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Walking Table

12/13/2006 2:40 PM

An interesting mechanical design that I found on YouTube; video here.

Not sure how they are able to turn the force of pushing the table to operate the legs. Any opinions?

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Re: Walking Table

12/13/2006 11:27 PM

leg tops have a radius, and they are skewed, so that as you push a leg the end rises slightly and up goes the table and the leg that is back is a little lower and falls forward(spring?) and the table rocks to make the newly forward leg take the load.

sort of like those toys that walk down an incline. Here the persons thrust provides the force

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