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Sodo
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 Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:34 pm Post subject: Westy Table support knee bend |
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Finally doing this mod.
Notice this van already has the Westy Table vertical slider modification from way back.... 16 years ago.... 
A table mod every 16 years ain't so bad.
Putting a bend in the table support so the table can rotate adjacent to the stove.
I saw it somewhere .... but can't find it .....
so I had to re-pioneer it.
You can see my wooden test-rig.
Need to take a 40° sector out of the support and re-weld it.
Note: This is the smaller “front” table on the long table-arm.
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spitsnrovers
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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Interesting, and I'd say a very useful mod!
Just what are you going to use for the "knee" part of the bend?
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SCM
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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Sorry to ask but what’s the benefit? Seems like it only makes the stove harder to reach.
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Sodo
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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Maybe it just SEEMS better!
The knee-bend allows the table to move 8” forward
plus 8” closer to the stove.
Table width is 2x 8.25.
You can see my "almost oopsy" (red sharpie lines).
I was surprised that the sharpie would not wash off the Westy paint.
It sinks right in.
I think most of the times I've wanted this mod was when emptying the storage bin to fill the water tank.
Maybe I should improve the water tank filling procedure.....
But there have been lots of times I've wished the table would swing that 'extra 40°' right up next to the stove.
I mean.....what the heck?
 Gimme that 40° !
Might be good for washing dishes.
Or some wicked cooking. 
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Well nothin' left to do but find some proper paint for the arm.
And give it a good test.
A test trip is coming up soon!
We'll be leaving for San Luis Obispo in a few days, then stopping by Syncrofest, then hanging around Tahoe a bit.
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb
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4Gears4Tires
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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That's definitely a neat mod.
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jimf909 
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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Neato. This appeals to my sense of symmetry and space efficiency. Filling the water, getting stuff out of the compartments or just moving the table a bit farther out of the way when it's not swung against the wall each seem like a benefit. In 25+ years of living with a westy I never thought of this once.
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spitsnrovers
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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Aha Sodo, now I see what you wanted. I expected to see a bending joint, like a knee. 
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Sodo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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| spitsnrovers wrote: |
| Aha Sodo, now I see what you wanted. I expected to see a bending joint, like a knee. |
yeah that was the name that came at the moment of thread creation....
maybe it's a "frozen elbow"
or a "dog-leg"
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vanis13
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Westy Table support knee bend |
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That is a very cool mod!
My solution is that my raised point is such there the table swings over the stove. It is a good hight for food prep with the top up and it allows it to swing it of the way that you're accomplishes.
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