Checked again.  My table is particle board.  Must be an after market
replacement if originals were plywood.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:01 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> The tables are plywood.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 27, 2021, at 11:06 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > I think the table is plywood. Well I’m sure about the ones I’ve cut
> into :-)
> >
> > The big weight is the steel plate on its underside.
> >
> > I’ve actually done the honeycomb. Some teklam off cuts from work. Not
> very friendly stuff. Apart from the edge treatment hassle (and it’s a
> hassle) I had to glue on an aluminum plate with threaded hole for the mount.
> >
> > And it was just bare teklam ( aluminum skinned aluminum honeycomb), not
> very homey :-)
> >
> > But I bet one could do better than the stock table, even solid wood, the
> right kind of wood.
> >
> > The table leg is also heavy. It’s metric sized steel tubing, I think
> 35mm. Something could be done there.
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> >> On Apr 27, 2021, at 8:16 PM, Kyle Stuhr <uglybones@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Making a new table out of plywood would cut a lot of weight. Particle
> board is heavy. Of course you’d then have to put new melamine and rubber
> trim on it. If you really wanted to get crazy you could use a honeycomb
> structure core with a fiberglass skin and paint or cover with melamine.
> That would probably weight ~1/4 of the stock table. It really isn’t
> expensive if you do the work yourself.
> >>
> >> Sent from the briny depths.
> >>
> >>>> On Apr 27, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I admit it.  I’d love to improve my table situation in many ways.
> But I totally can’t picture this mod.
> >>> It sounds like it makes the table swivel better and that would be a
> good thing.  My table also tends to rattle in the holder when driving.
> Maybe that is helped by this as well?
> >>>
> >>> I have two good condition tables.
> >>>
> >>> Currently I just use the rear table and have removed the other leg
> holder.
> >>>
> >>> I feel like the table is much heavier than it needs to be.  The whole
> unit could be much lighter.  Maybe a stainless steel top. And a built in
> drawer and have a leaf so it can slide together to be smaller or bigger.
> >>> I thought Van cafe had an updated table but when described to me it is
> just a drawer for under the existing table.  Heck, that I could probably
> make myself.
> >>>
> >>> Eric Caron
> >>> 85 GL Auto
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> On Apr 27, 2021, at 7:53 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 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
>