Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks : All my 180 mods, John&Sue

 The table was a fun project and comes in handy when camping.

Here's a brief step by step. The table is 78" long by 13" wide, (enough for a plate, she said). This length made it so the table would not interfere with the storage door, and the width so it wouldn't interfere with the windows when folded up. I used a 1/8" allthread at each spacer to help keep it flat and stable.

First i ripped the wood into 7, 1-1/4" pieces and 2, 3/4" pieces. then cut the 3/4" pieces into 25 center spacers( 1-1/2") and 10 end spacers (2-1/2").

I then laid out all the spacers and marked for drilling for a 1/8" allthread at each spacer location. and did a bunch of drilling, made a jig for this.

Next I put the allthread in, put a nut on one end of each allthread, and glued each section using waterproof glue starting from the back. And put clamps on it and put nuts on each allthread and tightened everything up. After it dried I sanded,rounded corners and clear coated it.

The extra Ripped piece of wood I added to the table with hinges. This piece mounts directly to the pod, the metal strap loops over the hinges are just insurance.

Then I mounted  it to the pod using this nutzert tool I bought in a kit from harbor Freight. I drilled into 3 of the aluminum studs and set the 1/4-20 threads. I used stainless steel 1/4-20 pan head allen bolts with small rubber washers and had to hog out a small indent on the back of the mounted piece so it fit nice and flush

 

Here it is mounted.

 I used webbing strap to told it up and just adjust it until the shelf is level and to hold it to the wall during travel. There is a small rubber bump stop just below the upper strap mount to hold it off the wall so it doesn't rub the paint. The two metal strap loops near the middle were for shelf supports I welded up but turned out to not be necessary. I added small D rings at each end so i had a place to leash up the dog when we first hit he campground.

 Let me know if you need any other info.

rgds John