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Edward V Barger
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> 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)