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Arlyn Stewart
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Initially Posted - 02/08/2005 : 19:35:07

Progress is being made on one of my winter projects and all is cut out and the table base and fiddle assembly glued up and half the table parts glued when clamps ran out.

It is a teak table built from dunnage from a shipping crate from many years back...been bogarting the wood, though I had thought it was mahogany.

The [url="http://stewartfam.net/arlyn/cabintable.jpg"]drawing[/url] is finished, the reason for the post in case others may be looking for a winter basement project.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224

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Edited by - Arlyn Stewart on 02/08/2005 19:36:13

sterngucker
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Response Posted - 02/09/2005 : 09:59:05

Arlyn,
How are you mounting the table in the cabin and cockpit? I have been contemplating a permanent table in the cabin to replace the original table that I don't even leave in the boat anymore.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/09/2005 : 11:51:52

Charlie, I'm with you on the original table, took it out of the boat after the first sail along with the cross settee back rest.

Will use the original stainless tubing table legs, both the cabin and cockpit were all ready set up for them.

Edited by - Arlyn Stewart on 02/09/2005 11:58:24

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Response Posted - 02/09/2005 : 18:04:19

Arlyn,

This assumes you live in a part of the country that has basements to put a workshop in!

Here in AZ we have to sweat in the garage when it's usually too hot to sail in the summer. We're too busy sailing now for a lengthy garage project.

Drawing looks good and I'm anxious to see the finished work. Are you going to use exoctic wood ala Oscar?

Max

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/09/2005 : 19:39:37

Hey Max, no basements in East Texas either... stays too wet all winter and with not enough heat generated by a basement furnace... it would be black mold heaven.

I envy those with a basement workshop however, they are cozy in the winter and cooler in the summer time.

Progress on the table continues with a little more effort today. The joining was dry so the top and leaves have been run through the planer and iniatial sanding done. There were a few nail holes as the wood used was dunnage and those got filled as there will be no stain. Brewed filler up from sanding dust.

I made mention in another post that I'd had what I thought was some mahogany from a shipping crate from China stored for years but it was in fact teak... a pleasant surprise.

I can't remember what Oscar made his table out of... and I don't recall seeing the plans, only the finished product which looked very nice. I think he took a slightly different approach with a fiddled table below and then a larger table that locked on top, with the larger table storing on the back of the head door.

Suzie build one as well and if my memory serves me correct, mine is quite similar to hers... a picture of hers should be around here someplace... both of their tables were very atractive and featured in a past Mainsheet.

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Response Posted - 02/09/2005 : 21:21:21

Arlyn,

Thanks for posting your table design. I haven't even purchased the wood for my table project yet. And seeing your design has caused me to rethink my original plans. I never have been bashfull about admitting it when someone else has a better idea. I like the idea of having the table leaves fold out/down, instead of the usual folding up from the hanging position. Much neater design plan.

Can't wait to see the final pictures.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/10/2005 : 08:55:47

[url="http://www.stewartfam.net/arlyn/cabintable.html"]Progress Reports[/url]

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Response Posted - 02/10/2005 : 21:44:35

Very Nice!

You probably already have some, but I like to use those self centering drill bits for hinges. They are the spring loaded type. Works great in case you hit the grain wrong and the bit wants to skip off.

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Response Posted - 02/14/2005 : 08:02:35

Nice table Arlyn. We wanted to scale back the dining dinosaur also. For those without a "Norm Abrahms" wood shop

, we purchased a 14x20" (approx) nylon cutting board and mounted the legs. Use a piece of non-skid mat and voila. Very easy to move to cockpit with adequate space for two to dine. The corners are already radiused and fiddles may added with little effort. The original table rests in the attic. For easy access to the forward berth, I ran a piano hinge parallel with the cushion split. (on our boat this meant resplitting the cover board into 4 sections and glassing together to reorient swing direction(anyone at Catalina listening))

. Now access is a simple lift of either side of the board with a finger hole. Support has not been an issue, but I promise to report if I wake up in the bilge some years and additional pounds later!

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Response Posted - 02/15/2005 : 12:15:29

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Dave, Catalina does listen at times, but sometimes they seem like they dig their heels in.

I have communicated with them about the V berth hatch and they either don't "get it" or have some aversion to idea of splitting the hatch fore and aft. Aversion in industry often runs very close to any concept of liability. Maybe they are thinking that a fore and aft split would get someone's a%# pinched someday

. It makes all the difference in opening up the V berth locker for easy access.

A good many have documented a move to a smaller table... I'm wondering if whoever designed the table and it's storage location... thought it truly a piece of brilliance too worthy to abandon

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