I think so. I have worked with my table to add magnets to keep it to the
wall, and it is plywood. I have not found a single piece of the westy that
is MDF or particleboard.

Jim

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 2:31 PM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>