Date:         Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:25:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Table mod pic
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <46843BA5.8080603@verizon.net>
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Mike,
If you are speaking of the knob in the rear cabinet
that tightens against the table leg to prevent motion,
there's no need.  That knob threads through the upper
metal sleeve (positioned above the PVC) and tightens
against the leg already, and the additional friction
of the PVC sleeve with plastic liner reduces the need
to romp down hard on the knob to hold the table
immobile.  The new sleeve does half the work.

When you loosen that knob to raise the table the
sleeve prevents unwanted motion and retightening does
not require as much force to hold the table in the
position you want.

The only slight drawback is that the PVC is a little
fatter and intrudes a bit on the already cramped space
of the bottom cubbyhole (which is why the wooden dowel
idea is better, though probably more work).  That and
the fact that if you don't paint the PVC you get
reminded of how tacky it looks every time you go
digging around in there for your flip-flops, or
whatever.

Good idea with the CD.

Stephen

--- Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> Could you possibly put the tightening device in the
> tube so that the
> knob would still be functionable?
>
> I keep my table ('85 and newer) from being wobbly by
> sandwiching a junk
> CD between the table arm and the table.  The screw
> on the knob goes up
> through the center of the CD.  Works great for that.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> > This is what I came up with to prevent the rear
> table
> > from flopping around when in any position but
> fully
> > lowered.  Not as elegant as Loren's solution that
> has
> > gotten recent press, but very easy and easily
> > reversible in case I want to try the internal
> dowel.
> >
> >
>
http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/TableMod02/photo#5081242097264314626
> >
> > Use 1 1/2" PVC cut so it snugly fits between lower
> > plate and the upper sleeve, about 21 inches long.
> I
> > can measure again for anyone who's interested.
> Sleeve
> > ID is slightly larger than the table leg OD so
> there's
> > some looseness, so I used a piece of thin plastic
> > (like a strip of plastic cutting board) rolled and
> > inserted into the PVC.  Snug fit of the table leg
> > within this acts as a brake or damper on the table
> > leg.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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