That's really nice!

Funny, I'm in the process of something similar... using my tripod(s)  
and the small factory table. I had two wooden table tops cut from my  
design, mainly because I'm converting the large one to a work table  
holding my 24" monitor for my photo processing and art work.

We're bringing the smaller table for outside use only, sans the  
factory mount, so I tried a t-nut first but feared it wouldn't hold.  
I was right and may epoxy the t-nut into the table so the mount would  
cover it if we ever sold the bus (highly unlikely). Worst case, I may  
have to drill though the tabletop and properly nut and bolt it down.  
Hope not, it seems blasphemous to drill into any of these 30-year-old  
parts (our '84 bus was born on 8-11-83, thanks to VW checking our  
VIN! — Happy 30th next month!).

What I wanted to do was use our new tables with the factory mount. My  
design was to have a threaded, circular base plate welded onto a  
piece of pipe that slides into the factory mount — and threads onto  
the tripod screw — but we're out of town in leaving to live full- 
time on the road. This would basically look like a steel cup on top  
of a tripod that the factory mount would slide onto. Our tripods are  
pro-grade so plenty stable and adjustable from ground-level to 6 feet  
high if desired. he design I can et done in time would use a small  
ballhead on the tripod so I could tilt the table for a variety of  
uses like drawing, etc.

  EW
  Eric Wunrow Pictures
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  Lakewood, CO 80228

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On Jul 21, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:

So i called on the Bell Industries R&D dept. to find out where the  
heck was the new camping toaster they had promised moths ago. There  
was a lot  of shoe gazing and grunts when the staff was questioned.

But no toaster.

I asked if they had anything, just anything, that would keep Felder  
Industries flat footed.

One of them pulled some bits of aluminium out from under his bench.

"Perhaps this thing checks all the boxes; looks pretty, works mostly,  
but in the end redundant"

"Perfect" I said, "Felder would never have thought of this!"

:)

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/vanagon-front-table-stand/

cheers

alistair