I just finished a new table for the galley. I can't claim to have made the inlay, it came pre-made at Rockler. I routered out some walnut to set it in. The table itself is Walnut, the fiddles are African Mahogany. Initially wanted to simply oil it since it looked so nice with just a wipe of mineral spirits but gave in to the cleaning ease of varnish. I used marine varnish, but I might try to find an oil based interior varnish with more of a mat finish for one last coat.
Alberg's have a neat setup for the table. The table has a cast bracket on the bottom that fits onto the top of a welded tube. The tube is "z" shaped and slides into a socket in the cabin bunk. When setup, the table can sit in the middle of the cabin, or swing around to sit directly above the bunk for more of a chart table that's out of the way.
-jeff
New galley table
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Re: New galley table
That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the photo.
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1966 Morgan M34 K/CB
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1971 Compac CP 16
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Re: New galley table
Very nice indeed! Leaving the corners open will make cleaning a lot easier. That is a detail many forget/omit and they pay the price later. A new salon table is still on my "to do list". Now you make it even harder to resist getting started. Curse you!! :-)
Dave Finnegan
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Re: New galley table
And please post pics installed too. That sounds like a neat setup.
Mike
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Re: New galley table
I bought the Teak for a replacement cockpit table Friday. Gonna' use the hardware off of the existing Edson folding table (new, about $500) and make a clone of their dropleaf cockpit table (new, about $1000). Makes the $180, $25/bf for the wood a little less painful.
I discovered, to my future reduced solvency, that Delaware County Supply has ample and lovely Makore solids. Our saloon table has some ugly overlay on the original breadboarded Makore plywood dropleaf table. Someone probably sanded through the veneer.
But, there's no way I will post pictures of either after seeing the absolutely gorgeous job P-K has done!
I discovered, to my future reduced solvency, that Delaware County Supply has ample and lovely Makore solids. Our saloon table has some ugly overlay on the original breadboarded Makore plywood dropleaf table. Someone probably sanded through the veneer.
But, there's no way I will post pictures of either after seeing the absolutely gorgeous job P-K has done!
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Re: New galley table
I fabricated a mahogany cockpit table with two folding leaves for Early Light for well under $100. Write-up can be seen at: http://earlylight160.110mb.com/CockpitTable.html
Bottom of table
Top of table
Wooden latch to secure folding leaves
Bottom of table
Top of table
Wooden latch to secure folding leaves