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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 611797, member: 59"]In order for a pedestal table to accommodate one or more leaf it needs to have the following features - a place where the top separates into 2 equal halves, a place where the pedestal separates into 2 equal halves and finally a mechanism under the table top and above the pedestal that moves the separated pieces of the top outward from the separation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see the first 2 things on my list in your pictures. But I do see what appears to be parts of the separating mechanism in your picture of the underside of the top. </p><p><br /></p><p>It may be that the table top already has a leaf inserted that is taking up the space that would be created by opening the top the width of one leaf.</p><p><br /></p><p>The table may have been made to only have one leaf inserted and thus that pedestal may not have needed to separate.</p><p><br /></p><p>A better look at the entire underside of the table top would really help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 611797, member: 59"]In order for a pedestal table to accommodate one or more leaf it needs to have the following features - a place where the top separates into 2 equal halves, a place where the pedestal separates into 2 equal halves and finally a mechanism under the table top and above the pedestal that moves the separated pieces of the top outward from the separation. I do not see the first 2 things on my list in your pictures. But I do see what appears to be parts of the separating mechanism in your picture of the underside of the top. It may be that the table top already has a leaf inserted that is taking up the space that would be created by opening the top the width of one leaf. The table may have been made to only have one leaf inserted and thus that pedestal may not have needed to separate. A better look at the entire underside of the table top would really help.[/QUOTE]
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