Date:         Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:53:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Yet another westy table hack
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Took the day off. Mucked around with the van. No , haven’t solved the rattle clunk.

But added a bit to the tables.

At work, I have a recurring job of cutting out Teflon discs from 1/8” thick sheet. Various diameters, from around 80 to 100 mm. Various centre holes anyway.

I have a few rejects. Took one of them that looked the right size and put it between the table and the mount. Seems silly at first putting Teflon there. But it gives a nice feel when tightened up. You can still rotate the table , but it’s firm.

Most important, it eliminates that “ I want to turn the table but that scraping noise… oops I guess I should loosen it first” situation

:-)

I know most of you don’t have sheets of Teflon lying around. But I’ll bet a similar bit of polyethylene would do the same. 

Alistair