My Jayco Starcraft outback was purchased 2nd hand. It has an oversized table. It does not fit into the drop down slot to make a bed. I would like to have the correct size. What are my options?
Hi Rudie,
Do you know if it is the original table? If there is a caravan sales yard nearby, you could check out similar caravans (you can't be charged for a look).
Otherwise, are you handy with tools? Have a cabinet/kitchen maker's business nearby?
Original tables often while they look like being made of wood/ply are only two thin sheets of ply, separated by some white foam.
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One option if you arent able to cut the table down yourself would be to go to a cabinet maker and get it trimmed to the correct size. They could retrim the edges and make a tidy job of it .
Easy job just to measure the size of the piece required for the bed in the drop down situation.
Get a bit of 5ply marine board from the Big Green Shed. Pick out a nice piece and sand finely.
If you have a router, run a rounded edge round the top. If not carefully file/sand a bevil around the edges so that they are not sharp or likely to splinter.
Paint the top in a color of your choice after undercoating or even just stain or varnish the sanded surface.
Finish the painted surfaces with several coats of a good clear coat after they cure.
Carefully, correctly position the existing mounting using existing screws if not too long. I would do this by fitting the short leg (table in bed position) with the mounting fitted. Use a pencil to trace the mounting on the bottom of the table top when held in position.
You might even like to use this method to make a cheap template (even from thick cardboard) before cutting into a piece of marine ply.
Of course you can cut down the existing top but unless you are a competent woodworker it'll look a bit crappy. I wouldn't go that way.
HI
Go to a Laminate bench top maker and give him the sizes . Have a Jayco Flamingo with a fold down table and the top was MDF16mm . Very weak and distorted and to small/narrow . Went for 19mm in ply with the closest match laminate . Cost 90$ Screwed brackets and hinges done ..
