# Amazing Expandable Table! - Video

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422 "2014-09-03T22:28:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422/1 "2014-09-03T22:28:57Z")

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[Wow this is so neat!](http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/household/furniture/fletcher-capstan-worlds-coolest-expandable-table.asp)

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> World’s. Coolest. Not an understatement. Take 10 seconds to watch the Fletcher Capstan expandable table video, and the rest of the day off work to recover from your blown mind. Or maybe you’ll disagree that the mesmerizing spinning kaleidoscope of wood is a masterpiece of both carpentry and geometry. But if you do, you’ll be wrong. Incorrect.

[The floating table is pretty cool too!](http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/household/furniture/float-levitating-table.asp)

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**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422/2 "2014-09-04T02:12:51Z")

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I believe that the Lord Mayor of London has one exactly like that. Anyway I have seen them before somewhere. It is interesting though.

Bob

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**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422/3 "2014-09-04T08:16:05Z")

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Very COOL! And, Eeeeeeeee to the cute girl who demonstrates! I wanna be her walkie talkie! 😃

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422/4 "2014-09-04T09:12:40Z")

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The famous Fletcher Capstan table. I’ve seen one up close (not on a yacht, though.) They are remarkable. Sadly I didn’t get a chance to actuate the mechanism. [Here’s a cool video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbo7ycpkeI) about the making of.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-expandable-table-video/697422/5 "2014-09-04T09:17:22Z")

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And here’s a [motorized version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_AwFSWIPU)!