@geoffsemon7411]

This is awesome!! I've always been interested in building one of these. I just need to convince someone they need one and I'll buy the plans!

[@ErikWilliamsviolin]

A brilliant piece of engineering, but more so, a testament to what long-term determination can yield.

[@gannas42]

This is awesome! Also I cannot believe it has been a decade... wow. Glad you released this new version. I am still not a woodworker but some day I would love to purchase a completed table if finances agreed.

[@jmd1743]

That's extremely cool, booked marked it in my wood working playlist.

[@7StrokeRoll]

Wow! Excellent engineering. I may have to give this build a try. Well done!

[@Wildstar40]

This table you invented is awesome !

[@shobley]

It's actually called a Fletcher Capstan Table, and I think Robert Jupe patented the idea in the 19th century... I don't know if he ever built one though.

[@elsimon89]

Outstanding!

[@tettazwo9865]

Very impressive!!!

[@griptopia]

CAD *(can always delete) OR (Cardboard Aided Design) or Carpenter Aided Destruction :) hehe.. anyone else got some good alternatives to mine, You knocked it out of the park! really. I am working on a mechanism like this but it works with counter weight and a few other little tricks. Marvelous stuff!!

[@narxic]

Very well done. Kudos sir.

[@NegativeROG]

Absolutely amazing. That's true mechanical genius.

[@bullion328]

Genius! i would love an expanding table like this.

[@geektarded]

Amazing creativity! ❤

[@krenwregget7667]

Quite a feat of engineering with very cool results. Bravo.

[@josephperez3175]

Been tracking you... HELL YES SIR!!!!! Well Done! Amazing

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

That is extremely impressive.

[@msivi6623]

Awesome.

[@s3uoq]

Truly a work of art 👏

[@sparkyenergia]

Yep. That is definitely cool.

[@wplacke]

Great mechanical design, would love to see a custom hardwood patterned top made for it that takes advantage of the design

[@dwinegardner8251]

Great job! Thanks for sharing your design.

[@nomusicrc]

Is there a video of the original table This was a great video no loud intro no music while you were talking I loved everything about this especially since you showed how it worked

[@ScottRumschlag]

my original table: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LJnJ98bceniqM

[@nomusicrc]

@@ScottRumschlag I was looking for the video of the table against the wall but I also enjoyed the other video you sent me

[@The-KP]

That's cool! Way way cool. Amazing.

[@brandb16]

Amazing work!

[@Scrogan]

Very cool mechanism. There’s no end to what you can achieve with rollers and cams.

[@tngtacticalmiata1219]

VERY good design work, man... I'm impressed.

[@ShrpBld78]

So awesome

[@JediHammond]

Great stuff! cant wait to put the plans into practice.

[@ScottRumschlag]

Thank you, good luck with the build!

[@Vikingwerk]

Incredible work!

[@rdaltry777]

What a journey. Thank you for taking us along. I can't really use a round table in my space, but I'm guessing a couple of my friends will be very interested!

[@ScottRumschlag]

No problem, thank you

[@AtticusDraco]

Impressive Been watching you since the standing desk Good job

[@edwilliams9028]

I am impressed

[@-Deena.]

For years, honestly, I have used the 'how can you make a round table expand ' mental challenge to ponder in depth, as a form of pre-sleep meditation And, here it is! 🧡

[@schnitzgmbh2457]

Hi Scott, congrats. Looks very nice.

[@pauldwalker]

beautiful

[@ront0803]

Holy WOW!

[@maninalift]

Wow, that is amazing. It's like somthing from a fantasy movie that only exists as computer graphics, arcano-tech from an ancient civilization of mages. The way it works looks SOO satisfying.

[@rogerhodges7656]

Congratulations on getting the details worked out. I became fascinated with the design the first time that I saw one of these tables. The one that I saw worked very differently. I don't recall the details. It was Italian designed and was very expensive. (More than I could afford at the time.)

[@ScottRumschlag]

Thank you, it's been a long project

[@buildstoys]

Thanks Scott, just purchased the plans. FYI - I was confirmed on the waiting list but never got an email saying the plans were ready.

[@ScottRumschlag]

Thank you. Yes, I just launched and posted the video first, working on emails now.

[@SoulPatchProduction]

Amazing!!

[@DJRockinRob]

Beautiful table!!! Thank you for sharing 🙂It has been fun to watch it "grow". lol

[@deadcarz4926]

You are a genius!

[@vhierta8723]

Wow! I absolutely love it and it is very impressive i'm very keen to get the plans. However i would love to see another design in the future with some changes too. Going by the measurements, small mode currently seats 4 (possibly 5) people which is a great size. Large "only" increases that to 6 people. not a very big increase. There seems also to be the issue with knee-space. With it deployed to large mode the skirt comes down quite a bit and is only inset 15cm from the edge making it perfectly out of view to strike your knee in if you push your chair in. Sure you can go up slightly in table height but the knee clearance to the table top must not be too much either before it is uncomfortable. I would love to see a 6 panel piece and honestly with some clever storage in the legs i think most would be happy with some of the expanding panels not being integral and automatically deployed so the skirt can be less tall and design simpler.

[@geoffreystearns1690]

Nice!

[@therealJayRoe]

Love the engineering.

[@bprince9663]

HOLY COW! This is a great design improvement! Don't get me wrong the first iteration was fabulous. If only I were 10 years younger, I would attempt to build.

[@Empty00Eyes]

Ingenious. I really want this, haha.

[@imakedookie]

i can imagine at least two dozen jigs that have to be painstakingly made to reproduce an accurate production of something like this.... holy moly man!

[@bigblue4364]

2 words.... CnC and Glass Mechanisms like that should not be hidden from the world.

[@Xynodras]

Okay, so this is basically D.B. Fletcher's Capstan table, designed 27 years ago, but as a DYI project? (FYI they do motorized versions as well)

[@BB1951]

I want one! 👍

[@theresabu3000]

I think I saw a similar round expanding table with a star in the middle in a video with other space saving/ expanding furniture a few years ago. Seemed like it was from a designer, with quality wood and finish - selling it for huge amounts of money. I really like it - though that amount of complicated hardware could also be it's weak point. Still looks great 🤗

[@jeffstrongman7889]

Very impressive. Great work.

[@MattJoyce01]

Wow, that so impressive.

[@TrungTheMaker]

I’m excited for your kits to come out

[@root1101]

Thanks. Looks great. I dream of having an actual space of building something like that

[@michaelbianchi7639]

This strikes me as something that could be made into a business. ((I'm too old, but if I were younger ...)) I imagine a team turning out the components and packaging them as kit parts that would find customers. Then imagine those customers building and finishing assembled (or knocked down) products and offering them through local furniture stores. And an experienced team could design variations ....