Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 20:56:33 -0700
Reply-To: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Table leg hole?
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Maybe change the title of his book to “The table that isn’t stable”.
BT
On Thursday, May 6, 2021, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com> wrote:
> If your table is a swinger, stick a book in the gap between the table and
> the closet. If I recall Farley Mowat’s People of the Deer is the perfect
> plug.
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 6, 2021, at 7:18 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Where exactly do you stick this book? And for what purpose? I missed
> something in the thread.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >> On May 5, 2021, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I just stick a book in there.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>>> On May 5, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Does everyone not know about using a cabinet magnet to keep the table
> from swinging away from the wall while traveling? This was the preferred
> solution some years ago. Maybe it just didn’t work for everyone.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>> On May 5, 2021, at 9:21 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Eric, From what I saw, the pin is a way to set the table to
> different
> >>>> heights, which would be nice. But I would like to find a way to lock
> it
> >>>> for traveling without having to reach under and turn the knob under
> there.
> >>>> I don't see how a person with large hands can even do so. Perhaps
> with the
> >>>> pin, it can be set at a higher level, and then lock with the screw?
> >>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 8:03 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi David,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Earlier in the thread Ryan described that the function is the same as
> >>>>> without the pin. The added pin locks the table in certain set
> positions
> >>>>> with the pin. He didn’t discuss rattle or other things. ]
> >>>>> He gave some pictures I’m looking forward to going over. The earlier
> posts
> >>>>> had the picture links.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I’m not completely understanding the placement of the pin or what
> the pin
> >>>>> looks like but I can visualize it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For me I would put the pin in the cabinet so it doesn’t show and
> change
> >>>>> the original look. I’m not sure where his pictures show it is.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Eric Caron
> >>>>> 85 GL Auto
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On May 4, 2021, at 10:55 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So,are you saying that the pin obviates the under table screw for
> >>>>> fastening the table in place? With the pin, does the table fit
> tightly in
> >>>>> place with no rattles?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:45 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Not sure why you are not getting the entire threads.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This is a way of using a drilled hole in the table and collar with a
> >>>>>> pin. The several holes lock the table from swinging out in travel
> or lock
> >>>>>> up in useful positions when camped. Pin out and all works normally.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> A elligent solution.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Eric
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On May 4, 2021, at 10:42 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Would You Describe the Problem that This Mod Solves ~ Please ~
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 4 May , 2021, at 5:27 AM, Ryan Perry <rjdperry@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Yeah, it is rock solid for sure. You can tug on it all day long
> it is
> >>>>>> not
> >>>>>>>> moving.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> This in my estimation solves a problem of table swing while
> looking
> >>>>>> fairly
> >>>>>>>> stock.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The goal in my van has always been to make needed upgrades that
> don't
> >>>>>>>> disrupt the factory look...as much as possible it is certainly a
> >>>>>> balancing
> >>>>>>>> game. (I have done the rear closet sliders so could be an
> argument to
> >>>>>> be
> >>>>>>>> made there.) But first glance across my van, you would see pretty
> much
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>>>> factory look.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The table leg was a good mod in my opinion. Fixes a problem with
> >>>>>> minimal
> >>>>>>>> disruption.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Ryan (that's me)
> >>>>>>>> Asheville
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
>
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