[C320-list] Cabin table

[Jeff Church]

On some boats (mine) the posts were hot glued to the base and top flanges 
and are very difficult to remove. I used a flat bar under the bottom post 
and still couldn't move it. On these boats, the only way to remove the table 
is to unscrew a flange.

JeffC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Van Vessem" <jvanvessem at sbcglobal.net>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cabin table


> Pat,
>
>  You are making a very simple job into a very hard job.  The table and 
> outer pedestal lift right out of the base.
>
>  John (Sojourn 645)
>
> Pat Moriarty <patm at psiurethanes.com> wrote:
>  What do you have holding the table down? Mine are screws and 6 screws
> later you lift the table and set it aside then wrestle with battery,
> did it last month.
>
> Pat
>
> At 02:34 PM 5/2/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi Bob,
>>
>> You'll probably have to remove or lift up the cushions to drop the table
>>down to sleeping level. In newer boats you should have a couple of teak
>>blocks screwed into the settees (right about where the calf of your legs
>>would be when sitting) that serve as supports for the table edges when 
>>it's
>>dropped.
>>
>> I'd drop the table and cover it with a towel or cardboard when removing
>>batteries. There is almost never any reason to remove the table itself.
>>That's a big job.
>>
>>The standard TABLE WARNING repeated here for fun... :)
>>------------------------------------------------------
>>When the table is down, do not allow anyone to sit on the edge of the 
>>table
>>in the space between the compression post and the Head door. There is no
>>good support for that edge of the table, and you'll pop the table off the
>>post. Some people have resorted to screw-in table legs, or other such
>>support devices.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>-JeffH
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Robert Seastream [mailto:seastream at adelphia.net]
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:19 PM
>>To: C320-List
>>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cabin table
>>
>>OK, but is that dropping method also how you access the batteries (for
>>removal) or will the table remove as well. Also, is the table usually
>>a bit 'tippy', given its' support mechanism?
>>You and I seem to have near sibling hulls.
>>
>>Bob Seastream
>>2002 Hull # 906
>>
>>
>>On May 2, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Steve Magennis wrote:
>>
>> > You have to loosen the hand wheel below the table, and thne press HARD
>> > EXACTLY above the pedestal, and EXACTLY STRAIGHT DOWN, and your table
>> > will drop down to convert into a berth.
>> >
>> > If you don't press down straight, it will get obstinate and refuse all
>> > entreaties (no matter how sincere or rabid) to get the ZY$$GD DOWN!.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> > Alchemist #909
>> >
>> > --- Robert Seastream wrote:
>> >
>> >> Greetings:
>> >>
>> >> How does the cabin table drop, raise, or otherwise remove in order to
>> >>
>> >> either make bunk space or allow easier access to the batteries?
>> >>
>> >> Bob Seastream
>> >> 2002 Hull # 906
>> >>
>> >>
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