I can confirm the table top on my 77 Westy is plywood - I use it as a
cutting board in my current rig.

On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I’ll bet again it’s plywood.
>
> I’ve had the edge banding off…heck I might even have an old table (
> salvaged from a burned van at wreckers) in the barn with no edge banding.
>
> I’ll take a pic to prove this super important point
>
> :-)
>
> Alistair
> > On Apr 28, 2021, at 7:01 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have removed & reattaced the plate.  The table is particle board.  I
> have
> > always thought the whole thing was no quite up to par, especially the
> screw
> > to release, tighten in place.  How a person with big hands gets under
> there
> > to handle that can't figure.  Allistair, didn't you once design a levered
> > clamp for that?  Seems that would stop rattles, too.
> >
> >> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:32 PM Kyle Stuhr <uglybones@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I’ve never cut into it, but I always thought that, by judging by weight,
> >> it was particle board.  Interesting.
> >> Sent from the briny depths.
> >>
> >>>> On Apr 27, 2021, at 9:12 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>
>