[C320-list] AFI cockpit table

[Scott Thompson]

My last reply didn't really answer your question.  First, the leg on my 
boat has not been at all wobbly despite the hinge and latch used to lock 
it straight.  If it becomes wobbly I'm confident that a thin strip of 
rubber put between the two halves would tighten things up enough to keep 
wobble under control.  The hardware itself is plenty strong enough.  But 
it doesn't look very good (even using brass) and it's still a leg.

Regarding the offset on AFI's solution, I think you need about an inch. 
  Basically you need enough for the thickness of the leg near the 
bottom, less a little bit.  You are trying to push the table out far 
enough so that the leg can fit between the table and the fat part of the 
pedestal when the table is folded.  And it's still a leg.

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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