Well, thought I'd add an entry of something I did last year that might be useful to others in the how-to department.
When I was building my side dinette, I was struggling with the decision of how to do my table support. I knew I wanted to use the table for a bed support when taken off, but I needed a way to support the table when in use. I had on hand a common RV circular tube with a base and table attachments, but wasn't excited about a tube in-between my legs and the other person facing me setting together in the side dinette seats. It would have been in the way of our feet, and our knees.
I had seen pictures of the Lagun table support, but sort of felt that it was kind of pricey and was hesitant to go that route. But as the dinette came together it became obvious that the Lagun support was the way to go. At the time, I think it was around $175.00, but decided I would forget about the price if it worked out well, so I decided to go ahead and order it.
It comes with an attachment plate for the side wall you intend to attach it to, along with screws, nuts and washers, a backing plate of plywood, predrilled, and a plastic wedge if you need to adjust for vertical levelness, as well as the plate to mount under the table top.
The side wall I created had a pocket hole for storage as I took the wall straight up from the step on the floor pack. It wouldn't be strong enough by itself, so I used some 8 inch bolts to go through the wall plate, and the storage compartment, to the outside wall of the floor pack. The two screws that came with the base were plenty long enough to go through bottom holes of the base plate, and again to the outside wall.
Getting the base plate correctly vertical was the most critical part, but went in without a hitch.
The rest is easy, you just assemble the two parts for the table support, and it's ready to go.
The only other part to assembly is attaching the base plate for the bottom side of the table top. It came with six holes, but I decided to add four more since I had a bag of ten #12 screws, and wanted it to be plenty strong. I used 3/4" plywood for the tabletop, and used formica for the top surface, rounded the corners, and then used a slot cutter router bit, and installed plastic t-molding around the edge, for a very clean look, and something that will stand up to extended use.
There are several things I really like about the Lagun table support.
The obvious is that it allows you to swivel/ move the table top out of the way when not in use, or when you need to get up out of the seat.
It is also adjustable for height up and down.
It also comes apart so you can store the arm and leg of the mount out of the way at night when the bottom bunk is in use.
It's really a clever set up, and is made with heavy duty extruded aluminum parts.
Here are some pics of the table moved out of the way, and two different ways I can store the leg. There is a channel on the bottom of the table base plate that the leg slides onto, and will hold itself in place when the table top is in place, right side up for the bed support. Or a faster method is to leave the two parts together, and set the L-shaped combo under the table top on the floor underneath. Either way works great.
So, all in all, it was a fun easy project, it's very nice looking, and looks like a factory installed set up. It's less cumbersome for the seating arrangement, and lastly, well worth the cost. No looking back!
So if anyone is trying to think of a good table support set up, and maybe even trying to think of a way to build something, you might give the Lagun swivel mount some serious thought, I'm glad I did.
Poky
https://www.lagunusa...4xoCYucQAvD_BwE
Edited by PokyBro, 27 April 2019 - 11:03 PM.
