[C320-list] AFI cockpit table

[Scott Thompson]

Jeff knows the particulars, but my recollection is that you have to 
measure the spread between the pedestal guard uprights at a particular 
height.  You can't assume they are exactly parallel.  I actually sent 
these measurements from my boat to Jeff a year ago in hopes that he 
would make one for me.  (I'd complain about the lack of response, except 
that I'm literally a beggar here, and the last thing I'd want to do on 
this list is complain about Jeff!)

If you find yourself looking for a customer, let me know.  The AFI table 
is really a nice unit, except for that leg.

Scott Thompson

Chris Burti wrote:
> I can do the work and have the tools. As a
> hobby/avocation I make fine colonial reproduction
> furniture. I suspect that I still have enough teak on
> hand to do the job, but was looking to minimize the
> additional wood on board in the cockpit.
> 
> I contemplated the hinged leg solution as well, but
> suspect that would become wobbly over time. After you
> have made a few chairs you learn to admire the
> engineering iherent in these wooden wonders. You also
> learn to see the need for strength in the supporting
> members of everything you design yourself.
> 
> Any idea of the offset required For AFI's solution?
> I'm pretty sure I could accomplish that without using
> longer bolts.
> 
> --- Scott Thompson <sthompson at toad.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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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> 
> 
> Chris Burti
> "Commitment"
> Catalina 320, #867, 
> Farmville, NC
> 
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