I have a new salon table. Actually it's a cockpit table that I made for my old boat re-purposed. Requirements were as follows:
- much smaller than the old table to allow easy movement around
- still useable as a bed
- no complicated folding mechanisms to whack knees
Bonus features include the following:
- drawers underneath for cutlery and school supplies
- extension to the port side for cocktail placement from the port settee
I took the the old table and added about 3 inches on each side and trimmed it around with black walnut. So it's made of mahogany, maple, birch, walnut, and teak. I recycled the fiddles from the old salon table. The side fiddles (fore and aft actually) are on removable pins. The pins will allow me to make a couple of simple inserts that have a matching alignment of pins so they will drop in easily. Photo 3 shows the fiddles removed as I am measuring up for the inserts.
This table already makes a huge improvement in our enjoyment of the salon.
Very Nice.
A worthy addition to the Wiki:
http://www.c34.org/wiki/index.php?title=Teak_Tables#A_few_approaches_to_smaller.2C_more_manageable_saloon_tables (http://www.c34.org/wiki/index.php?title=Teak_Tables#A_few_approaches_to_smaller.2C_more_manageable_saloon_tables)