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Subject:Re: Yet another westy table hack
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:53:36 -0700

Dave,

I can’t find my spare table top ( actually it’s my old 82 westy table top… the burned one I mentioned was post 85 type table top, I now realize that’s the one I refurbished and using.

But I know, yes believe me :-) , it was/is plywood.

Ab

> On Apr 28, 2021, at 9:00 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Mine is particle board, no doubt.  The camper is a '91.  I won't swear the table is not a replacement, since it had another owner before me, but it definitely is particle board.
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 7:42 AM 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:
>> >>> 
>> >> 
>>