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removing salon/dining table

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waterwks4me:
I want to refinish my salon/dining table on "Sterling" but do not want to sand it down inside the boat.  So I would like to remove it but I am not quite sure how.  I am assuming I would need to remove both top and bottom pole attachments at the same time since there is no leeway to remove one and then pull out of other.  Has anyone done this before?

Coppifan:
Hi,

I'm looking forward to seeing anyone's advice. I  had a carpenter visit the boat yesterday to look at replacing the table with one in teak that would have one folding leaf.

Bill Eggert
Fortunata
West River, MD

AnaMeg:
I removed mine but it was during a complete gutting of the boat. Yes, both top and bottom brackets need to be removed. I don't recall how it was attached at the top but removal was not difficult. I put in a plywood backing plate before re-intalling and had to shorten the pipe accordingly. I think the original was fastened with screws directly into the cabin top.

Geoff

waterwks4me:
Geoff, thanks for the input.  I kinda figured as much but wanted to make sure my thinking was right.  Why was it necessary to place a backing plate behind the pole mount?

Bob

AnaMeg:
Bob, It probably wasn't necessary to put the backing plate in. After all, it survived 30 years without one. Like so many DIYers I have a tendency to overbuild. It has saved me from my mistakes more than once.

My thoughts at the time were that the screws go into a thin layer of fiberglass and then into end grain balsa. The balsa has a holding power for screws similar to dense foam. i.e. not much. Getting in and out of the settee invites using the table for support and leverage and it appears to me this places a lot of rotational force on the table. (As we get older we find getting in and out of the settee requires more support and leverage.) I thought a plywood piece would allow for 1" screws to get a better bite than the 1/8" fiberglass. I also thought the 3/4" "sink" for the screw would give better lateral support (resist rotation) than the 1/8" fiberglass. I think I used 1 1/2" screws so they still have the holding of the fiberglass that they had previously.

Again, probably not needed but also not much trouble to put in the backing plate.

Geoff

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