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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by NZRMac</i> <br /><br />If expansion is a concern could you build it from steel? My layout is a round the walls design and I have to get into the centre. I'm going to build a gate with two levels of track on it, I figured on a steel frame and steel jam to hinge it off. <br /> <br />Still in the planning stages. <br /> <br />Ken <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Yeah... But it's likely still going to be attached to wood benchwork which can, itself, expand, contract, shift, etc. <br /> <br />I don't know a single person with a reliable lift-up/drop-down. I know several with one that ended up getting screwed/nailed/glued in place and is now simply an over-engineered duckunder. <br /> <br />In my viewpoint, they're a poor solution. You are probably better off finding ways to live with a duckunder - chair on casters seems to be a common workaround - or redesigning to a walk-in mode.
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