Repurposed Dinette November 25, 2022, 03:02:23 pm I was just about to buy a piece of 3/4" plywood to make a couple of shelves: one in the cabinet next to the TV and the other replacing the DVD storage deal. Anyhow, then it occurred to me that I still had the original dinette table. Worked great for a couple of shelves! jor 3 Likes
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #2 – November 26, 2022, 01:47:07 pm Jor, did you remove your Dinette setup? Karen~Liam 98 ~ MB NinA
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #3 – November 26, 2022, 06:35:00 pm Quotedid you remove your Dinette setup?No. We really like the dinette setup but I really did not care for that table leg. Also didn't care for the table itself. Made a another table (plywood) and hung it from the wall. Shortened it a bit too. No more leg to jam my toe on.jor 4 Likes
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #4 – November 27, 2022, 01:17:04 pm "Made another table (plywood) and hung it from the wall."I understand about that outer leg but I would be quite concerned how much weight I'd put on the outer edge now.
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #5 – November 27, 2022, 01:55:27 pm Quotebut I would be quite concerned how much weight I'd put on the outer edge now.Very sturdy. Steel brackets are 15" on the wall and 21" on the table. Table is also shorter than the OEM. I couldn't abide that damn leg! jor 1 Likes
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #6 – November 27, 2022, 02:35:02 pm Jor, are there studs at the location where you mounted to the wall? Also, where did you buy the brackets?A fellow "leg-hater". 1 Likes
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #7 – November 27, 2022, 03:21:11 pm Quoteare there studs at the location where you mounted to the wall? Also, where did you buy the brackets?There is some blocking back there but very little. I could not get consistent readings on a couple of stud finders. Anyhow, the answer is no with the exception of a couple of screws. The wall itself is much better than I expected as it's about 1/2" thick. I used all of the bracket's screw holes (14) on the wall. I used thick stainless wood screws. And for good measure I added a piece of aluminum angle iron. That thing ain't goin' nowhere. I searched high and low for a suitable bracket. I wanted steel and a long reach under the table as well as down the wall. Here they are: brackets. Go for it and enjoy all that leg room. :D :D 1 Likes As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #8 – November 27, 2022, 09:40:17 pm "I couldn't abide that damn leg!"Whooee! You've got enough hardware there to sink the Bismarck!Just remember that leverage is not your friend, at least in this case.
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #9 – November 28, 2022, 10:08:05 am QuoteJust remember that leverage is not your friendLet's hope the table survives better than the Bismark! Actually, you can lean on the very end fairly hard and you can put lots of weight a foot or so in. Should do OK. I'll post after we use it for awhile.jor
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #10 – November 28, 2022, 12:57:19 pm Hi JOR, so you do lose any ability to make that into a sleeping position. It was for children or midgets anyway, so not that bad I guess. Our back dinette table in the 'TK has to stay, but has more room. We have a section of 'pool noodle' on that leg for toe protection and sleeper protection when folded up as the King sized bed. Better than the 'wobbly' 3" diameter chrome posts that many motorhome/trailers had 'in the day' to enable furniture conversion at night. RonB
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #11 – November 28, 2022, 02:30:09 pm Quoteso you do lose any ability to make that into a sleeping position.Yea. We have no use for that feature so I tacked the movable bench so now its an unmovable bench!QuoteWe have a section of 'pool noodle' on that leg for toe protectionAhhh... the ever useful noodle body protection device (NBPD)! We use them on lots of stuff. The awning arms, of course and also on our cars. We have a couple of silver Subarus which look like every other silver SUV in Tucson so the noodles save me from wandering around parking lots wondering where in the world is that car! jor 3 Likes
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #12 – November 29, 2022, 02:10:01 pm With all the talk about the MB dinette, I thought I'd reminisce about my problems with it and how I solved them. My problems had to do with both that leg sticking out, waiting to trip me in the kitchen and the fact that the table was just too narrow. You could hardly put two full size plates across from each other and there was too much space between the seats and the table, even for a big guy like me. I solved all problems by building a top, which I set on the existing table, extending both the length, to solve the leg problem, it was now well under the table, and the width problem, which now let us put 2 dinner plates on without touching. It sat on the existing table using only anti-slip stuff to keep it in place while traveling. If and when we ever had to use the bed feature, it was easily removed and set aside. It was the perfect solution for us, and I had some left over laminate flooring which I used to make it. If your interested, the pics I put up are still there in the media area and search for "MB Table". Just one more way to solve one of the few problems we had with our 2000 MB. 3 Likes
Re: Repurposed Dinette Reply #13 – November 29, 2022, 04:20:41 pm Quoteby building a top, which I set on the existing tableExcellent creative solution! Looks great too. I'm betting the next owner stayed with it. Really nice photos by the way.jor
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