[C320-list] AFI cockpit table

[Scott Thompson]

Jeff's solution is the best but you need to be a better woodworker than 
I to implement it.  I sawed the leg of my table in half and installed a 
hinge, plus a latch to hold it straight.  It folds in half out of the 
way.  It's still a pain having it under foot.  If you contact the 
manufacturer they will offer to sell you an even worse solution, namely 
a pair of teak blocks and longer mounting bolts that set the table 
further away from the pedestal so that there is enough clearance for the 
leg to fold without modification.  But then someone leaning on the edge 
of the folded table is likely to bend one of those long bolts, or tear 
it out from the wood, or something else expensive.

Scott Thompson


Chris Burti wrote:
> I just purchased the AFI cockpit table.
> 
> Of course, I have run into the same problem with the
> leg previously discussed on the list. I have two
> questions.
> 
> I've looked at Jeff's excellent and elegant solution
> on the website, but am left wondering if anyone else
> has come up with an even simpler solution.
> 
> Does anyone else think that it is incredibly stupid to
> design a table that will not work on the most popular
> pedestal and guard on the market. (My son, a diehard
> Tarheel, suggested that it might be the work product
> of an NCSU Engineering alumnus.)
> 
> Chris Burti
> "Commitment"
> Catalina 320, #867, 
> Farmville, NC
> 
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