Now for something completely different
Have you ever looked at your square occasional table and thought "This is so boring, wish I had something more interesting."
Or, maybe you look at your triangular table, and thought. "This is just too bazaar, wish I had something more normal."
Well, here a solution to that dilemma, a Transforming Table.
The geometry of this transformation is known as the Dudeney Dissection. Named after Henry Dudeney, an English author and mathematician.
The top of my table is zebrawood. The middle is wenge and the bottom is mahogany from some book shelves out of Suann's grandfather's house in San Francisco. Note that the wood grain are aligned in both the triangular and square configuration.
The hinge/torque tubes are made from 5/8" bronze tube with 1/8" bronze flanges. The hinges pivots on a 3/8" drill rod.
Due to the cantilever nature of the segments, a locking plate was devised to connect the segments in the middle of the table.
If you are interested in anymore geometrical transformation of this sore, check out the book, Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting, by Greg N. Frederickson.
