Table top

Out free standing table has a center post. Check out so e of the tables online rv whosalers offer.

My in-laws had a fiver that from the factory had a simple one legtable with glass top with a band of wood around the edge. I'm not sure how it was secured but he had attached a rubber bungie fromthe center post to the wall (I guess) to keep it from jiggling or moving.
Worked great for them.

I have a tabletop made from a pine glue-up panel and some hardwood edge banding that I built. After breaking two aluminum single posts, I installed a folding leg set on the table top. It is now rock solid, can be moved outside, if necessary, and the legs fold so it can be used as the bed conversion platform.

The pine glue-up panels are available at the Big Box stores.

westend wrote:
I have a tabletop made from a pine glue-up panel and some hardwood edge banding that I built. After breaking two aluminum single posts, I installed a folding leg set on the table top. It is now rock solid, can be moved outside, if necessary, and the legs fold so it can be used as the bed conversion platform.

The pine glue-up panels are available at the Big Box stores.

Do you have any pictures of the table you made? or part numbers for the panels and edging?

TxTwoSome wrote:

westend wrote:
I have a tabletop made from a pine glue-up panel and some hardwood edge banding that I built. After breaking two aluminum single posts, I installed a folding leg set on the table top. It is now rock solid, can be moved outside, if necessary, and the legs fold so it can be used as the bed conversion platform.

The pine glue-up panels are available at the Big Box stores.

Do you have any pictures of the table you made? or part numbers for the panels and edging?

FYI the panels are often found kind of in between the lumber section and the trim section. Probably the edging too.

Check out a Lagun table bracket:
http://www.marineteak.co.uk/lagun-adjustable-swivelling-cockpit-table-mounting-system-331-p.asp

It would be about $165 shipped to US. It does not come with a top.


YouTube demonstration

Another YouTube demo

I purchased one from a US seller for $69 back in 2009 but it turned out to be a Chinese knock-off. I replaced the plastic bushings with copper. Even so it was quite well built. I had to shorten the vertical support to mount it next to my couch. The top is from a small fold-up table.

My install:

We replaced our booth dinette with a table and 4 chairs bought form a local chain furniture store. I ended up getting an oval drop leaf table.
As far as the patching goes, I found some matching trim at Home Depot as well as the same stain used by the mfg.
I didn't have much to patch, just a few screw holes. Some putty and stain and they're hardly noticeable.

Thanks for all the input. Now I have to decide what would be best for my application. I plan to install oak cabinets along the wall (upper parts of kitchen cabinets, about 12" deep) to make up for the storage room that I lost by removing the benches. Without the back of the bench at the drivers seat, I can now swivel this seat around fully. I could not do this with the dinette in place, because the back of the front bench did not allow a full swivel.
This way I have now two rather comfortable chairs (driver and passenger seat) that can be used as recliners when the motorhome is parked, and I still have two usable dining seats with the chairs and table in place.

goducks10 wrote:
We replaced our booth dinette with a table and 4 chairs bought form a local chain furniture store. I ended up getting an oval drop leaf table.
As far as the patching goes, I found some matching trim at Home Depot as well as the same stain used by the mfg.
I didn't have much to patch, just a few screw holes. Some putty and stain and they're hardly noticeable.

How do you keep the table and chairs secured during driving? Some of the roads I drove during my recent trip through the Pacific Northwest were so bad that I was afraid that I would loose the fillings in my teeth.

TxTwoSome wrote:

westend wrote:
I have a tabletop made from a pine glue-up panel and some hardwood edge banding that I built. After breaking two aluminum single posts, I installed a folding leg set on the table top. It is now rock solid, can be moved outside, if necessary, and the legs fold so it can be used as the bed conversion platform.

The pine glue-up panels are available at the Big Box stores.

Do you have any pictures of the table you made? or part numbers for the panels and edging?

24" x 48" glue-up panel bought at Menards. 2 - 3" x 48" pine boards added on long axis to accommodate dinette bed platform size. The edge banding was some tropical hardwood I had in the shop.