Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 09:05:05 -0700
Reply-To: Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM>
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From: Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Material Source for Custom Table Leg
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have you tried
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Edward V Barger
edvbarger@mac.com
310 922 6251
> On May 20, 2018, at 9:02 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> wrote:
>
> Can any of you tell me where to buy steel tube material to make a custom
> rear table leg? I measured it at 1.375 inch OD and 0.1 inch wall thickness.
>
> My '84 Wolfsburg: https://sbw.org/sbwsty/
>
> My idea is to extend the vertical tube about 12 inches taller and weld
> the horizontal tube in the original position, forming a T.
>
> I'm in Los Angeles, where you'd think you can get anything. But I've
> visited a local distributor, and they only have expensive DOM stock in
> that size:
>
> https://www.mkmetal.net/
>
> They recommended a bigger distributor who list it in CDSR in their
> catalog, but who don't actually have it available:
>
> https://www.tubeservice.com/
>
> A local welder says he can do the job, but he doesn't have the stock.
>
> Why a custom table leg? Because I want to add a mount for a monitor, so
> I can work on the computer more easily in the van. It turns out the
> table leg is the same OD as the tube in the monitor mount I'm looking at.
>
> https://urlzr.mp/fmb (Amazon)
>
> I've checked the geometry: If the tube extends above the top of the
> stove, the arm of the mount can reach toward the front of the van,
> around the back of a 27-inch monitor, and hold the monitor in a
> comfortable position to work with a keyboard and mouse on the table.
>
> In that position, the arm would interfere with opening or closing the
> kitchen top. And I certainly wouldn't use the aft burner of the stove
> with the monitor deployed!
>
> But it'll be easy to swing the monitor around to stow flat against the
> side window forward of the closet door. I plan to rig tie downs to hold
> the monitor securely against the window while driving. And probably
> some sort of cover with a pad to protect the face of the monitor when
> stowed.
>
> My van has the clunky old-style table mounting plate. I would probably
> flatten the end of the horizontal tube to fit the newer-style mounting
> plate:
>
> https://urlzr.mp/emb (GoWesty)
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