Jupe Table

[bleeth]

I have a client who would like me to build a high low round table that also expands yet maintains near roundness. The hardware for this was designed quite some years ago and although I have found a couple of companies currently offering their own versions of the table I cannot find anyone offering the hardware as a standalone to put your own top and base on. Does anyone out there have any hints?

Dave

[Brady Watson]

Dave,
I doubt that you are going to find Jupe table hardware by itself. The design & mechanism was patented in the 1800 by Robert Jupe. I imagine that you could design a mechanism yourself and make it out of wood or have someone plasma cut one out of metal for you.

-Brady

[wmalcolmg@aol.com]

I just finished building a "Jupe" table. I used the drawings from the patent I got from the office in London, The only real hardware I had to have made was the "C" connections between the two rings. I almost lost it trying to get all the pieces to fit in both positions. Good Luck, Malcolm

[billp]

I have NO idea what a "Jupe" table is. Anuone have a picture they can post?

[bleeth]

Bill: A Jupe table was invented by a guy named (of all things) Jupe. When you twisted the top it expanded and then you would drop leaves in it so it maintained approximate roundness. I'm building a modified version of one for a client but he doesn't want to go the bucks or time for the real thing.
Malcolm- I'd love to see shots of your project and discuss mine.

Dave


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[gerald_d]

http://www.jupetables.com/

[woodworker (Unregistered Guest)]

There is a design where you can store the leaves inside the table too http://www.martindodge.com

[bleeth]

Here is the table finished: all bot cut, the pie leaves slide out on sliding dovetails, all leaves have t&g interlocks, the center rises on compression springs from 18" to 30" and it goes from 48" to 72". Sorry about the lousy resolution required for posting. Maybe it's time I looked into a blog.

Dave

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[bobstand]

Nice job Dave! Did you cut the legs on the bot as well? Thanks for posting the finished product. I saw that you first talked about in in Feb. You must have a few hours in on this project.

[jay]

Very nice! Thanks for the follow-up.

[bleeth]

Thanks- My customer accused me of taking so long because I didn't want to part with it-If truth be known I priced it to build simply and then got caught up in it and went way overboard and so had to treat it as a side project while doing other bread and butter jobs. The legs were also bot cut with Artcam designed rosettes carved into them. The center pedestals are stacked ply circles registered with dowels and veneered. I actually layed up two sets of leaves with the idea of building another for consignment & with a few kinks worked out although I probably won't do that one as a hi-lo or expanding as much. I would also put a "fixed" center in it to assist stability of the top. In my life I have found that the first one is a work in progress, the second one is done right, and the third one is boring!!

Dave