Securing a table ?

[SpottyDog5]

I have purchased a new saloon coffee table, it has four legs rather than a central pedestal, it is quite heavy, but I can't help thinking it should be secured at sea, but I just think of a way to do it, any ideas please?
Thanks in advance.

 

[[2068]]

Replace the saloon carpet with a deeper pile one?

 

[SpottyDog5]

What about 2 foot deep ?

 

[Divemaster1]

How about something that in pronciple works like this ??

Basically, small recessed points in floor, with male fittings on leg, but rubber so you can move table around without damaging...

Was onboard a 124 metre construction support ship a week or so back and all the tables were bolted down properly and the loose chairs were looped around tables with fixed rope if poor weather was experienced ...

Not suggesting you need to go to that extent of bolting table down as I presume you wish to have the flexibility to move the table around...

 

[oGaryo]

presume you don't want it permanently fixed so some form of dowelling that can be inserted in the base of the legs and then holes in the floor when underway in rough stuff? A man in your business should be able to knock up some nice stainless steel dowels and unobstrusive floor plates to insert them in to much like a smaller version of a rod holder

 

[[2068]]

Basically, small recessed points in floor, with male fittings on leg, but rubber so you can move table around without damaging...

A trap for high heels and stubbed toes.
A nice nest for woodlice, though, when the table is not fitted?

 

[[2068]]

presume you don't want it permanently fixed so some form of dowelling that can be inserted in the base of the legs and then holes in the floor when underway in rough stuff? A man in your business should be able to knock up some nice stainless steel dowels and unobstrusive floor plates to insert them in to much like a smaller version of a rod holder

How about some small spikes? A bit like you find on speaker stands?

 

[SpottyDog5]

How about something that in pronciple works like this ??

Basically, small recessed points in floor, with male fittings on leg, but rubber so you can move table around without damaging...

Was onboard a 124 metre construction support ship a week or so back and all the tables were bolted down properly and the loose chairs were looped around tables with fixed rope if poor weather was experienced ...

Not suggesting you need to go to that extent of bolting table down as I presume you wish to have the flexibility to move the table around...

Thanks Alf, that looks interesting....

 

[Portland Billy]

Leave it free standing and lash it down if it gets too lumpy.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Did think that ! its what we do with the telly...
There must be some little gadget that overcomes this problem.

 

[andy59]

How about two fold flat handles , one on the floor and the other on the underside of the table and a length of webbing with a locking buckle ,
http://www.baselinemarine.com/shopexd.asp?id=4618
Should be enough to stop it dancing around the saloon .

 

[ARA]

Magnets or velcrose ?

 

[Divemaster1]

A trap for high heels and stubbed toes.
A nice nest for woodlice, though, when the table is not fitted?

OK ... being a bit realistic... how many of you wear stiletto's onboard a 40 - 50 footer ? (Males and Females to respond please)...

A small 5 - 7 mm recess in floor is not a trap (remember a table is usually there), you can alwasy run a hoover over the holes if they get filled with debris...

 

[PCUK]

Why not change the legs for a central pedestal and fit a flush mount in the floor. Or use a couple of long cabin hooks to hook it to the settee when under way.

 

[benjenbav]

I generally find that if you add a generous gratuity when you book the manager will secure the table for you.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Why not change the legs for a central pedestal and fit a flush mount in the floor. Or use a couple of long cabin hooks to hook it to the settee when under way.

Might spoil the look...

 

[jfm]

It's no good enough to have the resting in holes/recesses in the floor. In really awful weather it can be come in effect weightless if the boat has a second of freefall, and the legs come out. Hard to comment without knowing floor construction but I'd be thinking:

1. Chuck away legs, make a new central pedestal on a flat floor plate (s/s, polished or sheathed in wood), then use two M10 thumbscrews into tapped top hat sockets set flush into the floor. Either on show, if quick release needed, as you do with aft deck table. Or use just one screw hidden inside the tube of the centre pedestal if you hardly ever want to undo it.
2. More bodgily, an eye in the floor in centre of table, and an eye under the table top in the centre, and a bottlescrew wire or cam-buckled strap to hold the two together
3. Potentially bodgy but might be ok: little polished s/s flat plates, each plate = 2x the foot print of the table leg, and with 2 holes in the plate. Turn table upside down and screw the plate to bottom face of leg (if it's endgrain, use a very long screw with a pilot hole). Place table back on saloon floor the right way up. Screw table to saloon floor using the half of the s/s plate that is sticking out. (Could also use angle plates but uglier)

 

[DAKA]

Two of these and a bungee cord.


(obviously remove the bungee cord when not at sea)

edit

now i see the photo you need 2 bungee cords to stop the draws opening while at sea.

 

[jfm]

Ah, just seen the pic. 1100x 600 is quite a weight in a storm. I'd use my option #3 with polished s/s angle brackets

 

[rafiki_]

Did think that ! its what we do with the telly...
There must be some little gadget that overcomes this problem.

SWMBO?

Head down scuttles off quickly..............